Yesterday, on March 8, Goddess Day, all walks of life paid tribute to every woman, and the Chinese Super League teams were no exception, launching themed posters. The official social media of the Chinese women's soccer team also released a poster paying tribute to women who love soccer. When talking about the goddesses in our country's soccer field, it's natural to mention the Chinese women's soccer players who won the Asian Cup last month. As the clamor of the Asian Cup win fades, how are these soccer goddesses faring?
As a matter of fact, during this period of time, the Chinese women's soccer team still has good news. For example, 23-year-old Zhang Linyan, who scored in the final, was honored as the "38 Red Flag Woman" of Sichuan Province. And in the Scottish Women's Premier League, Shen Mengyu made her debut and delivered an assist. After joining Celtic, she has contributed 3 goals and 5 assists, proving her strength in the Scottish league.
In addition, China's women's soccer team has added a new member to its list of those who stayed abroad. Former Chinese U20 women's soccer player Tu Linli left Taylor University to join Icelandic First Division team fhl as a professional player. Born in 1999, Tu Linli was selected for the U17 and U20 women's soccer teams and won the Youth Olympic Games on behalf of the Chinese women's soccer team before going to the United States in 2018 to enter Taylor University, where she has performed well in recent years. During her time at Taylor University, she made 49 appearances, including 48 starts, with 152 shots, 76 hits and 18 goals.
In interviews, the women's soccer players repeatedly emphasized the importance of staying in the ocean. Player Xiao Yuyi said, "The training and game intensity in Europe is higher than at home, and players who stay in the ocean will be more self-confident and flamboyant when they return to China." Captain Wang Shanshan even emphasized, "I think it's good for young players to go abroad, they can learn a lot in foreign countries, confrontation is stronger, self-management and requirements will be higher. More young people going out is better for the future development of women's soccer."
Of course, such attention did not let the women's soccer players get carried away, after all, the reality of the problem is still waiting for them. As early as during the isolation period, they admitted in an interview that when they lost in the Olympics, the players were subjected to a lot of criticism and abuse, so the attention from the Internet is just a momentary buzz, and we look forward to the women's soccer team to get a more practical and long-lasting support. As Wang Frost said, she hopes that women's soccer is not just a tool used by netizens to scold men's soccer.
It's not surprising that players are making such calls, as there has been quite a bit of worrying news surrounding women's soccer lately: the 2022 National Women's Soccer Championship was scheduled to be held at the Haiji Training Base in Kunming, Yunnan Province, from March 5-18, but many soccer teams have said they will not be able to participate in the tournament due to a lack of funds. Among them, the Guangzhou women's soccer team has been stalled for a long time due to funding problems, and its captain Zhang Linyan was forced to apply to leave the team. In the end, the Women's Football Championship could only be announced to be postponed, but as the exact start date has not yet been determined, and the Women's Football League is about to start, it is still unknown whether the Women's Football Championship can be held this year.
Of course, in contrast, there have been clubs for the rights and interests of the players and the future action. In this year's women's football Asian Cup champion of the Chinese team, a total of five people from Wuhan women's football, respectively, Wang Frost, Yao Wei, Zhu Yu, Ma Jun and Liu Yanqiu. As a result, the Wuhan Football Association has developed a series of initiatives for the future of women's soccer girls, including a "reward the best and punish the lazy" system for international players - raising the salaries of those who are selected for the national team, and lowering the salaries of those who fail to continue to be selected. At the same time, the club also in major international tournaments for the country to fight for the international players to reward, on the "work without effort" who severely punished, not only a substantial reduction in income, the serious will also be canceled the qualification of the league.
In order for the players to play football without worries, Wuhan women's football team has also introduced the "national footballer injury insurance" system. For the international players injured in the national campaign, the club in addition to awards, will also arrange for them to the international top sports rehabilitation hospital for treatment. For women's soccer players retired life problems, Wuhan women's soccer also has a solution. It is understood that Wuhan women's soccer has helped more than sixty retired athletes to solve the problem of employment placement. In order for the Chinese women's soccer team to keep going, perhaps it is really necessary for more places to make such efforts for the women's soccer team.
