On February 13th, media leader Zheng Xiaowei disclosed her views on the "sea cucumber fiasco" between China's men's and women's soccer teams on her social media accounts. While discussing tactics with a national team player, the player also showed great confusion about the topic.
Zheng Xiaowei was outspoken on social media platforms, "At a time when our women's soccer team has survived many challenges and won the Asian Cup after 16 years, the men's soccer team has been repeatedly criticized for its performance in the World Preliminary Cup. Even publicly admitting to consuming sea cucumbers in an interview video was criticized by netizens as a 'crime'."
According to Baidu Encyclopedia, since the middle of the last century, many scholars have conducted in-depth research on more than 40 chemical components of sea cucumber. The research shows that sea cucumber is rich in more than 50 kinds of nutrients needed by human body, such as amino acids, vitamins and many kinds of chemical elements. In addition, sea cucumber contains bioactive substances such as acidic mucopolysaccharides, saponins and collagen, which have a wide range of pharmacological activities.
Therefore, it is not "unprofessional" for athletes to consume sea cucumbers. In fact, China's women's soccer team often enjoys sea cucumbers. According to New People's Evening News, Shanghai Sports Training Base Management Center Sports Team Service Department 2 Minister Zhu revealed: "We will provide high protein sea cucumber, abalone and other delicacies for women's football girls every day. Whether it is the men's soccer team can enjoy, the women's soccer team should also have a share, three meals a day all buffet, as long as the players like, the supply is sufficient!"
Recently, I talked to a player who just entered the men's national soccer team roster, and he also said helplessly, "It doesn't matter what you eat when you win, but when you lose, even drinking water will be considered wrong." (Source: DD)
