Shandong Women's Football Team Challenges Shanghai Women's Football Team in the First Match of Women's Super League
Shandong Women's Football Team Challenges Shanghai Women's Football Team in the First Match of Women's Super League, Players Share Growth Stories and Outlooks
At 19:00 on April 1, the 2016 Women's Super League kicked off with the first match between Shandong Women's Football Team, the promoted horse, and Shanghai Women's Football Team, the defending champion. For the girls of Shandong Women's Soccer, the challenge has officially begun. Last year, they won the Triple Crown as a dark horse; in the new season, they need to put in more effort to stay in the Women's Super League. Our reporter specially went to Jinan before the game, visited the Shandong Women's Football Team which is training in Shandong Sports Training Center. Captain Wang Tingting, main striker Zhao Xue and main defender Wu Haiyan were interviewed by the reporter to tell the story of their growth, and they had encountered difficulties and wanted to give up at one time, but they chose to insist in the end.
Pick your soccer ball one way or the other, and you must persevere when things get tough.
Taishan Evening News: First of all, thank you for the interview, can you talk about your growing up story? When did you start playing soccer and what did you like about it?
Zhao Xue: I started playing soccer in 2003, when I was 12 years old, and I was favored by the coach since I was a kid. Maybe I learned the moves faster when I was a kid, and the coach probably thought that I had some potential. At that time, I thought it was fun to play soccer, and I didn't have much of a dream, because I liked it and came over step by step.
Wu Haiyan: I play soccer should be a mistake, at first because the physical quality is better, at that time was practicing track and field, and finally was selected into the soccer team, and then slowly began to play soccer.
Wang Tingting: when I was a child from the first grade began to play soccer, elementary school was selected, holding the mindset of playing to go, may be running laps when rushing in the forefront, incredible to be selected. At that time, the school needs a soccer team also needs a volleyball team, then all participate, and then more involved in soccer, chose soccer.
Taishan Evening News: From the very beginning of playing soccer to becoming a professional player to being selected for the national team, what do you think is the biggest difficulty you encountered?
Zhao Xue: Maybe the attention of women's soccer is smaller, the salary level is still very different than men's soccer, I hope more people pay attention to us. At first, I had thought of giving up, but through the coach's counseling, I was more determined, and I thought I could play for the national team, so I persisted. Everyone has a period of low point, after the 2013 National Games, we also thought of giving up, our first year of the women's first-class results are not very good, from the second year to start to have a change. We didn't do well in the first year of the Women's League, and it was only in the second year that things started to change. I'm very thankful to Mr. Yin, who has been a great motivator for us since he took over the team.
Wu Haiyan: Injuries may be the biggest difficulty, but injuries have also brought me many ideas, since I have paid so much, it is necessary to pay for their own payoff to fight to the return, adhere to it.
Tingting Wang: In fact, my journey has been very smooth, there were no major difficulties, and the only hurdle was when I was faced with the problem of choosing whether to play soccer or go to school. After graduating from junior high school, my mom still wanted me to go to college, just like other kids. Since my dad loved soccer, he was more supportive and respected my decision, so I finally made my own decision and chose soccer.
Triple Crown boosts confidence to prove Super League run is no fluke
Taishan Evening News: Last year, under the leadership of Yin, Shandong Women's Football Team got the Triple Crown, which championship are you all most impressed with?
Zhao Xue: All three championships are very valuable, the most important is the championship of our tournament, some of the pre-tournament training are practiced to the limit, especially tired. Eventually one game at a time, playing well also got the championship. Super Cup and Shanghai's competition, I think it is the most meaningful, the champion of the women's A and the champion of the women's super kick, our team is more small players, but do not play a fight, and do not know the level of how, so that competition can beat the Shanghai team, or feel very meaningful.
Wu Haiyan: It should be the first tournament championship, we got the title in the course of the league, more impressive, which is to give us the league to win the title, accumulated a lot of confidence.
