Screenshot of FIFA official website.

  Under the dim light, Yuki Yongsato, wearing the No. 17 jersey, played as a substitute. This was her first appearance in the Hayabusa Club Eleven.

On October 18th, local time, an otherwise unremarkable match attracted much attention because of the arrival of Yuki Yongli.

  After playing, Yongli Youji is actively fighting.

Although she failed to score a goal, she launched an offensive and indirectly assisted her brother Yongri Genki to complete the goal, helping the team win 3:1.

  The reason why this game is special is that Yongli Yuki is the only female player on this team.

In September, she was on loan from the Chicago Red Stars to Hayabusa 11, becoming the first woman in Japan to join the men's football league.

Yongli Yuki comes off the bench.

  In an interview with FIFA, Yuki Naga said frankly: "I hope I can become the first female player to compete in the J1 league." Ideals are full, but the Hayabusa Elevens are currently only in the second division of Kanagawa Prefecture. They still have a long way to go before they reach the top palace of the Japanese Football League.

  Yongli Yuki is 33 years old this year and joined as a loan. Her hope of helping the team advance to the J1 League seems very slim.

But this time can be called a "historical loan" and may have a positive effect on the development of women's football.

Yongli Yuki is in the game.

  For a long time, the attention and treatment of men's and women's football have been very different.

Even as a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup champion, many people are unfamiliar with the name Yuki Yongri.

Even she herself did not expect that joining the men's football team would have a higher exposure rate than winning the World Cup.

  But in Yuki Naga, this is a positive signal: "Although playing with male players is a challenge, I think female players can do it."

  In fact, the industry has already had discussions about men's and women's football competing in the same field.

And Yongli Youji is not the first person to join the men's football team.

  Since 1986, the Netherlands has introduced the concept of "hybrid football".

At first, girls under 12 could play football with boys.

In the following years, this rule was extended to youth competitions.

Data map: Dutch women's football in the 2019 World Cup finals.

  The Dutch Football Association allows mixed men's and women's teams for events under the U19 age group.

After reaching the age of 19, male players in the mixed team can be promoted to the first team of men’s football, while female players can stay in the second team of men’s football or play in the female football team.

  Former Dutch women's football international Vera Pauw (Vera Pauw) is a supporter of the mixed football concept.

She feels that the Dutch women's football still benefits from such a system.

  In recent years, the Dutch women's football team has repeatedly created good results in international competitions.

In 2017, the Dutch women's football team won the European Cup for the first time in history.

In the 2019 Women's World Cup, the Dutch team entered the final for the second time.

Although the last moment regrets losing to the United States, but now the Dutch women's football is already a strong team in the world football.

Screenshot of the official website of VV Foaru Football Club.

  Maybe it's the sweetness of "mixed football".

The Dutch Football Association is still further exploring this move.

In August of this year, the Dutch Football Association and the VV Foaru Football Club launched a pilot cooperation. A 19-year-old female player named Allen Foaru successfully entered the club's men's adult group and will play with the team in the fourth level of the league.

  Alan Folkma has been playing with the boys on the team since he was 5 years old.

After she turned 19, she also worried that she could no longer train with her familiar teammates.

As a result, the club and Alan Folkma applied to the Dutch Football Association to enter the adult group.

  Art Langeler, director of the Football Development Department of the Dutch Football Association, also said that they receive applications from some clubs to request women's players to stay on the team every year.

He believes that this experiment represents diversity and equality: "We don't want to stop these challenging attempts, we should leave room for development for everyone."

Screenshot of the official website of the Dutch Football Association.

  At present, there are still differences on mixed football.

Due to physical limitations, there is a big gap between the level of men's and women's football.

And if they are on the same green field, women and men face different risks of injury.

  That is the case, European football is still open to mixed football.

In the UK, teenagers under the age of 18 can choose to join a mixed team.

In Germany and Italy, this age is 17 years old.

  In the England women's national team, many international players have had the experience of playing for the men's team.

The 23-year-old defender Leah Williamson said: “Young girls can improve their understanding of football by playing against boys.” Although she cannot compete with male players in terms of physical fitness, she still benefits from this model. shallow.

  "We can't rely on physical attributes, we can't fight pace and strength, so our thinking must be more agile. When we grow up, this skill will be transferred to women's competitions."

  For this, Yuki Yongsato, who has just joined Hayabusa eleven, also has a deep understanding.

She said: "Men's players are faster, which makes my mind sharper and make decisions faster in the game. I can beat the men's players by making quick decisions."

  As the first woman in Japan to join the men's league, the deeds of Yuki Yongsato may inspire more female players to join the men's team.

The performance of Alan Folkma in the team is also related to whether there will be more mixed men's and women's teams in the Dutch Men's Football League in the future.

(Author Xing Rui)