In the past, China's women's soccer team in the international arena compared with Japan and South Korea there is a certain gap - Japan's women's soccer team has 11 players to go overseas, while South Korea's women's soccer team has five people set foot abroad. However, this year, the number of overseas players in our women's soccer team has surpassed that of South Korea and is gradually approaching Japan.
positive development
China's women's soccer team has achieved brilliant results, both in the International Cup and the Olympic Games, with the best record being the second place. The current head coach of China's women's soccer team, Shui Qingxia, was also the "Clanging Rose" of that year. However, with the gradual retirement of Sun Wen, Liu Ailing and other veterans, the strength of China's women's soccer team declined seriously, experiencing a long period of low. Until recent years, Wang Shanshan, Wang Frost, Tang Jiali and other players emerged, China's women's soccer strength to improve, but still with Europe and the United States there is a large gap between the strong teams.
Against the backdrop of the significant improvement in the level of women's soccer in Europe, nine of our women's soccer players have stayed abroad, which is seen as a positive sign of integration into the international women's soccer arena. For China's women's soccer team preparing for the 2023 Women's International Cup, the increase in the number of players staying abroad is undoubtedly good news. More players working out in overseas high-level leagues will also have a positive impact on the overall strength and performance of China's women's soccer team, which will in turn promote more outstanding players to stay in the world, forming a virtuous cycle.
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In fact, in the opinion of Shui Qingxia, the head coach of our women's soccer team, staying abroad is a good way for players to improve their abilities: "Young players staying abroad can also strengthen their determination, and I hope that they will continue to improve themselves through club matches." And international soccer player Li Mengwen also revealed that her idea of staying abroad was strongly supported by Shui Qingxia: "Shui guided me to support me to go out and thought that it would be very helpful for my exercise and progress."
During our women's soccer team's training in the United States, Shui Qingxia has already examined Yang Shuhui, Tu Linli, Zhao Yujie and other overseas players. As these young players are honed in the overseas league, their strength will be further improved and they are expected to become the new force of the national team.
Beware of false prosperity
In the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, under the leadership of Shui Qingxia, China's women's soccer team eliminated Japan through penalty kicks in the semifinals, and in the finals, China's women's soccer team again in the unfavorable situation of 0-2 down, 3-2 reversed to beat South Korea and won the long-lost Asian Cup trophy. Not long ago in the East Asia Cup, our women's soccer team again in poor condition to achieve second place. However, it must be recognized that our women's football team in the competitive level and Europe and the United States high-level team there is still a great distance, even in the face of the old rivals in Asia, Japan and South Korea, in the small skills and individual ability there is a gap, so the future there is still a long way to go.
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Staying abroad is an important way to improve the competitiveness of China's women's soccer team. If China's women's soccer team wants to revitalize the old glory of the Clanging Roses, it needs more players to stay in the ocean; however, getting the opportunity to stay in the ocean does not mean that the level of the team will necessarily improve. Although China's women's soccer team is now very hot to stay in the ocean, but in addition to playing in the Icelandic sub-league Tu Linli, including China's women's soccer team core Wang Frost, including the other eight players, has not been able to obtain the absolute main position in their respective teams.
No matter where our women's soccer players stay in the ocean, the most important thing is to quickly integrate into the team and stand firm. Only by standing firmly on their feet can they better learn advanced technical and tactical play and improve their physical and technical and tactical abilities, and in time, the "Clanging Roses" will really usher in a period of blossoming.
