At a meeting of the National People's Congress, which decides important policies in China, the slump of the national soccer team came up as a topic of discussion.
Although China has aimed to become a ``soccer powerhouse'' under President Xi Jinping, who is known to be a fan of soccer, there are signs of frustration over the lack of results.
State-run China Central Television reported on the 7th that Shui Qingxia, former national women's soccer coach and representative of the National People's Congress, brought up the poor performance of the national team as an issue at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
In this discussion, former coach Mizu called for measures to strengthen soccer, citing the lack of high-level game experience among players and the lack of coaches to train them.
China has aimed to become a ``soccer powerhouse'' under President Xi Jinping, who is known to be a fan of soccer, but the men's national team has lost five consecutive World Cup Asian qualifiers, and the women's national team has also failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics. , and the former manager was dismissed.
It has been pointed out that one of the reasons why soccer is not getting stronger is that the competition for university entrance exams is so intense that the number of young people who are exposed to soccer is not expanding.In addition, due to the match-fixing that occurred in the domestic league, soccer fans are having trouble selecting players for the national team. There is also a growing sense of distrust that fraud is taking place.
There is also a hint of impatience on the part of the Chinese government, which is unwilling to let anything thwart its efforts to become a ``soccer powerhouse'', which it has been working on under the orders of President Xi Jinping.