Exploring the secret weapon of our women's soccer victory
Looking at today's women's national soccer team, if we want to explore its short-term technical and tactical changes, I'm afraid that we should pay attention to the team's spiritual level of the sudden change. Compared to the Olympic team, today's national team is more united and calm, not only immersed in the fun of soccer, but also overflowing with a kind of dare to fight, never say die spirit. This attitude was evident in the game: no matter what kind of adversity they faced, the players never blamed each other, but silently built up their strength and waited for the opportunity to fight back. Even when the score was too close to call, our team's tactics didn't change, and they worked together aggressively in front of the field to play to their technical strengths. The relaxation of the mindset, on the contrary, allows the team to burst out amazing strength at critical moments. For example, in the 2-2 draw with Japan and the 3-2 reversal of South Korea, our women's soccer team showed breathtaking tactical cooperation in difficult situations, and finally won the victory.
Head coach Shui Qingxia is credited with adjusting the team's mental level. She created a relaxed, happy, united and upward atmosphere, which helped the girls get out of the shadow of the Olympic defeat. Even before the crucial battle against South Korea, Shui Qingxia still encouraged the players: "Don't say you can't win the championship, it's no big deal if you do." Such encouragement let the players to more relaxed mentality into the game. After all, before this, our team has won eight Asian women's soccer championships.
Asia Cup: Harvests and Reflections
This year's Asian Cup, our team in addition to the championship, harvested a lot. Not only have they recovered their lost confidence and emerged as a group of young players, but they have also proved the value of sending players to play in Europe. Tang Jiali's experience in the European league made her stand out in the Europeanized manly style, scoring key goals for our team. Goalkeeper Zhu Yu's outstanding performance even sent our team to the championship podium. In addition, the mature performance of young players such as Zhang Linyan and Wu Chengshu also injected confidence into the future development of our women's soccer team.
However, our women's soccer team still has shortcomings in the backline. Li Jiayue's injury, Wu Haiyan's and Lin Yuping's absence led to Wang Shanshan's cameo as center back. In the left back position, Shui Qingxia activated Yao Wei, but his gap was utilized by the opponent. Right back Lou Jiahui has the advantage of experience, but age brings injury and physical problems can not be ignored. In the future, the national team needs to strengthen the reserve of personnel in the backline.
