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43 years old was originally an age when he was in his prime and doing business, but someone's life came to an abrupt end at this age.
In 2018, Zhang Ouying, a former member of the women's national football team and known as the "fast horse on the side", passed away due to cancer, and her family changed her exclusive No. 7 jersey for her before her death.
However, before her death, she was full of controversy......
[▶> sonorous rose passed away suddenly<◀]
Fans who love football, especially those who are obsessed with Chinese women's football, must be no stranger to Zhang Ouying, who is one of the representatives of the most glorious period of Chinese women's football.
As a former member of the national women's football team, she was called "fast horse on the wing" by the majority of fans in the late 90s, mainly attacking the right midfield, and won this title with her agility and fast assault.
Not only that, she can also play in the forward position, she is a very comprehensive player, and has made great achievements for the Chinese team many times.
However, on December 1, 2018, the revelation of a piece of news made countless fans sad.
Zhang Ouying, who was only 43 years old, was such an excellent player, but unfortunately died of cancer in San Diego, USA.
On social platforms, netizens have left farewell remarks under her account, which is embarrassing.
Some netizens hope that time can stay at this moment forever, and they also hope that there is a flying figure of Zhang Ouying in heaven, looking at those comments, many people have red eyes.
Even Wang Shuang, a legend in the women's football team, also posted a message to express his sorrow, but the people are gone, and everything is no longer back.
Zhang Ouying's death also brought the memories of fans back to that era that belonged to the Chinese women's football team.
[▶> "Fast Horse" in the Women's Football Era<◀]
1999 was a year that Chinese fans will never forget.
On July 10 of that year, the Chinese women's football team met the host United States team in the World Cup final, and the final classic battle became a "ceiling" that cannot be surpassed in the hearts of Chinese fans.
In that World Cup final, the Chinese women's football team fought hard and finally fought with the United States team for 120 minutes, which was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, and entered the key penalty shootout.
In the final penalty shootout, the Chinese team lost to the opponent with a score of 4-5 and was the runner-up, but it achieved the best result in the history of the Chinese women's football team, which also became the most glorious moment in the history of the national football team.
Coincidentally, at the 13th Bangkok Asian Games that year, the mainland women's football team won the women's football championship of the current Asian Games through tenacious struggle.
The two world-class competition awards have pushed the Chinese people's admiration for the Chinese women's football team to the peak, and also focused people's attention on a girl named Zhang Ouying in the list of players.
As a member of the team in these two key competitions, Zhang Ouying is regarded as the biggest opponent by teams from all over the world with her surprising reflexes on the field.
still remembers that in a key game related to whether the Chinese women's football team can advance in the World Cup, Zhang Ouying received a pass from her teammates, and she quickly broke through the defensive line of the opposing team, broke through the encirclement and brought the ball to the goal.
Zhang Ouying, who was wearing a red jersey at the time, was like a rocket shuttling on the green field, and the fans in the stadium cheered for her breakthrough.
Since then, Zhang Ouying has become famous and has appeared in the starting lineup of the national team many times. And Zhang Ouying's athletic career also reached its peak in 1999, when she was selected for the Super League All-Tournament Team and the "Dragons".
Until Zhang Ouying retired in 2005, in her career, she scored more than 20 goals for the Chinese team!
【▶>备受争议的球星<◀】
The career of an athlete is short-lived, and the 32-year-old Zhang Ouying is facing the problem of retirement.
Before retiring, Zhang Ouying thought of a way out for herself, she went to the United States to join the San Diego Elfs and play for American football clubs.
While in the United States, she also had an American boyfriend, and the two eventually got married and settled in the United States.
Zhang Ouying's move made her controversial in China, and everyone felt that she left the women's football team and gave up the glory given to her by the Chinese.
Zhang did not respond to this, but continued to stay in the United States after retiring and began her coaching career at a club in San Diego.
At that time, there were more than 50 coaches from all over the world at that club, and Zhang Ouying was the only one from China.
At this time, although Zhang Ouying was abroad, she just wanted to increase her personal experience through her teaching experience in professional clubs abroad, and return to China to cultivate more football talents for the motherland in the future, so Zhang Ouying has not changed her nationality.
But at that time, many Chinese people didn't understand her, thinking that she was admiring foreign countries and went abroad to make a fortune as a coach.
However, Zhang Ouying did not care about these noisy voices, and continued to work silently, she has returned to China many times to participate in various youth football activities, to contribute to the development of Chinese youth football, and want to prove her patriotism through her own actions.
In March 2018, at the youth training meeting of the women's department of the Football Association, Zhang Ouying suddenly felt severe pain in her chest, and her friend took her to the hospital for examination, but found a shocking news, a rare large cell carcinoma was found in Zhang Ouying's body, and she has reached the advanced stage of lung cancer!
As soon as this news came out, it instantly caused a sensation among the old Chinese women's football team, and the former women's football players joined forces to raise donations for this former teammate.
However, this act once again caused huge controversy in China, and many fans said that Zhang Ouying was already a foreigner, so why did she still raise donations in China?
The huge opposition pushed Zhang Ouying to the forefront again, but she, as before, still endured it silently and did not stand up to clarify.
The final ending surprised everyone, Zhang Ouying still retained Chinese nationality at the time of his death.
[▶> upright patriotic <◀]
Zhang Ouying has always been concerned about the motherland.
In 2007, Zhang Ouying, who had retired from the national team for two years, quickly returned to China after receiving the call of the national team and participated in the Women's World Cup held in China that year.
As the host, the Chinese women's football team stopped at the match with Norway after qualifying for the group stage, and finally missed the World Cup final, which made Chinese fans very disappointed.
In the interview after the meeting, Zhang Ouying bluntly pointed out the problem of new players, and she warned the young players that they must be based on the whole and take the team as the strength, and there is no individual without the team.
However, it is such an upright remark that offended some personnel of relevant authorities, so that Zhang Ouying was artificially marginalized.
The most obvious is the pre-competition preparation for the 2008 "Four Nations Invitational Tournament".
In 2008, the newly appointed Chinese women's football coach Elizabeth sent an invitation to 33-year-old Zhang Ouying to return to the team to participate in the Four Nations Invitational Tournament, but her name was not included in the training list released by the Football Association.
Zhang Ouying, who was in the United States at the time, immediately bought a ticket to take a plane and crossed the Pacific Ocean to the football training base in Qinhuangdao.
However, Zhang Ouying, who arrived at the training base, was told that she would not be able to participate in the event, and she was turned away in the cold wind, and finally went to the dormitory for one night with the help of her old teammates.
This incident did not disappoint the football veteran with Chinese football, and she returned to her hometown Hebei team to continue to contribute to China's football career.
From Zhang Ouying's football career, we can always see the former national women's football player's love for his motherland.
Before Zhang Ouying died, her husband put on the No. 7 jersey for her when she played for the national football team, and watched the game when she used to play in China with her, so that the national football team left without regrets at the last moment.
Now that the Si people have passed away, the spirit of Zhang Ouying's sonorous rose has been passed on forever.
The fighting spirit of the Chinese women's football team from generation to generation has inspired the growth of the current young players, and I hope that one day they can lead the Chinese women's football team back to the top of the world!
Resources:
Purple Cow News: Zhang Ouying's career review: won the runner-up in the World Cup in 3 games, and said goodbye to the field with tears after losing at home in 07
Lizhi.com News: Zhang Ouying once criticized his teammates for offending the leaders of the Football Association, and the fast horse on the side did not leave football after retiring
Hebei News Network: Former Chinese women's football captain and Hebei women's football star Zhang Ouying suffered from cancer, and people in the domestic football community helped him tide over the difficulties