Wang Tingting: The most impressive thing, I think, is still the championship of the Women's League A. To go through a year's schedule, you have to make fewer mistakes and make sure that you can't lose every game, and as the captain of the team, I still have a lot of pressure, and it's not easy to get the championship in the end. The most impressive game is the tournament with Dalian, before the game did not think of winning by a large margin, 4-1 win, history has never been so large margin of victory over Dalian, the number of times to win Dalian is not a lot, so that game feel especially cool, especially happy.
Taishan Evening News: Coincidentally, the first round of this season's Women's Super League competition is with the Shanghai Women's Football Team, how do you see this competition? What is the outlook for the new season?
Zhao Xue: Summarize the experience of last year's competition, play steadily and steadily, but also can not be proud, there are many young players, we need to be supported by these veteran players. I look forward to more goals in the new season, we have to put down the mentality, play every game, we are just super team, a game to play, soccer what results can be presented. This year is not to say relegation, but to fight one game at a time, some other teams have foreign aid, from the beginning of the first game to understand the opponent.
Wu Haiyan: Since we are able to rush to the Women's Super League, we want to lay our strength, so that more troops know that Shandong Women's Football can enter the Women's Super League is not a coincidence, to play our own level. Our team is relatively young, next year is the National Games, we use the league as a basis, to lay a better foundation for the National Games, looking forward to our ability to become more and more mature. The goal of this year, the championship is everyone wants to get, but the key is to work hard.
Wang Tingting: I think whether it's individual or overall, the championship must be everyone wants to get, but also according to their own strength and level, after all, we are a promoted horse, want to achieve results in the Women's Super League, but also need to make more efforts. To let others know that the super is not luck, nor is it because the Women's League is too weak, to prove themselves. Dedication, our team is very young, there is a good coach, I believe that we will achieve a good result in the Women's Super League.
Into the national team is very motivated, will pay attention to Luneng appreciate Yang Xu Liu Binbin
Taishan Evening News: You are not only the main force of Shandong women's soccer team, but also have the experience of the national team, talk about the feeling of entering the national team.
Zhao Xue: just received the news when especially excited, I was about eleven o'clock in the evening to receive the notice, a night did not sleep much. Yin also said, to play out their own characteristics, do not care about other factors, try to play out their own level of training is good. After I went there, the pressure must be there, the competition is very fierce, it will be serious, I have tried to adjust my mentality. The coaches trust me, and I feel motivated to play in the Olympic qualifiers.
Wu Haiyan: I was very nervous before I went there, but after I went there I was still very relaxed, since I came here, I just went out on a limb and treated it in a very normal way. The influence of that environment, I feel that when you come to this place, just try your best. I personally remember the first game of the World Cup the most, when we played against Canada, the hosts, in front of a very large crowd. The feeling was that we should enjoy the process, and there are not many chances like this in this life.
Wang Tingting: When I entered the national team list, I felt that I was not a child anymore, I was more than twenty years old, and I didn't have too many twists and turns when I entered the national team, and I wanted to fight to stay. Later on, perhaps the coach did not meet the requirements of the national team, did not stay, but also very regrettable. In the future, I will definitely want to enter the national team again through my own efforts, and strive to have a place for myself!
Taishan Evening News: Let's change the topic to a lighter one, what are the things you like to do in your spare time outside of training and competitions?
Zhao Xue: I'll watch some TV shows, go out and relax a bit, after all, it's impossible to just stay in this compound and train.
Wu Haiyan: My hobbies mainly depend on my mood, I do whatever comes to my mind, maybe I love food more (laughs).
Wang Tingting: I'm usually a bit of a homebody, and when I'm not training for a competition, I like to stay in my room and watch movies and American dramas.
Taishan Evening News: In addition to their own training competitions, usually pay attention to men's soccer matches? For example, Luneng's competitions, do you have any players you admire?
Zhao Xue: We went to the scene to see three or four times Luneng's competitions, and usually pay attention. If the players, I appreciate Yang Xu more, because his position is more like me.
Wu Haiyan: I appreciate more players and teams, I value more from them to learn more things. Unless they are particularly handsome, such as Crow, they will be more eye-catching.
Wang Tingting: usually also watch Luneng's competition, I personally still like Liu Binbin's, more like his style of playing football, the kind of feeling of playing football on the field.
