With the official announcement of the Chinese Football Association on November 18, Shui Qingxia has become the new head coach of the Chinese women’s football team and will lead the team on a new journey.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese Football Association has conducted an open competition before, but there is no Shui Qingxia among the personnel participating in the competition. Judging from the results, the result of this competitive soap opera is also nothing.
At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women’s football team was once covered by a “cloud of suspicion”. Now entering a new era, what this team needs is to move forward steadily in an environment that is not tossing about. Shui Qingxia Picture of this text CFP
In women’s football, the chances of a female coach appearing are naturally much higher than in the men’s football world, but for Chinese women’s football, it is the first time a female local coach has taken office.
Previously, the Chinese women’s football team had hired two female coaches, Domansky and Elizabeth, but they were both handsome. The arrival of Shui Qingxia is a new attempt by the Chinese women’s football team, but it has also been in many circles for a long time. As expected.
From the beginning of her football career, Shui Qingxia has witnessed the history of women’s football in Shanghai and even in China. She entered a sports school to practice track and field at the age of 11. . After that, Shui Qingxia also became the first Shanghai player to be called up in the history of Chinese women’s football.
Now that she has become the first female local coach of the Chinese women’s football team, her biggest capital is her hard work and dedication in the football circle over the years. She only came into contact with football at the age of 17. She didn’t know anything about football at first, but through her own hard work, she stood out step by step and eventually became one of the creators of the golden age of Chinese women’s football.
In 1986 and 1993, she won two Asian championships with the Chinese women’s football team, and the 1996 Olympic runner-up that was unforgettable by many Chinese female football fans, Shui Qingxia was also an important member of the women’s national team at that time. Shui Qingxia is about to embark on a new journey of her football career.
Shui Qingxia chose to retire at the age of 35. After that, she did not hesitate to stay on the stadium to become a coach. From the assistant coach of the Shanghai Women’s Football Team, to the assistant coach of the Women’s National Youth Football Team, the head coach of the Shanghai Youth Women’s Football Team, and the head coach of the Shanghai Women’s Football Team… In the post, she is the same as when she used to be a player, still using unremitting efforts and learning to prove herself step by step.
In the 2017 National Games, Shui Qingxia led the Shanghai Women’s Football Team to win the senior team. In addition, she has repeatedly led the team to achieve good results in domestic competitions such as leagues and championships. Among all the retired players of the older generation of women’s football in China, Shui Qingxia can be said to be the one who has invested the most and achieved the most in the coaching industry.
Due to his rich team leadership experience and impressive results, Shui Qingxia is naturally regarded as a popular candidate for the future coach of the Chinese women’s football team after the Chinese women’s football team defeated the Tokyo Olympics.
After leading the Olympic joint team (the Chinese women’s national team returning from Tokyo) to win the National Games, this expectation reached its highest point. The National Games Women’s Football Final was staged between the United Team and the Shanghai Women’s Football Team, which was originally coached by Shui Qingxia. This personal “derby” belonging to Shui Qingxia also proved her ability as a coach from another angle. Shaanxi National Games Sheung Shui Qingxia led the Olympic team to win the championship.
The coach’s bidding farce finally ended
During the National Games, Shui Qingxia expressed in an interview her determination to take over the responsibility of the Chinese women’s football team: “Everyone has a dream. I hope to be the head coach of the women’s national team and lead the team on the world stage. Show.”
In the exchanges with The Paper reporters, Shui Qingxia also expressed this ideal, “After all, as a coach, I will have this (to coach the national team) desire.” However, just as people expected the old women’s football star to come to the front desk, the plot took a turn.
On October 8, the Chinese Football Association issued an announcement on its official website to compete for the Chinese women’s football coach. However, Shui Qingxia, who had just passed the “quiz” at the National Games, did not sign up. There has been a saying in the circle: As the Football Association tends to let Zhao Junzhe serve as the next national team coach, Shui Qingxia took the initiative to opt out. According to the news reporters of The Paper, such concerns are indeed one of the reasons why Shui Qingxia has no intention of running for the election.
For any senior coach who has been in the coaching position for many years, participating in a competition destined to “accompany running” is undoubtedly a kind of damage to dignity, and Shui Qingxia also temporarily left. The shortlist for the women’s football team. The Shanghai Women’s Football Team coached by Shui Qingxia has contributed many international players.
