After missing the Olympic Games, the Chinese women's football team is facing a new round of adjustments, from the coaching staff to the player lineup, there is a high probability that there will be changes, especially the coaching staff, Shui Qingxia herself is not satisfied with the results, the matter has come to this, Shui Gui is also ready to get out of class, compared with the previous year, the results in 2023 have dropped significantly, the Asian Games and the Olympic preliminaries are both home games, occupying the right time, place and people are still inferior to others, if they are not satisfied at the Asian level, it is even more difficult to sustain on the world stage.
Taking a step back, even if Shui Qingxia is retained, then the coaching staff will still have changes, at least with an expert in technical and tactical aspects, and it is not excluded to invite high-level European coaches to serve as assistant coaches or consultants to optimize the game decision-making think tank. In addition, the adjustment of the player lineup is also urgent, and it is imperative to replace the old and the new, in fact, before the Olympic preliminaries, Shui Qingxia has made changes in relevant aspects, leaving only Zhang Rui, Wang Shanshan, Lou Jiahui and other veterans, but back to the actual game, Shui Qingxia did not give much game time, such as Shen Mengyu, or as a substitute.
Therefore, how to adjust the lineup is also directly related to the future development of women's football. According to informed media, some veterans have withdrawn from the national team to give young players more opportunities. The most obvious representative is the captain Wang Shanshan, who can go forward and backward, Shui Qingxia's use of it is erratic, which is also the focus of heated discussions in the outside world, from the actual point of view of the game, Wang Shanshan is more threatening in the front court. Theoretically, at the age of 33, you can still compete in the field, but considering that the women's football team basically has no major competition tasks in the next two years, Taoguang is the main task.
In another 2 years, there is no guarantee of Wang Shanshan's state, after all, veterans almost have room to rise, and most of them are going downhill. It is reported that Wang Shanshan also began to plan for retirement, and the future direction will not leave football, but try to play a role in the field of coaching, which is also in line with Wang Shanshan's characteristics, ball quotient and technical and tactical literacy are both high, and the transformation coach still has a certain advantage, and is expected to become the next Shui Qingxia, as for Lou Jiahui and Zhang Rui, there is a high probability that they will also leave the national team.
It is foreseeable that after the veterans withdraw one after another, Wang Shuang is expected to regain the captain's armband and grow into the eldest sister of the team, and players such as Wu Chengshu, Shen Mengyu, and Zhang Linyan will also become the backbone of the team.