Chinese Taipei's soccer team has finally reached a historic turning point in the past three and a half years by winning for the first time after a gloomy run of ten matches. Looking back to October 11, 2021, when they battled Indonesia in the Asian Cup Qualifying Playoffs, it was a grueling battle. According to sources, the president of the Chinese Taipei Football Association, Cheng Wen-Chan, has generously announced that he will award up to NT$300,000 (about Rs. 68,000) to all the players.
It is worth noting that this was not a simple friendly match. The Chinese men's soccer team had suffered their biggest defeat since playing at home in Hefei, Anhui Province, when they lost 1-5 to Thailand. Immediately after that, they were defeated by a Southeast Asian team in another China Cup match. Now, the Chinese Taipei men's soccer team managed to beat Thailand, an achievement that certainly puts the national soccer team to shame.
Faced with this happy news, fans are talking: "It's really disappointing that even the provincial team is hard to beat", "First they lost to Vietnam and Thailand, followed by Myanmar and Laos, and then Mongolia and Brunei, who else could they lose to", and "There really aren't many weak teams in the national team".
In contrast, the Chinese men's soccer team in the 40-team stage has won over Guam and the Maldives, but the prize money for the victory was only 68,000 yuan, a significant gap between the prize money and the opponents.