However, this competition by the Chinese Football Association has made the outside world feel a bit “weird”. Zhao Junzhe, who has a high “voice” from the upper rank, is quite worried by fans because of his lack of experience. Although his past experience and conditions meet the requirements set by the Chinese Football Association, he has never had the experience of coaching a female football team after all, even if he is coaching a male football team. For the football team, the only temporary firefighting coach for the 2017 season was Liaozu coaching for half a year, but it failed to relegation in the end.
After that, Zhao Junzhe took more administrative roles and did not have more development in the coaching position. Such a “rookie” on the coaching bench was directly placed in the position of the national team coach, which is undoubtedly difficult to convince the crowd.
Another popular candidate, the female coach Wanting Chen, has more coaching qualifications. Before that, she coached the Hong Kong Super League team Oriental team to win the Hong Kong Super League championship and became the first female coach in the world to lead a men’s team to win the top league championship. In 2019, he successively became the assistant coach and head coach of the U16 women’s national team, leading the team to win the third runner-up of the Asian minorities.
But embarrassingly, it is clearly stated in the selection notice issued by the Football Association that candidates need to be of Chinese nationality, hold a valid professional level coach qualification certificate, and have professional or professional player experience. The candidate’s past experience also needs to meet one of the following conditions: 1. Once served as the head coach of the Chinese Football Association U19 and above national teams; 2. Once served as the head coach of the Chinese Football Association Women’s Super League team; 3. Once served as the Chinese Football Association The head coach or assistant coach of a top league team.
If you look at these rules, Chen Wanting should not be eligible to participate in the interview, because she has not been a professional player, nor does she meet any of the previous experience requirements, but she still entered the competitive interview. Shui Qingxia has devoted many years to the career of women’s football.
Chinese women’s football needs to start again in a stable environment
In the end, this somewhat embarrassing competition became a non-substantial competition. After the competition was over, the result was not announced for a long time, and it finally disappeared due to various reasons.
Choosing Shui Qingxia to take over the coach of the Chinese women’s football team is not an unexpected result for female football fans, but this somewhat nonsensical process has added a bit of turbulence.
For Shui Qingxia, this new responsibility is undoubtedly extremely heavy. At the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women’s football team under the leadership of the then head coach Jia Xiuquan played the worst performance in team history, conceding 17 goals in three games in the group stage, 1 draw and 2 losses and missed the knockout round. Entering the Paris Olympics cycle, this team needs to get out of the shadows from this unexpected blow and regain its spirit.
In late January 2022, the Women’s Asian Cup will be held in India. This will be the first international competition of Chinese women’s football in the new cycle. Now there is not much time left for Shui Qingxia to build a new team lineup.
For the Chinese women’s football team, it is not difficult to qualify for the World Cup through the Asian Cup. As the next Women’s World Cup will expand to 32 teams, the Asian Cup will get World Cup tickets as long as it gets the top 5, and there are two remaining teams. The team with the best results can also qualify for the play-offs.
However, the expectations of fans for the team will undoubtedly not only be the top 5, whether they can play the mental outlook of the team in the game and qualify for the finals will be the first challenge Shui Qingxia will face after taking office.
Shui Qingxia’s love for football is obvious to all, and the long-term persistence and study of the coaching position has also been proved by time. But in the position of the head coach of the Chinese women’s football team, the pressure will undoubtedly increase exponentially compared to the local team.
Whether you can get enough time and space to build your ideal team, for the women’s football star, you also need to use actual performance to win trust for yourself. After the defeat in Tokyo, Shui Qingxia will lead the Chinese women’s football team to start again.
Looking back on the past, from Ma Liangxing, who coached the Chinese women’s football team in 2002, to Jia Xiuquan, who has now become a past tense, in 19 years, the Chinese women’s football team has ushered in the 15th coaching change. The long-term construction of the team is naturally not a good thing.
A lot of “farce” has occurred during the many changes in the position of the coach. For example, the inexperienced Zhang Haitao was promoted to the position of coach and he suffered a 0-8 loss to Germany in the Athens Olympics. Class ends”. More recently, there was also a “mystery case” in which Jia Xiuquan arrived at the Olympics but suddenly used many newcomers and failed miserably.
In 19 years, the Chinese women’s football team has tried various coaches: “rookie” local coaches, experienced local coaches, male foreign coaches, female foreign coaches… But the local female coach has never been given a chance. Now in this sense, Shui Qingxia has become the first person to eat crabs.
Years of coaching experience has made Shui Qingxia very familiar with domestic female football players and can seamlessly dock, but at the same time, a stable development environment is also an important “resource” that the women’s national team needs now.
It is hoped that after this competition turmoil has passed, the Chinese women’s football team can bid farewell to the toss and set off again.Return to Sohu to see more
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