In the previous Olympic Games, in a heated showdown in the Asian qualifying final, the Chinese women's soccer team
Showed amazing strength against the Korean women's soccer team
With such a large number of overseas players in the team, these combative women's soccer players have finally won the valuable ticket to Tokyo with their tireless efforts.
However, it was on the Olympic field that the challenge for the girls really kicked off. Two losses and one draw in three matches, with a total of 17 goals conceded, not only disheartened the girls, but also overwhelmed the audience in front of the TV. For those who haven't been following women's soccer for a while, what comes to mind is probably the team that made a big splash in 1990 with a number of outstanding players, but ultimately lost to the roses of the host country, the United States.
The Splendor of the Roses
The Chinese women's soccer team of the last century, thanks to an early start, won the Asian Cup for seven consecutive years against the backdrop of the relatively lagging development of women's soccer in the rest of Asia, a feat that even today's dominant Asian women's soccer team, Japan, would find it difficult to surpass. In the subsequent Olympic Games in Asia, from 1990 to 1998, the Chinese women's soccer team won the championship for three consecutive years, such achievements make the Chinese women's soccer team have the confidence to move to a higher stage.
In fact, the Chinese women's soccer team has been traveling to Europe since 1986. In June of that year, they were invited to participate in an international invitational tournament held in Italy and eventually won the championship, adding a touch of color to the domestic sports scene. Since then, with excellent players such as Sun Wen, Liu Ailing and Gao Hong, the Chinese women's soccer team won the second place twice in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 1999 Women's World Cup, creating a glorious moment belonging to Chinese soccer.
The Rise of European Football
After two consecutive second-place finishes, the women's soccer team also experienced a period of decline. They failed to qualify for the 2000-2004 Olympic Games, and were defeated by the German women's soccer team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
, with a jaw-dropping 8-0 score.
If we have to find out the reason for that period, perhaps it can be attributed to the team's staff shortage, the retirement of Sun Wen and other veteran players, or the rival German team at its peak, and so on. However, the Chinese women's soccer team inevitably went down to defeat. Now, after experiencing the same defeat, even in an even more disastrous way, 2:8, it's more than just a few words that can explain it. In the wake of this, a powerful force is driving the reform of women's soccer in Europe.
Proven system shapes women's soccer
In other countries that have long had a strong soccer atmosphere, such as Brazil in South America and Japan in Asia, women's soccer is gradually becoming professional with a well-established league. In North America and Europe, where the professional soccer system is more complete, it is even easier to develop women's soccer. We can see this at the 2019 Women's World Cup. Until then, women's soccer has been dominated by the United States, which started earlier, and this World Cup, this pattern has obviously changed a lot.
China's women's soccer team regretted to stop at the 1/8 finals of the 2019 FIFA World Cup with a 0:2 defeat.
In this World Cup, the European women's soccer team showed a different way of playing, their style obviously began to men's soccer, whether it is Italy, Spain, or finally into the final of the Netherlands, they are a large number of use of the side of the road set up, the striker back to receive the ball forward to do the ball and other classic tactics of modern men's soccer. This is undoubtedly a kind of dimensional blow to the Chinese women's soccer team.
concluding remarks
For the Chinese women's soccer team, I think the overall development is still in a good direction. First of all, after the fiasco of the Olympics, the FA realized the need to improve the technical and tactical level of domestic women's football by staying abroad, and the current series of news about these players fully demonstrates the feasibility of this policy. In these European leagues, the women's soccer girls are fully capable of playing to their strengths and occupying a place.
Secondly, the improvement of the domestic women's soccer league is also a highlight. After failing to be selected for the Chinese women's national team, Chen Wanting, a reputable coach in China, was appointed as the coach of the Qiongzhong women's soccer team in the women's soccer league's second division. In the latest news, although the Qiongzhong women's soccer team led by her unfortunately lost the final championship battle to the rival Guangxi Pingguo Channon, we can see that gradually some women's soccer bases have been established. In the future, we have reason to believe that they will be able to appear among them to represent China's women's football international players.
