On November 1, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team drew 1-1 in the last game with South Korea and was eliminated from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This is not only a major defeat for the Chinese women's football team, but also an embarrassing situation for the new leadership of the Chinese Football Association, which has just taken office. Shui Qingxia's position as head coach of the Chinese women's football team may also come to an end. Song Kai, the new leader of the Football Association, regards the Olympic Games as the top priority and hopes that the Chinese women's football team can be shortlisted for the Olympics, but the Chinese women's football team has failed in the Olympic qualifiers twice in a row and failed to meet the goals set by the Football Association.
Shui Qingxia was originally promoted by the former leader of the Football Association, but now she has failed to lead the team, and there seems to be no reason to stay in the team. Shui Qingxia has led the team to win the championship in the 2018 Asian Cup two years ago and became the hero of the Chinese women's football team, and now she is about to leave the team. In this match with South Korea, the Chinese women's football team had the advantage at the beginning, and Wang Shuang took the lead for the Chinese women's football team in the 6th minute. However, the Chinese women's football team failed to take advantage of many chances in the first half, and still only led by one goal at the end of the first half.
In the second half, South Korea equalized the score in the 59th minute by Jung Eun-chae. In the end, the Chinese women's football team was unable to score again in the second half, drawing 1-1 with South Korea and missing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This defeat exposed many problems in the Chinese women's football team: the forward line is too thin, the midfield pass is unfavorable, and the defense is prone to mistakes. Shui Qingxia led the team for nearly two years, and although she won the Asian Cup in 2018, the rest of the results were mediocre, and her two defeats in the Olympics called into question her coaching ability.
The new leadership of the Football Association is also facing a realistic test, and more efforts are needed on how the Chinese women's football team can truly rise and become a world-class women's football team.