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Beijing, April 4 (Reporter Li He) On the 15th, the annual China Golden Globe Awards ceremony was held as scheduled. What is slightly different is that at this year's awards ceremony, a female coach became the most talked about person in the audience.

She herself admits that this is "special": "I am very excited, it is not easy to get this award, because there may be few women (Jin Shuai) before, so the meaning is different." Chinese women's football coach Shui Qingxia talked about her feelings about winning the annual China Golden Coach Award.

But this "special", she deserves it.

Shui Qingxia won the 2022 China Golden Shuai Award. Photo by Li Hyuk

In the final of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup, Shui Qingxia led the Chinese women's football team to defeat South Korea 3:2 and win the Asian Cup for the first time in 16 years. They performed remarkably throughout the tournament, beating the previous champions Japan on penalties in the semi-finals.

Against the backdrop of the Chinese men's team's crushing defeat to Vietnam on the first day of the Chinese New Year, the women's team's heart-wrenching victory has attracted national attention.

At the end of July, her Chinese women's football team went unbeaten in the East Asian Cup and eventually finished runners-up.

At the trough of Chinese football, the Chinese women's football team became a "shot in the arm" for people to continue their hope.

Data map: The picture shows Chinese women's football players holding the cup.

As a result, the awarding of the Golden Coach trophy to the women's football manager is highly anticipated. Then, the attention also diverted from the Golden Globes to the upcoming Women's World Cup in July.

"Personally, of course, the higher the better." In an interview with a reporter from China News Network, talking about the goal of this conquest, Shui Qingxia said. At the same time, she once again emphasized the two words mentioned in her acceptance speech - no complaint.

"Realistically speaking, we still have a gap, but I think it is not to give up if there is a gap, but to constantly overcome, do not complain about what exists objectively, do not complain about difficulties, do not complain, do a good job in every detail of yourself, and the result does not have to think too much." To do the process a little better, to do the upfront work a little better, I think it's better than anything. ”

Shui Qingxia was interviewed. Photo by Li Hyuk

Shui Qingxia said that through the previous European training, the Chinese women's football team saw its own gap and found problems. Less than 100 days before the opening of the Women's World Cup, Shui Qingxia proposed that she hoped that the women's football girls could raise their requirements and apply their feelings of playing in Europe to the league.

"Hopefully our sprint [preparation] is both strong and quantitative, football is not about spirit alone, but spirit is necessary. Whatever the outcome, I think it's more important to enjoy the results after training. ”

When the reporter asked her about the current dilemma facing Chinese football, Shui Qingxia expressed her opinion: "At present, Chinese football has some difficulties, I think the most important thing to find a (solution) is to emancipate the mind and really do it a fundamental job, including youth training, I believe in Chinese football." It may not be seen in 5 to 10 years, but it will have a good development, and there is hope for good development, and I am very convinced of that. ”

Zhang Yuning and his father Zhang Quancheng. Photo by Li Hyuk

In contrast, Xinco China Football Golden Ball Award winner Yuning is extremely low-key.

With his performance as the domestic goalscorer king of the Chinese Super League last season, Zhang Yuning won the Chinese Golden Ball Award for the first time in his career. In his acceptance speech, his "thanks" speech was slightly official.

Zhang Yuning's performance at the award ceremony was even less eye-catching than that of his father who presented him with the Golden Balls as a guest – not only because of his more trendy hairstyle than his son, but when asked whether his son's winning the Chinese Golden Globe met his expectations, Zhang Quancheng said, "This is a new starting point, and I hope he can stand on the stage of the World Cup in the future." ”

An interesting detail is that Shui Qingxia also led the team to play in the warm-up match in Spain on the 12th Beijing time, and this time she came in a hurry almost just after returning to China, and received the award at the end of the award ceremony.

And Zhang Yuning left in a hurry after receiving the first award of the day. It is understood that he quickly returned to the team after receiving the award to participate in a training session later to prepare for the opening match of the Chinese Super League on the 15th.

Data map: Zhang Yuning in the game. Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

In this way, in the "hurry" and "hurry", in 2023, Chinese football is planning to forge ahead again, and Chinese football is also preparing to start again.

"People really calm down and do it, and I think there should be a lot of changes [in Chinese football]." Shui Qingxia said. (End)