In the late afternoon of December 3, the Pingguo Channon women's soccer team in Guangxi held a grand departure ceremony in Nanning. The upcoming 2021 National Football Association Women's League B season, which kicks off on December 6 in Zhangzhou, Fujian, will be both a challenge and an opportunity for the emerging Guangxi team. Facing fierce competition from well-known clubs such as Shanghai Harbour, Beijing Guoan and Shandong Taishan, this newly built team carries the determination to realize the dream of reaching the first division.
▲The team members' morale was high at the marching ceremony site.
Recall to the end of October, Guangxi chanting Nong women's soccer debut in the public eye, the average age of about 18 years old players from Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Liaoning and other places, many of which had been selected for the women's football national youth team elite. Their coach, Zhao Yan, is from Changchun and has led the team to win the National Youth Games. The women's soccer team, which is part of the same team as the men's Pingguo Hazhong soccer team, is aiming for the professional league, and will challenge 16 teams in the upcoming Women's B League of the National Soccer Association for the only two promotion spots.
▲Channon women's soccer girls prepare for the challenge.
This year's Women's B League will be held from December 6 to 20 in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. Facing rivals with "Chinese Super League background" such as Shanghai Harbor Tongji University Women's Football Team, Beijing Guoan Capital Sports Institute Women's Football Team and Shandong Taishan Qufu Normal University Women's Football Team, Guangxi girls are rising to the challenge. Due to the access policy set by the National Football Association, which requires Chinese Super League clubs to have women's soccer teams, these giants have started to build their own "women's army", and the Women's B League has become a stepping stone for them to reach higher levels of the game.
Despite the fact that Channon women's soccer team is just starting out and has a shallow foundation, they have shown their fighting spirit in preparing for the game without being afraid of strong opponents. During the ceremony, Lu Yiwen, deputy director of the sports bureau of the autonomous region, and Xie Qiang, chairman of the Guangxi Football Association, cheered for the team and expected them to show the style of Guangxi's soccer on the professional field. Lu Yiwen emphasized that in recent years, the professional soccer field in Guangxi has made remarkable progress, the men's football team of Hazhou and the women's football team of Ching Nong who will challenge the women's football team of the first league are carrying the expectations of all people, and their success is vital to the development of Guangxi soccer.
It is worth mentioning that Guangxi Normal University team will also participate in this year's Women's B League.
