Chinese women's football team prepares for Hangzhou Asian Games
Suzhou fans welcome women's football heroes home
At noon on February 8, the bus carrying the Chinese women's football delegation slowly drove into the Suzhou Yuyang Wharf·Huyi Hotel amid the cheers of more than 100 fans. After regaining the Asian Cup championship trophy, this football woman The Master of Heroes is "home".
Departure for Suzhou at 9 am on the 8th
On the evening of February 6, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team defeated the South Korean team 3-2 in the 20th Women's Asian Cup final in Navi Mumbai, India, thus winning the championship for the ninth time in history.
A victory also injected a boost of heart into the long-depressed Chinese football, and presented a "late Spring Festival gift" to the fans and Chinese people.
After the Chinese women's football team won the championship, they left Mumbai, India by chartered flight at 11:30 am local time on February 7, and then flew to Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 7:27 pm Beijing time on the 7th.
Since then, in accordance with epidemic prevention regulations, the Chinese women's football team has undergone a series of epidemic prevention tests in Shanghai.
It is understood that the Chinese women's football team, who returned home with honor, was congratulated and welcomed by all parties, including the flight attendants. Head coach Shui Qingxia even accepted an interview with the media during the flight.
After arriving at the airport, the on-site staff and epidemic prevention personnel also improved their work efficiency as much as possible to provide all-round convenience for the women's football girls to "go home".
The Chinese women's football team stayed overnight in a quarantined hotel near the airport due to the late time after various tests and the need to wait for the test results.
The whole team also set off for Suzhou at 9 am on the 8th.
Women's football is closed in Suzhou
According to the epidemic prevention regulations, the Chinese women's football delegation was transferred from Shanghai to Suzhou, and the whole process was in a closed loop of bubble epidemic prevention.
However, inspired by the team's championship and the "sounding rose" spirit, many fans still rushed to the team's resident hotel on the morning of the 8th, outside the Suzhou Yuyang Wharf·Huyi Hotel.
Even through the car window, they welcomed the female football hero "home" in the most enthusiastic way.
A reporter from Beijing Youth Daily learned that after the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup, as the representative of the host to undertake the task of closed isolation and reception after the team delegation returned to China, the Suzhou Municipal Sports Bureau began to implement the preparations for the team's welcome event.
Responsible for the implementation of the specific work is the Taihu Football Sports Center, which has been vigorously supporting the national men's and women's football preparations.
The old fans cheer for the women's football outside the hotel
Although the weather in the Taihu Lake area in Suzhou was gloomy and cold on the morning of the 8th, many fans stayed at the door of the hotel early.
Spontaneous fans raised welcome banners on both sides of the aisle, which read: "I love you, Chinese women's football." The local football teenagers shouted in unison: "Women's football, great! Women's football, I love you. We are champion!"
As the backbone of the "Dragon Team" fan club, the famous fan "Master Qiao", whose hometown is in Shengze, Suzhou, arrived outside the hotel at 9:00 a.m., when the team set off from Shanghai.
He said: "In addition to congratulating the Chinese women's football team, I sincerely hope that on weekdays, everyone can pay more attention to the women's football team, not just after the team has achieved good results. I have been cheering for Chinese football for more than 30 years, and I will not stop. , Today, we should all applaud the Chinese women's football team."
After about two and a half hours' drive, the Chinese women's football team arrived at the resident hotel at 11:00 am on the 8th.
Next, the whole team will rest in place for a while, and then return to training to prepare for the women's football match at the Hangzhou Asian Games in September this year.
Affected by factors such as the epidemic, the Chinese women's football team will not organize large-scale celebrations except for simple gatherings after its arrival.
For this team, a bigger challenge is yet to come. For the victory and the Asian Cup, both the coach Shui Qingxia and the majority of the players maintain a clear understanding.
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The national football team conducts the first outdoor joint training in the Year of the Tiger, and Sun Jihai's reinforcement coaching staff will accompany the team to the west
On the afternoon of February 8, when the Chinese women's football girls who had just returned home with their laurels held up their favorite mascots of the Beijing Winter Olympics, "Bing Dun Dun and Xue Rong Rong", the Chinese men's football team, who was also quarantined in Suzhou, appeared in Taihu Lake. The venue in the base began the first outdoor joint practice after returning to China.
It is understood that since the Chinese Super League in the new season will most likely start after the top 12 matches, the existing coaching team of the national football team who returned to Suzhou with the team will continue to lead the team until the last two rounds of the top 12 matches, and then assistant coach Chen Yang, physical fitness Coach Wilk and other coaches or staff who have an appointment with the club will return to work at their respective clubs.
After participating in the 7th and 8th rounds of the top 12 away matches, the Chinese men's football delegation returned to Shanghai in the early morning of February 3, Beijing time, and was then collectively transferred to the resident hotel in Suzhou in the afternoon.
In the past few days, the internationals have been resting and adjusting.
During this period, some players took the initiative to walk into the gym of the resident hotel for physical training.
On Monday, the 10 players who were recruited by the coaching staff have also reported to the team as scheduled.
According to the plan, the entire team will have their first outdoor joint practice after returning to China at 3 pm on the 8th at the Taihu base.
Including the 10 late arrivals, all 32 international players participated in this joint training.
It is understood that the entire training lasted about 90 minutes.
The content involves jogging, body pulling, circling, etc. The players also conducted a certain intensity of confrontation training.
Although the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup title, which put the men's football team under a certain pressure, but from the training situation, the men's football international players have not been affected too much, and their attitude towards training has always been more devoted.
The arrival of 10 supplementary players indicates that the Chinese team, which has missed out on entering the Qatar World Cup ahead of schedule, is likely to change its employment strategy in the last two rounds of the top 12 competition. Some young players will replace the veterans and step into the forefront of the national football team.
So, will there be any changes to the coaching staff who accompanied the team to Japan and Vietnam some time ago?
Judging from the current situation, the existing coaching team will continue to fully participate in the leadership of the last two rounds of the top 12 in late March.
At present, the members of the Chinese team's coaching staff are head coach Li Xiaopeng, assistant coaches Pep, Chen Yang, Zheng Zhi, Gao Yao, Li Leilei (goalkeeper coach), and Wilke (physical fitness coach).
The former international player Sun Jihai, who participated in the Shanghai training camp and led the team before, is expected to return to the team and go to West Asia with the team.
However, after the top 12 matches, as professional league clubs at all levels enter the sprint stage of preparations for the new season, members of the national football team who have appointments with each club will return to each club.
For example, Chen Yang, one of the assistant coaches of the national football team, will return to the Changchun Yatai team to exercise his responsibilities as coach after the top 12 games.
The Brazilian fitness coach Owen Wilke, who was "borrowed" by the national football team, will also return to Shanghai Shenhua Club.
Italian rehabilitation therapist Coti will also return to work at the new club Shenzhen Club.
This group of articles / reporter Xiao Xun co-ordinator / Du Rui