On August 16th, information platforms have reported that Shanghai women's soccer leader Shui Qingxia will take charge of the coaching whip and lead China's women's soccer team to compete in the National Games. However, according to Shanghai local media reports, Shui Qingxia revealed in an interview that she has only received the task of leading the team to participate in the Games, and plans for the future need to be made after the tournament.
Looking back at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's soccer team's performance failed to meet expectations, scoring few goals in the three group matches, only six, while conceding a whopping 17 goals, a performance that triggered widespread dissatisfaction among many fans. In addition, the coaching staff's selection criteria, technical and tactical use of the issue has also been widely discussed by the outside world, especially the pre-match treatment of the core veteran Tang Jiali, as well as the introduction of inexperienced young players, which triggered a lot of questioning of the players and netizens.
According to internal news, after the Chinese women's soccer team finished at the bottom of the group stage of the Olympic Games, the whole team had an in-depth summary in Beijing. The relevant departments also believe that the current coaching team is no longer suitable to continue to lead the team to participate in the Shaanxi National Games. During the Games, Shui Qingxia will temporarily serve as the head coach of the Chinese women's soccer team, while the Jiangsu women's soccer team will select assistant coaches and goalkeeper coaches to jointly form a new coaching team.
Shui Qingxia, 55, is a legendary player of the Chinese women's soccer team, who helped the Chinese women's soccer team win a silver medal as a main member of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Introverted, technically versatile and tough, Shui Qingxia's distinctive label during her playing days, she announced her retirement at the age of 35 in 2001 after successfully defending her title at the Guangdong National Games, and then gradually transitioned into coaching. Starting from the assistant coach of Shanghai Women's Football Team, she was in charge of the Women's National Youth Football Team, and is now the head coach of Shanghai Women's Football Team. In her 20 years of coaching career, she has led the Shanghai team to win the league, cup, and national games many times, with remarkable achievements.
According to further disclosure by the Shanghai media, Shui Qingxia has made it clear that she will lead the team to participate in the National Games, while the other players of the Shanghai Women's Football Team will be led by the head coach of the ladder team, Pan Weimin. As for where Shui Qingxia will go after the Games, it is not yet clear. She still has a contract with the Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank Women's Football Team, and after the Games, she may return to Shanghai and continue to serve as the head coach of the Shanghai Women's Football Team.
