After the draw with Spain, China 16 successfully advanced. But the reason why China fans celebrated warmly was that they managed to avoid the winning American team. No one will accuse sonorous rose of being too confident. However, the present situation of women's football in China has not reached people's design and expectation. The overall plan of football reform in China plans to build thousands of football venues, and at the same time, it calls for vigorously developing campus football.
In fact, China women's football team was the first team to qualify for this year's World Cup finals, which further raised people's expectations for this team, even though the world ranking of China women's football team at that time was only 16. I hope the sonorous rose can reproduce the glory of China women's football team. This team has won the Asian Cup seven times in a row and reached the World Cup finals, and finally lost to the United States in the penalty shootout.
Since then, the United States has maintained its position as the top team in the world. On the contrary, China women's football team retreated instead of advancing, and never reached the World Cup semi-finals. In the Women's World Cup, China even missed the final. According to this standard, China women's football team has achieved some success in France, although it is far from people's expectations. Like other fans and experts, Dong Lu lamented that China did not have the modern sports culture necessary to train world-class athletes, especially top professional athletes.
China's top men's soccer league was officially renamed "China Football Association Super League". There are 16 teams participating in the Super League, which is also one of the most popular leagues in China. The owners of Super League clubs are also willing to give generously to get excellent foreign players. At the same time, China Football Association began to encourage foreign players to apply for China nationality, and Li Ke, the first naturalized player with China origin, has started to play for the China national team. But at the same time, the development of China Women's Football League is struggling.
In this case, it is not easy for China women's football team not to regress. Other women's football teams in the world have gained more attention with the support of capital. Even compared with men's football, the development of women's football is still limited, but it can be said that women's football in most countries has made progress in recent years. He also reminded the China women's football team of the urgent challenges.
In the World Cup, China was assigned to a very challenging group. As expected, China lost 0-/kloc-0 in the first match to the German team, the two-time World Cup champion and the strongest opponent in the group stage. In the second match, China beat South Africa and 0-0 with 65438+. In the last game against Spain, the sonorous rose was suppressed by the opponent. In the whole game, China scored only one goal, while the Spaniard scored 24. The team's biggest hero is goalkeeper Peng Shimeng, who saved the China team and was named the best player of the game after the game. Mark Dreier, a British journalist who has been covering sports in China for many years, said that the development of the China team was hindered by what he called the "militarized training system" because it inhibited the athletes' personality development and creativity. Shoupeng Wang, the top soccer star in China, seems to have a bad relationship with the head coach. Even after being elected Miss Asian Football in 2008, Shoupeng Wang still missed the first match with the German team.
Another player, Li Ying, had to cover the tattoo on her arm during the competition. In China, tattoos are considered as a sign of "bad boys", so TV censors don't allow players to expose their tattoos. As the only player who scored in the group stage, Mars didn't mention this issue, and she was more concerned about the result.
After the group stage, China women's football team's World Cup tour will be even more difficult. Their next opponent is the Italian women's football team, which ranked first in Group C. In order to achieve the goal of not being inferior to the last World Cup quarter-finals, China must beat her opponent. Of course, quite a few China fans still think that the performance of women's football team is better than that of China national men's football team. In 2002, China men's football team only entered the World Cup finals once, and failed to score a goal or a point in the group stage. Rachel, another host, said that the China women's football team "shows a tough spirit, which is surprising".
"Today, with the rapid development of women's football around the world, we are not behind, we are catching up," she said.
She said that her fans and friends stayed up late to watch those early morning women's football matches, and social media were full of discussions about women's football.
"There is always hope for football in China," a fan said at the Weibo, "because we still have women's football!"