On January 13, Beijing time, the AFC officially conducted an exclusive interview with the Chinese women’s football coach Shui Qingxia. In the interview, Shui Qingxia talked regarding her feelings regarding taking office as the women’s football team, and also talked regarding the women’s football players studying abroad and the preparations for the Asian Cup. .
Shui Qingxia is the first former women’s national football player to be the coach of the women’s national team. Regarding her feelings following taking office, Shui Qingxia said: “First of all, I am honored to return to the national team. Before I represented my country as a player, now I am To be here once more as head coach. It’s an honorable and challenging job, but most of all, it feels great to be back with the women’s national team.”
As a player, Shui Qingxia won many championship trophies with the women’s football team, including the Women’s Asian Cup. Talking regarding the most memorable scene at that time, Shui Qingxia said: “The most memorable moment is the moment we won the championship. , we all share the joy of victory together. Of course, it is also a great experience to be able to communicate and learn from other Asian teams during the game.”
As a player of the golden generation of women’s football, Shui Qingxia’s national team is now ranked 19th in the world. When asked what happened in the past 15-20 years, Shui Qingxia responded: “Chinese women’s football has indeed achieved success in the past. A brilliant achievement, but following more than a decade of development, the level of women’s football in the rest of Asia has changed dramatically.”
“We can see that many Asian countries have begun to invest heavily in and promote women’s football. Their national teams are getting stronger and stronger, and the strength of traditional strong teams is getting closer and closer. There is still a lot of room for improvement in Chinese women’s football. , I think the most important thing now is that we can play our own characteristics in the next games.”
Later, Shui Qingxia also talked regarding her first job following taking office. She said: “I first have to observe the players, I will watch their performance in the Women’s Super League and analyze them. I hope that every player selected for the Chinese Women’s Football Team The girls can all integrate into the team, and I hope more young players can join in, and I hope everyone can prove their strength and value in the game.”
Shui Qingxia replied: “I believe these 12 teams can benefit from the Asian Cup, and more teams means more teams. The game, whether it’s a strong team or a developing team, will learn something from the game.”
“Of course, there are challenges following the expansion of the army, but it also means there are opportunities, so the expansion of the army is a good change for the development of Asian women’s football.”
Due to the epidemic, the Chinese women’s football team was unable to obtain high-quality warm-up matches. Talking regarding how to prepare for the Asian Cup, Shui Qingxia said: “Due to the epidemic, our domestic women’s football league has been postponed, so we have no chance to participate in any competition like other teams. It was an international friendly match, but fortunately, our league was successfully completed in the end, and the players guaranteed a certain amount of training and competition. Although we did not have the opportunity to play a warm-up match with a strong team, from the current situation, it should not be a problem.”
Previously, the Chinese women’s football team showed good competitiveness in the Olympic preliminaries. Does this mean that the women’s football team still has the strength to challenge the best teams in Asia? In this regard, Shui Qingxia said: “I believe everyone has seen the performance of the Chinese team in the Olympic qualifiers and how we won the last ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. The Chinese women’s football team is strong, I hope our players I will be more confident in future games.”
The Chinese women’s football team started the wave of overseas study. Shen Mengyu joined the Celtics of the Suzhou Super League. Tang Jiali also signed with the Premier League’s Tottenham. As for the women’s football team to study abroad, Shui Qingxia said: “From my personal point of view, I support the players to study abroad. On the one hand, studying abroad will help players better understand modern football, and on the other hand, it is also an opportunity to communicate with international players.”
“In studying abroad, players will gain better self-awareness, and high-quality games will make them more confident. I hope more players will choose to study abroad in the future.” (DD)Return to Sohu, see more
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