Shui Qingxia is out of class, and the successor has a long way to go, or ask Yangshuai to take over
Reporter Cheng Shan reported on November 20, the Chinese Football Association announced that Shui Qingxia will no longer serve as the head coach of the Chinese women's football team, and her replacement, the Football Association will "carefully study and carefully consider".
After the Tokyo Olympics, Jia Xiuquan got out of class, and then, the Chinese Football Association held a competition for the head coach of the women's football team, with Zhao Junzhe, Chen Wanting, Liu Huana, Zhang Haitao, and Wang Jun 5 people participating. But then in the Shaanxi National Games, Shui Qingxia, who coached the Olympic team according to the "rules", led the team to win the championship, and in the face of media inquiries, Shui Qingxia expressed her willingness to "coach" the Chinese women's football team.
On November 18, 2021, the Chinese Football Association issued an announcement: The Office of the Chairman of the Chinese Football Association will comprehensively consider and carefully study the selection and appointment of the head coach of the women's national football team in the early stage, and on the basis of extensive consultation, it will be decided that Shui Qingxia, the current head coach of the Shanghai women's football team, will serve as the head coach of the Chinese women's football team.
It is reported that the reason why Shui Qingxia was able to "counterattack" without participating in the competition was the result of high-level intervention by the General Administration.
At the Women's Asian Cup at the beginning of 2022, Shui Qingxia led the team to win the championship after 16 years, and her reputation reached its peak. This year is a big year, and it is also a year of great pressure for Shui Qingxia to coach, and the final results of the three major competitions are indeed unsatisfactory: the World Cup group did not qualify, and the last game was a 1-6 defeat at the feet of England; the Asian Games semifinals lost 3-4 to the three Japanese teams with only one World Cup player; and the Olympic preliminary round won 1 win, drew 1 and lost 1, and failed to advance to the final stage.
After the Olympic preliminaries, Shui Qingxia talked about her stay and going, "In terms of results, we didn't reach our goal... As for my future, it's hard to say right now. ”
The three competitions lasted from August to November, and as the competition deepened, some people began to question Shui Qingxia's coaching. The main focus of controversy is still in the selection and use of personnel, thinking that although she is very hard-working, very familiar with and passionate about the Chinese women's football team, there are defects in her level and vision, whether it is the selection or use of people, there are problems.
The reason given by the Chinese Football Association this time is that the results are not "up to standard" - they have not qualified for the Paris Olympics, and the contract between the head coach and the original coaching staff has been automatically terminated according to the agreement.
The day after the end of the battle between China and South Korea in the Olympic preliminaries (November 2), Shui Qingxia returned to Shanghai to accompany her sick mother, at that time, the hospital had issued a critical illness notice, and on November 6, Shui Qingxia's mother died, she was very sad. Subsequently, Shui Qingxia has been bored in the Oriental Oasis, in addition to preparing report materials, but also studying women's football tactics. A few days ago, she went to Beijing to report as requested.
Because of the qualification for the Olympic Games, Shui Qingxia not only met with the leaders of the Chinese Football Association for relevant reports, but also met with the senior management of the General Administration. While making relevant reports on the three major events, Shui Qingxia also expressed her idea of wanting to rest for a while. The relevant leaders of the General Administration and the Football Association also discussed with her some specific details during the three competitions, especially in the selection and appointment of personnel. The leaders also expressed their understanding of her coaching work.
For the end of class, it can be said that Shui Qingxia is prepared and acceptable. However, at that time, the relevant leaders did not directly express their intention to let her out of class, and Shui Qingxia also negotiated with the Football Association on the specific arrangements for the national team to go to the United States to warm up for training. Because Shui Qingxia was originally scheduled to have a relevant work report in December, and because there was a study meeting of the National People's Congress, and her mother had just passed away, she was also in the adjustment stage, so it was preliminarily determined that the national football team would train in the United States next, and she would not go with the team.
To be precise, she received a call from the relevant leaders of the Football Association on the 20th, informing her of the decision to leave class, and after communicating with her, she made an official announcement on the official website of the Football Association in a short time. In this regard, Shui Qingxia "calmly" accepted, she said on her personal social media: "Thank you to all the people who support me and trust me, thank you for the harvest that this journey and experience has brought me, I only hope that the Chinese women's football team will get better and better, and I hope that the girls can really enjoy the happiness brought by football on the field!"
Shui Qingxia got out of class, and the warm-up matches of the Sino-US women's football team on December 2 and 6 will be commanded by Wang Jun, the coach of the women's national youth team.
Wang Jun is very familiar with women's football, has participated in the women's football coach competition, for the development of women's football, has his own opinions, many times in charge of the women's football national youth, led the team to play the Asian Youth Championship and the World Youth Championships, the most classic is the 2014 Women's World Youth Championship group stage, the Chinese team in the case of 4 degrees behind, 5-5 draw with the powerful Germany, to participate in that game, including Wang Shuang (substitute), Liu Yanqiu, Yao Lingwei, Li Mengwen, Tang Jiali, Tan Ruyin, Xiao Yuyi, etc.
At present, the list of going to the United States has been released, and there are 8 changes compared to the Olympic preliminaries, Zhu Yu, Liu Yanqiu, Wang Linlin, Zhang Rui, Yao Lingwei, Shen Menglu, Lou Jiahui, Tu Linli were defeated, Tang Jiali, Jin Kun, Gao Jingyao returned, in addition, Wang Siqian, Li Weiyingge, Huo Yuexin and Wang Aifang were also promoted from the U20 women's national youth.
Previously, the Chinese women's football team hired Domansky, Elisabeth, Bruno, Eyjolsson 4 foreign coaches, the only successful is Bruno, unfortunately, by mistake, and finally "became an enemy".
But no matter who the replacement is, the fact is that the overall level of the Chinese women's football team continues to decline, even in Asia, there is no advantage, if you want to return to the top, it is not something that can be solved immediately by changing a coach, Shui Qingxia has won the Asian Cup championship for the Chinese women's football team, and she was therefore elected as the best coach in Asia in 2022. But even a coach like him has a lot of helplessness in the face of the embarrassing and complicated situation of the Chinese women's football team. If the Chinese women's football team wants to do well, it must sink down, and how long this time, no one can give an answer, just like the new chairman of the Football Association Song Kai said, "Work hard for a long time, grasp the foundation, and do a good job in youth training." ”