Shui Qingxia's tactical arrangement is puzzling, she shouted to support the newcomers, while allowing the veterans to continue the glory, and even went so far as to abandon the two national youth team captains!
Denmark and Haiti conceded just one goal against the challenge of England, while Nigeria and England lost 2-4 on penalties. However, Asia's Chinese women's soccer team suffered a heartbreaking 1-6 loss in front of England. Is this too weak a performance for the Asian Cup winners? Are Asian teams really that bad in the World Cup? The answer is clearly no, as the Japanese women's soccer team has managed to make it to the last eight!
Shui Qingxia's lineup choices have been controversial in this World Cup. In the first match against Denmark, she placed star player Wang Frost, Asian Cup hero Tang Jiali and Xiao Yuyi on the bench. After the match was lost 0-1, many fans were worried about the women's soccer team's exit. What was even more puzzling was that Shui Qingxia also placed Zhu Yu on the bench and put Xu Huan as the starting goalkeeper. Many fans believed that Xu Huan should be held responsible for the loss.
In the post-match press conference, Shui Qingxia said frankly that she should have given more chances to the youngsters. This seemed to be a defense of the decision to play Xu Huan. However, while she claimed that she would give more chances to the youngsters, she still sacrificed the national youth captain for the veterans to realize their dreams. In fact, observing the three Chinese women's soccer matches, Shui Qingxia did give chances to the youngsters, but mainly to Xu Huan. At the same time, many veterans, such as Gu Yasha, but few appearances.
Several veterans such as Zhang Xin, Zhang Rui and Lou Jiahui have been questioned in this World Cup. Zhang Xin has said outright that her dream is to score goals in the World Cup, while Shui Qingxia coached her team, Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank. Zhang Xin was also one of Shui Qingxia's favorite players. But unfortunately, Zhang Xin's performance did not meet expectations, sparking questions from fans.
Despite being a young player, Zhang Linyan is already a starter in the Asian Cup and was personally promoted by Shui Qingxia. However, two talented young players, national youth captain Wang Linlin and Shen Mengyu, lost their chance in this World Cup. Shen Mengyu only came on as a substitute for about 20 minutes in the first match, and only came on in extra time in the last match. Wang Linlin didn't come on until the last 30 seconds of the England game, more like a substitute tool man.
Shui Qingxia claims that she wants to give more chances to the youngsters, but why does she prefer to place the impactful striker Wang Shanshan in the center back position instead of letting Wang Linlin take the field? Shen Mengyu as the midfield commander, but Shui Qingxia insists on using Zhang Rui and Zhang Xin, which is really hard to understand. I just want to know what kind of trick she is playing.
