Recently, China's men's football captain Wu Xi endorsed an advertisement for a sea cucumber brand, which, coupled with the poor performance of the national football team in the first match of the Chinese New Year, triggered a lot of teasing and sarcasm from fans and even non-fans, and criticisms of the national football team have been coming in thick and fast. As a die-hard fan of the national football team, I am deeply touched by Mr. He Wei's words "China's national soccer team is your spittoon, but my Holy Grail". I would also like to express that despite the poor performance of the national soccer team, it does not mean that anyone can mock it as they please. For those who frequently satirize the national football team and even make a living out of it, I feel even more disgraceful. As one of the women's soccer players said, "The people who scolded us the most at the Tokyo Olympics may be the same people who praised the women's soccer team in the Asian Cup." --Those who fall on their sword when the team is in trouble, but call themselves supporters when the team is in glory, really don't deserve it.
Sea cucumbers may be good, but they're not the only thing men's soccer teams enjoy
From a nutritional point of view, sea cucumbers, seafood, fish and beef are all nutritional supplements required by athletes. And the teams enjoying sea cucumber are not only limited to our men's soccer team, but should also include our women's hockey and women's soccer teams representing our national team. Therefore, sea cucumber is actually an important nutritional supplement for our national team, and perhaps the situation would have been different had the sponsors not chosen the men's soccer team. Of course, our athletes deserve to enjoy sea cucumber and even abalone and lobster for the glory of our country. We should not be cynical.
Men's soccer suffers, women's soccer players are also worried: after the treatment is improved, can the performance be stabilized?
The men's soccer team is currently being blamed for their defeat against Vietnam. And the women's soccer girls may not be able to calmly accept the congratulations and followers of their fans. Since 2018, the country's women's soccer team has ranked among the world's best in terms of treatment and logistics. This also means that if a women's soccer player makes a major mistake, such as a dodged ball error, or a substitution error in water counseling that leads to a reversal of the game, will the fans turn their ire on the women's soccer team? This is indeed a question worth pondering.
Therefore, I emphasize that it is inevitable for both men's and women's soccer teams to enjoy sea cucumbers or play well. When the team loses, the fans should reduce the accusations and wait for the next game, perhaps the team can bottom out and bring surprises. A women's international soccer player's remark that "those who praised us in the Women's Asian Cup scolded us quite harshly in the Tokyo Olympics", although uncomfortable, also reflects the player's dissatisfaction with the fans' "wallflower" mentality. Another may be unpopular words, if the women's soccer future cold fiasco, today's men's soccer, may be tomorrow's women's soccer.
