As the years go by, the Chinese women's soccer team is once again climbing to the top.
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When the final whistle blew for the final, the women's soccer girls on the bench rushed into the field like a tidal wave, and goalkeeper Zhao Lina held a camera to capture their moment of victory up close. In her video, the joy of the players celebrating by raising their cups, the self-help prize-receiving scene during the epidemic, and even the moment when their cell phones fell were all recorded.
The segment, called Immersion
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The short video of the award was well received on the internet, with over 1.1 million views on B-site. From filming, editing to dissemination, Zhao Lina's video was a sight to behold. She lamented that the days when she was known as the Clanging Rose seemed to be far away.
Starting to play soccer at the age of 7 and becoming a national goalkeeper at the age of 20, Zhao Lina's photo became popular on the Internet and she was known as the "most beautiful goalkeeper". In her prime, she was once mistakenly thought to have retired, but returned to the national team at the age of 30. Throughout the ups and downs, Zhao Lina has remained steadfast, observing and recording the new era of women's soccer.
Zhao Lina self-assessed "introverted and silent", in her twenties, she even thought of quitting the national team.2015, Zhao Lina in Guangzhou training photos became popular on the Internet, since then, 1.88 meters tall, she was crowned "China's most beautiful women's football players" title. The most beautiful female soccer player in China. Despite all the attention, Zhao Lina knows that most of them are for the word "most beautiful".
In fact, Zhao Lina is highly regarded for her professional prowess. When she first joined the national team, she was selected to participate in the World Cup, and played well in the Olympic qualifiers the following year. At that time, she was youthful and beautiful, but she was more looking forward to being recognized on the field.
In the final of the 2018 Asian Games, the Chinese women's soccer team played against Japan. As the main goalkeeper, Zhao Lina defended the goal until the end of the game. But the nightmare came to Japan, a killer goal broke her defense, and the scene became a memory that she could not erase for many years.
Zhao Lina said that her life has changed dramatically since she started to be noticed. Once she was quiet and did whatever she wanted, but now she needs to demand more from herself and have a clearer direction for her future.
At that time, Zhao Lina was under tremendous pressure, both in competition and training. She temporarily left the national team to give herself a chance to catch her breath.
This year's Asian Cup, China's women's soccer team won the championship, so that the downturn for many years "clanging roses" back to everyone's view. Zhao Lina, who has reached 30+, once again appeared on the national team's roster, is no longer the little girl who would have retreated because of too much pressure.
In the years since she left the national team, video production has not only become a window for Zhao Lina, but also a good medicine to relieve her stress. Perhaps because of her age and experience, Zhao Lina feels that she is ready to return to the national team, "Everything is ready, and then waiting for an opportunity to fight again."
Chinese women's soccer head coach Shui Qingxia is the very same head coach of Zhao Lina's team in Shanghai, and she recalled Zhao Lina to the national team based on her knowledge of the player. In the days of temporary absence from the national team, Zhao Lina did not have a moment to relax professionally, and Shui Qingxia saw it all.
For Zhao Lina, Shui's persistence in soccer is also what touched her the most, "After so many years, I really have never seen a woman who can fight for her career to this extent."
In that game of the Asian Cup final, Zhao Lina sat on the bench and watched her teammates go from being behind to equalizing to overtaking, and she said she never even dreamed of this kind of drama.
Back in the country, the women's soccer team in accordance with the provisions of the designated hotel quarantine, just as the bus was about to drive into the hotel, they saw a large number of fans waving flags and shouting for them. Zhao Lina rushed to take out her camera to record this in the
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Balls long overdue for an exciting moment.
When the training team list was announced, some netizens exclaimed, "Ah? Zhao Lina didn't retire!"
For similar comments, Zhao Lina is also a bit helpless. May leave the time is really a bit long, in the world of the network, more people have even been the "most beautiful goalkeeper" defined as "sports netizen". But Zhao Lina can not care so much, and the national team zero intersection of these years, professionally she did not have any give up, just let another self for life opened a new window.
From the national team back to the local team in 2018, Zhao Lina came into contact with a brand new field - vlog. at that time, vlog just started to emerge in the Internet major social and video platforms, becoming a new way of communication for young people.
At that time, she was full of curiosity about this new platform, and always asked her friends, "Do you know about vlogging?" But I'm afraid that even Zhao Lina herself would not believe that after a few years, she, who does not like to talk much in life, could actually become a good vlogger and show a very different "most beautiful goalkeeper" in front of the camera.
Points of life records, professional video teaching, how to shoot fashion blockbusters ...... in front of the screen eloquent, generous Zhao Lina harvested more fans and attention, but her purpose is never just to show themselves.
"I've always wanted to think of ways to get more fans to understand and care about women's soccer players and see a side of the game that they don't see on the field. Only with a deep understanding will there be a deep concern." Although sometimes the number of viewers of the short videos made with a passion is very small and there is a loss, as long as she can receive so much as one or two encouragement, she feels, "It's still meaningful to continue to do it."
Various voices on the network, but gradually mature Zhao Lina has long been not too mind some different points of view, she always put their energy on their own focus on things. Once upon a time in real life is not good at communicating with her, and even did a "reporter", has its own interview column Lina chatter, the object of the interview is and their teammates with each other night and day.
"I'm going to go ahead and focus on this thing that I'm going to do that's going to help the community or help women's soccer as a team is what I'm focusing on right now."
With more and more output, Zhao Lina's fan base is increasing day by day. On Weibo, 1.3 million netizens have followed her, and Zhao Lina's Jitterbug fan base is even as high as 3.28 million, making her the player with the largest number of fans in Chinese women's soccer. The huge attention has also made her reflect on whether she has gone against her original silent and introverted self.
"There's no way, I need to go and use myself as a window to export a lot of things to the outside world, and also to let my teammates, the women's soccer as a group of people have a window to export ......" In the face of Zhao Lina's camera, many players are willing to talk chatter because the identity of the of the difference, she makes most people more relaxed.
"That's the whole point of me wanting to go into this, because I feel like I might know them a little bit better, and I want them to express some of their individuality, so that more people can see and care about this group."
With the aura of "the most beautiful women's soccer goalkeeper", Zhao Lina said she has never shied away from the word "beauty", and she also hopes that "beauty" can be a key to open the door to the outside world's understanding of women's soccer. The most important thing to remember is that you can't be a good soccer player.
"It's only through understanding that we can get attention and support and influence more people to join in."
