Recently, China's women's soccer team captain Wu Haiyan published a message on her personal social media platform to warmly congratulate Coach Jia Xiuquan for coaching the team for three years. She wrote in the article: "Jiajia army, three years of celebration! We are moving forward! Thank you to Jia, thank you to every member of the team! Our future is even more brilliant!" Observe this, the team captain Wu Haiyan's firm support on social media platforms must have put skipper Jia Xiuquan in a happy mood. Looking back on the three years that Jia Xiuquan has been in charge of China's women's soccer team, despite the fluctuating performance of the team, Jia Xiuquan has always been regarded as the favorite to be dismissed whenever he faces questions from the fans.
At first, when the CFA invited Jia Xiuquan to be the coach of the women's soccer team, he was actually reluctant to accept. He knew that most of the fans did not care about our women's soccer team, and even regarded our women's soccer team as an international first-class team. Once our women's soccer team performs mediocrely in the competition, Jia Xiuquan will undoubtedly become a target. However, in the face of the FA's kind invitation, he finally accepted the challenge to become the head coach of our women's soccer team.
However, Jia Xiuquan's concerns are not empty. In those three years, he led our women's soccer team to three major competitions, and each time he was inevitably questioned. First, he led the team to the Asian Games final, which is the best performance of our women's soccer team in recent years. Facing the powerful Japanese women's soccer team, even though we lost 0-1, this result is not easy. Our women's football team is no longer the invincible king of the Sun Wen era, since Sun Wen retired, China's women's football level and performance declined year by year, while Japan's women's football team has risen strongly, won the Women's International Cup, and has become recognized as the dominant women's football team in the world.
Nevertheless, the result of such a match should have been understood by the fans. However, the fans are still ambiguous about the positioning of our women's soccer team, and believe that Jia Xiuquan could have beaten the Japanese team if he had been able to direct the game properly. Thus, they began to demand Jia Xiuquan's dismissal. But those who really know the game know that our women's soccer team's defeat of Japan by one goal is already a very remarkable achievement. Under Jia Xiuquan's leadership, China's women's soccer team completed the established tasks of the Football Association in both the 2019 Women's International Cup and the Tokyo Olympic Games playoffs, and successfully advanced to the main round of the Olympic Games. Such excellent results, but there are still fans who questioned Jia Xiuquan, making him feel the pressure. Fortunately, Wu Haiyan and other women's international soccer players supported their mentor, which made Jia Xiuquan feel relieved. Expect our women's soccer team, under the leadership of Jia Xiuquan, to have an outstanding performance in the Tokyo Olympics, and to achieve results that will satisfy the fans as soon as possible.
