On April 1, 2021, the second stage of the National Women's Football Championship was in full swing. In the first round of the knockout stage, Beijing Women's Football Team lost to Sichuan Women's Football Team 4-5 after penalty kicks, bidding farewell to the journey to the quarter-finals.
In the afternoon, the knockout stage of the National Women's Soccer Championship started in Kunming Hai Terrier, Beijing Women's Soccer Team and Sichuan Team played for the first time. Regular time into a 1-1 draw, penalty shootout, Beijing women's soccer failed to seize the opportunity to total score of 4-5 defeat.
After the game, Beijing Women's Soccer Head Coach Yu Yun said, "Losing on penalties is acceptable. Anyone who can stand on the penalty spot is a hero. Penalty kicks are great if you have the courage to play them."
Coach Yu Yun's words reveal his encouragement and affirmation of his players. Some people call him a fatherly head coach who is very inclusive. However, those who understand the current situation of the Beijing women's soccer team may be able to sense a hint of helplessness in Coach Yu's words.
Yu Yun revealed, "Now the team has gone a lot of people, eight into four stage, the main goalkeeper was injured, the right defender was also injured, and added three more injury numbers. Basically, in addition to Wang Chen alone, all the other young players, and now it is a youth team level."
From last year's Women's Super League, only the top four teams in the All China Class, to today's youth team lineup, the Beijing women's soccer team has undergone a sea change in just a few months. All of this stems from the early termination of the contract by the Beijin Group and the withdrawal of funds in the middle of the game, which led to the inability of the Beijing women's soccer team to renew the contract, and the players have left the team. But this year's game task is heavier, since January 2, Beijing women's football in the field competition training has been nearly three months.
Yu Yun said: "We expect the 8th to go back to Beijing to adjust, because out of time is too long, the players of the spirit is very fatigue, but also more than three months have not seen their families. The condition of the troops is still like before, the north control side is not invested, we have not found a new sponsor. The players will basically take the salary of the first Nongtan. I think the Sports Bureau, the first Nongtan has been very important to us, has been actively looking for us."
