During the season, Ma Xiaoxu and Wang Chen made a magnificent turnaround to serve as the team's assistant coaches, while veteran player Zhao Rong chose to
demobilize
Beijing Women's Soccer Team With veterans retiring or returning to the team, Beijing Women's Soccer team promoted 11 young talents from the second team to join the first team, and they worked side by side with Wang Shanshan, He Xiangnan, Li Chiao, He Zhaofen, and other new aids, injecting new vitality into the team. Beijing Women's Soccer is in a critical period of transition between the old and the new, and the addition of new members to the team will make the team face the challenge of integration.
Coach Yu believes that the Beijing women's soccer team has not yet reached the level of competing for championships in domestic tournaments. In this national championship, many strong teams are playing with young players, and many international players are absent from the games. "This championship is a practice ground for all the teams, everyone is fighting to prepare for this year's Women's Super League, and the Beijing women's soccer team is no exception. A total of 19 units participated in this tournament, basically including the Women's Super League and Women's First Division teams. With the league about to open in April, all teams need to practice and sharpen their lineups through this tournament."
However, no matter what, being able to enter the final of the National Championship is undoubtedly a morale booster for the Beijing Women's Football Team, which is in the process of replacing the old with the new. Even though they were defeated by the stronger Changchun Women's Soccer Team, it is a positive development for the young team to have this kind of championship experience for Beijing Women's Soccer Team, which has been absent from the final match for a long time.
The power of example around us
Coach Yu always conveys the power of exemplars to his young players, whether it's Ma Xiaoxu on the coaching staff or Wang Shanshan on the court, they are exemplary for the young players. "Exemplars are all around, and young players can definitely reap the rewards of growth as long as they put their hearts and souls into it."
At the Women's Asian Cup in February this year, Wang Shanshan not only helped China's women's soccer team win the championship as the captain, but also won the individual honor of the Asian Cup's most valuable player. Her joining of the Beijing Women's Football Team has improved the strength of the team to a certain extent, and more importantly, she can bring more than just on-field help to the team. Through her own experience and teachings, she can make the direction clear and draw strength from a group of young players around her.
Ma Xiaoxu (right) has joined the Beijing women's soccer coaching staff this year
"We have more young players in this unit right now, and it is important to have a leader and a core in order to build this young team well. The core of the team last year was Ma Xiaoxu, and Wang Chen and Zhao Rong can also share some core roles on the field, but this year they are not playing, and the team needs a new backbone." By coincidence, Wang Shanshan and the Beijing women's soccer team came together. Wang Shanshan used to train at the Dongcheng Sports School when she was a child, and it can be said that Coach Yu watched her grow up step by step until she achieved her current success. Wang Shanshan's regret of not entering the adult Beijing Women's Soccer Team has finally been remedied.
Wang Shanshan rushed to Kunming on March 8 to meet with the team, although the integration time is still short, but she has already begun to play a central role in the team. In this national championship, she can both attack and defend, not only can continue to help the team with goals, but also in the back line to play the role of the "God of the sea".
Funding challenges remain unresolved
Staff loss, old and new, these real problems for the Beijing women's soccer team can be overcome, after all, for any team, these are the development of the road through the necessary stage. The biggest problem for the team is the delayed financial problem. Under various circumstances, the Beijing Women's Football Team still has not found a sponsor, although at one time there was a company and the Beijing Women's Football Team was close to signing a contract, but in the end there was no end to it.
At the end of 2020, the investor of Beijing Women's Soccer Team verbally informed the team that it would not invest any more money from 2021 onwards, a decision that put Beijing Women's Soccer Team in a difficult situation and caught them off guard. One year and four months have passed, and the Beijing Women's Soccer Team is still worrying about the issue of "food and grass". Both the coaches and the players are sticking to their guns, both for themselves and for the team they need to protect.
Wang Shanshan (right)
As the head coach, Coach Yu is not only responsible for the team's daily training and games, but also worries about the team's survival, while constantly giving comfort and expectations to his players. "Now there are more young players in the team, they should look at the long term, the Beijing team really can not give them good treatment, but want to go to a higher channel or even the national team development, the first need to play on the ball. As a Beijing team, we will definitely give the capable young players the opportunity to play on the field, and they can gradually grow into better players by accumulating competition experience through the exercise of these opportunities."
On one side is the hot dream, on the other side is the cold reality, the team is so difficult but determined to move forward, they even in such a difficult situation did not want to give up the idea. February 5, the Beijing women's football team has been training in Beijing to go to Zhangzhou, a new stage of training, February 23, the team turned to Kunming, to prepare for the National Championships. Starting from March 12, Beijing Women's Soccer team went all the way to the final match today. The team's journey will continue, and after the tournament, the Beijing Women's Soccer Team will go directly to Hainan to prepare for the Women's Super League, which will start in ten days. With the setup of the road and the impact of the epidemic, the Beijing women's soccer team may not have the chance to return to Beijing for a short break until the middle to end of May, when the team has already been wandering around for nearly four months.
For the coaches and players, this kind of running around is the daily life of this profession, but the team can not get the support of sponsors for a long time, really in the financial elbow. Even so, Beijing Women's Soccer for the new season of the Women's Super League policy is still clear, the red international Wang Shanshan to join, so that the team has more confidence, "We are the league last year, the 8th, this year we must strive to go beyond the last year, towards the 5, 6 efforts." Competition in the league is bound to be fierce, and there is still a lack of "food and grass", but Coach Yu and his team are still going to do their best to reach their goal with strong mental strength.
