March 19, 2024 Women's Super League will begin on March 23rd. Last season, head coach Chang Weiwei led the Wuhan Chegu Jiangda women's soccer team to lock the championship one round ahead of schedule, winning four consecutive league championships and realizing the "Grand Slam" of the Women's Soccer Championship, FA Cup and Women's Super League. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Chang Weiwei talked about Zhang Linyan's study abroad and the selection of coaches for the Chinese women's soccer team.
-Talking about the Chinese Super League can be 5 foreigners to play
CHANGE WEIWEI: We soccer players also know there won't be any problems. Everyone is at a low point. There was a chance to bounce back and the players sank. The CFA has introduced a series of policies to make the game cleaner and purer, so players can get their feet on the ground and enjoy the game without more distractions. Why does the Chinese Super League look good? Because it is pure and clean, referees take it seriously and players' hearts are safe. In addition, with the increase of foreign players, domestic players face greater competition, so the game looks good. We also hope that the Women's Super League can have healthy competition and fierce rivalry on a fair, just and pure platform without human intervention.
-Talking about the return of Zhang Linyan
Chang Weiwei: Injuries are a factor. Zhang Linyan had an ankle injury before and the injury was recurring. The treatment in the Premier League is different from China. The Wuhan club's medical team keeps in touch with her. Tottenham's training intensity and match density are very high. Zhang Linyan can't recover, it's hard to fully utilize her technical characteristics and stand firm. I helped her analyze the pros and cons. It's not appropriate to go to another club at this stage. There are also problems. It's best to come back to heal the injury completely and slowly adjust her condition through the league and national championships. In this case, she and I both agreed that returning to her home country would be more favorable than going abroad at this stage. Zhang Linyan is also a young team
-Talking about the selection of Chinese women's soccer team
Chang Weiwei:Although the choice of players is small now, there are still good players. We should give them a chance and let everyone have a healthy competition. The coach has to make the rules of the national team clear, and everyone has to be unified and willing to do so in order to make progress. It doesn't make sense to have to settle some disputes, like teams from different places. Everyone is on the national team when they come. Only when they compete reasonably and fairly will the players see eye to eye and give it their all. Time cannot be delayed. The national team can take advantage of a good break between leagues, combined with match practice, but it doesn't need to be long term.
-Talking about the U20 Women's Football Asian Cup
Chang Weiwei: The Chinese team is indeed worse than the North Korean and Japanese teams in the same group. In addition, these two strong teams were in this group. Luck and power caused them not to advance. Our players still have good ability, but the number of people playing soccer is still small, and the proportion of good players available has decreased, which is a problem that plagues development.
--Talking about youth training
Chang Weiwei: Coaching is the key. From a grass-roots perspective, youth training coaches can be paid in stages, regions and levels to meet life security. Some youth training coaches earn £2,000 to £3,000 a month and travel around. How much responsibility can they have? There should be detailed and standardized criteria in the assessment of coaching level. For example, the business metrics completed by youth training coaches should not be how many championships they win, but the progress of the children that the coach brings in should be assessed by regional experts. If you focus on winning championships, premature specialization is detrimental to the child's development. Instead of focusing too much on grades, youth should opt for more potential
The CFA can divide the task of youth training into different provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, and each place can take full advantage of its own strengths in the light of local conditions. For example, school soccer is very popular. Gymnasiums allow children to play soccer while studying. Traditional soccer schools should ideally have a promotion channel to reassure parents and children. Club ladders focus on elite training, and some parents who have the means send their children abroad to play soccer. These points could expand the soccer population. However, at each point, we must standardize, plan and get the details right so that we can cultivate talent at each point and help Chinese soccer.
The most important thing is for each of us soccer players to put our feet down and do well. If you do well, you will contribute to the development of Chinese soccer. So our Wuhan women's soccer team is to do well. We will do our best in the 22 rounds of the new season.
