Last night, the second round of the Asian zone play-offs for the Olympic qualifiers was in full swing, and China's women's soccer team, with Wang Frost's winning goal in overtime, defeated the South Korean women's soccer team by a total score of 4-3 in a reversal of fortune, and gloriously advanced to the Tokyo Olympics.
At the match site, more than 10,000 fans enthusiastically watched the game, and the TV ratings were the highest in the same period of the last two years, with the CCTV5 broadcast covering more than 20 million TV viewers. Within 12 hours after the match, the amount of news reports about China's women's soccer team had exceeded 350,000 items.
Nevertheless, the Chinese Football Association on the women's football support for a long time is not enough, but the men's football invested huge sums of money, this difference in treatment has caused widespread dissatisfaction. Soccer expert Ma Lianli bluntly said that the Association should be based on the results to measure the treatment of women's and men's football, men's football to enjoy five-star service, but played as amateur level; on the contrary, women's football, although for the country to win the glory, but did not get the same treatment.
The expert's words are thought-provoking, our women's soccer team's salary is low for a long time, contrasting with their achievements in the World Championship. Our men's soccer team is hovering at the third-rate level in Asia, with a 0-0 draw with the Philippines and a 1-2 loss to Syria in the World Cup qualifiers, and even within the Asian region, we dare not predict a win easily. The women's soccer team, on the other hand, has won the World Cup, the Asian Championship, the Olympic Games runner-up, and now successfully advancing to the Tokyo Olympics. Why is it that one, fighting for the honor of the national team, can only fly economy class and have a restricted hotel budget, while the other gets a special flight to and from and stays in top hotels? Is this fair?
Our women's soccer team maintains a spirit of hard work, but they also need material security. Improving their treatment is a way of recognizing and respecting their hard work and outstanding achievements. I hope the FA will seize the opportunity to reward our roses.
