The Spring of Soccer: A New Stage for Cultivating the "Roses"
BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Under the title of "Spring Mud Protecting Flowers", the value of the "Netflix" soccer stadium is discussed.
The grand opening of the "Rose Wish Stadium" on the 28th is not only a new starting point, but also a new symbol to inspire rural girls to love soccer. Following the good news of China's women's soccer team's success in the Olympic Games, the "resounding roses" blossomed once again, stirring up complex emotions in the hearts of the nation: from past glories to present-day challenges, and then to the hopes of the future.
The reunion of Sun Wen, Liu Ailing and Wang Liping in Yunnan can't help but trace the glory years of China's women's soccer team in 1996 and 1999. Despite the fact that China's women's soccer team managed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in the qualifying rounds, the reality is that China's women's soccer team is no longer world-class, and even its supremacy in Asia is in jeopardy.
The decline of women's soccer is a result of both the natural laws of competitive sports and the overall decline in our soccer talent base and training level. To return to the top, we must expand the women's soccer population, increase the scope of selection, and get more girls involved in the sport.
Compared with ordinary stadiums, this women's football theme stadium in the rose pattern, field side display of women's football brilliant moments, will undoubtedly bring more incentives to the village girls. The CFA chose this stadium in Shilin, Yunnan Province, to promote women's football with the help of the strong atmosphere of local school soccer, which is a vivid practice of "soccer from childhood".
If China's women's soccer team wants to return to the top, it naturally needs world-class stars like Sun Wen, Liu Ailing, and Wang Liping, but more crucially, it needs countless young girls playing at all levels of the ladder and in all schools. Even if they don't embark on a professional career in the future, the passion they bring to soccer and the population base will be the cornerstone of the revival of women's soccer.
The establishment of the first "Rose Wish Stadium" in Shilin, Yunnan Province, not only directly supports the development of women's soccer in remote mountain villages, but also echoes the direction of the reform of China's sports and education integration. Yunnan as a pilot province, in the integration of sports and education on the road forward, sports examination reform has also attracted much attention. We do not want to let future generations bear the burden of "small glasses" and "small pudendum", soccer people are duty-bound.
A "Rose Wish Stadium" cannot accomplish such an ambitious mission. We are pleased to see that the "Wind Chase Program" and other systematic support for the development of women's football is gradually playing a role in the reform of the national football team.
For today's national soccer team and for our youth, the more such "Netflix" stadiums, the better. The road to renewed glory will be long and difficult, and it is unrealistic to expect an overnight miracle. The blooming of roses cannot be separated from the nourishment of spring mud.
