Shoupeng Wang celebrated the goal.
20 19 At 3: 25pm on June 29th, Air China flight AF382 landed at T2 terminal of Capital Airport on time, and Shoupeng Wang returned to Beijing from Paris alone. No one was waiting at the airport, and no one recognized the football star.
Two days ago, China women's football team returned to China on the same flight. The girls stopped at the French Women's World Cup 16, and failed to achieve the goal of "reviving China women's football with a champion's heart" before going out to war, but they were still warmly welcomed by the fans.
Shoupeng Wang delayed returning home for two days, not just to avoid cameras and microphones. She will return to China to play in the new season, and then go overseas until after the Tokyo Olympics next year. She spent two days dealing with some personal affairs. Everything in the apartment rented in France was packed, and her parents helped her take a large part back to Wuhan. Even so, she carried more than 60 kilograms of luggage herself.
Although the French media had revealed before the World Cup that she would cancel the contract with Paris Saint-Germain women's football team in advance, she never confirmed it and said that she would concentrate on the game first and wait until after the World Cup. On the second day after returning to China, she publicly confirmed for the first time in the recording of Netease Sports' "Blooming World Cup" program that she would suspend overseas development and return to the Super League in July. After the league, she devoted herself to the preparations for the Olympic qualifiers of the national team. "I don't have to run on both sides, so I shouldn't be in such a hurry."
It is your decision to return to China.
The spearhead naturally points to China Football Association and head coach Jia Xiuquan. Fans and media criticized the authorities for withdrawing overseas players as "driving backwards", "short-sighted" and "champion". This makes Shoupeng Wang even more uneasy. "It was my decision to return to China."
In fact, according to Football News, Shoupeng Wang went abroad with the full support of China Football Association, local football association and his club. Head coach Jia Xiuquan also regards Shoupeng Wang's joining Ligue 1 as an important part of China women's football team's preparation for the World Cup in France. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency in May this year, he said that Shoupeng Wang had consulted him before joining Ligue 1. First, the World Cup is coming, let her go undercover and adapt to the weather and environment in advance; Second, playing football in Europe can temper her state and will. "
Before going abroad, he deliberately asked his predecessors who had played overseas, such as Ma and Ma. Jia Xiuquan himself is the first China men's soccer player to study abroad. As early as 1988, he joined the Belgrade guerrillas in Yugoslavia and participated in the UEFA Cup that year. He also participated in Malaysia League and Japan J League.
"Jia Dao said that going abroad is no more difficult than going home. When you get there, you must do your best to be strict with yourself and protect yourself. "
Chen Qingyang, a senior football writer, has reported on women's football for many years. In an article, she wrote, "The China Football Association has also given Shoupeng Wang the green light to study abroad. After many twists and turns, Shoupeng Wang signed a contract with Paris Saint-Germain Women's Football Team, and the final date was chosen in the training period for the national team to prepare for the Asian Games. Nevertheless, the national team agreed that Shoupeng Wang should take time off to complete the signing. It is understood that in order to encourage more players to go abroad, the China Football Association will follow the example of the Japanese Football Association and give certain rewards and subsidies to women football players studying abroad. "
Worried that Shoupeng Wang would not be used to the diet and life after going abroad, Hubei Football Association also expressed its willingness to give her more specific support.
"People expect heroes like Li Na to impose their imagination and expectations on Shoupeng Wang," Chen Qingyang said. "Shoupeng Wang became famous in the football circle a long time ago." She is objective with herself and doesn't like flattering articles. She only cares about the evaluation of the person she likes. "After playing in France, Shoupeng Wang's fame soon spread all over the football circle." She needs to deal with all kinds of affairs outside the court, all kinds of problems, all kinds of expectations, and she has made more efforts than on the court. "
The report that "the generals are at odds" in the World Cup is even more frustrating for Shoupeng Wang than the words "Shoupeng Wang is so powerful". She survived the difficulties carefully, and really didn't want to cause any more trouble in returning to China to play football.
"As an athlete, to be honest, I think it is particularly simple, that is, I want to play my ball well and play the game well. I never thought that I suddenly became a topic. "
Before entering the studio of Netease Sports, she hesitated and didn't want to talk more. However, when she saw that the media and fans attributed her return to the language barrier and her inability to adapt to the lonely life overseas, she could no longer let outsiders speculate and analyze. "If these reasons are seen by foreign clubs, people will think that I am an unprofessional player!"
There are indeed difficulties and maladjustments in language and life, "but I can still handle this difficulty."
Playing football abroad is her long-standing career development dream. "As soon as I played football, the first coach told me,' Shoupeng Wang, the national team is not your destination. You will play in the American Women's League in the future.' "
/kloc-joined the Korean women's professional league at the age of 0/8 and won the MVP.
"In South Korea, it is actually a collective life, while in France, it is more professional and completely a training system." She rents a house, goes to work by bus, buys food and cooks. "Time is entirely her own, and the pressure is not so great. Life is actually ... "She paused and said," Very comfortable! "
During the Spring Festival on 20 19, Shoupeng Wang spent time in France. During the Spring Festival, he invited his teammates to come home to pack pictures of jiaozi/provided by the interviewee.
"Very comfortable" is her mantra. Netease Sports visited her training and life in Paris on the spot before the start of the World Cup, and filmed a short film "The World is So Big" with a set of 10 episodes. In the camera, she pointed to a flat lawn and introduced with a smile, "Look, this is the training ground of our club. The field is flat and the turf is thin. How's it going? Very comfortable, right? "
"Wang Shuang is great!" Bi Yan, who has played for the women's football team in China for more than ten years, left a deep impression on Wang Shuang when she first met her. "This little left foot is really good!" At the beginning of 20 12, the national team played two teaching matches with the national youth team, and the only goal of the national youth team was scored by Shoupeng Wang. "Later, she entered the national team and shared a table with me. I feel that this child is particularly focused and works hard. "
"She was only 23 years old when she went to France. It was her first season. There are many places to adapt to on and off the court, but can you look at her data and be more beautiful? " As Bi Yan said, Shoupeng Wang's first season in Ligue 1 was very successful-
It took her two trainings to win the starting position. In the 22 rounds of Ligue 1 League, except for the absence of the first round due to the Asian Games, the remaining 2 1 round appearances 18 times, starting 14 times, contributing 7 goals and 8 assists. In the French assists list, Shoupeng Wang ranked fourth. She also scored weekly goals three times, was selected as the best team in the half-court by the French media, and won the best player in France in February.
She started four times in the Champions League and contributed a goal, an assist and an own goal directly caused by a corner kick. She made two appearances in the French Cup, with jersey numbers of 10 and 7 respectively, and contributed a goal and an assist.
Bruno, the former head coach of China women's football team, praised Shoupeng Wang for "having all the qualities to be a top offensive player in the world" when he coached China on 20 16. As a guest commentator of CANAL+ TV in France, he went to the scene to watch many competitions of Paris Saint-Germain and saw with his own eyes the extraordinary strength of his former disciples in one tough battle after another.
Shoupeng Wang can't communicate with her coach and teammates in English and French, but she is highly praised by the coach of Paris Saint-Germain for her super football IQ. Translated into Chinese, she is often said to be a player who can play football with his brain.
The internationalization of women's football in China has been ahead of many competitions. Liu Ailing, Ma, Han Duan, Faye Wong and other outstanding athletes have played in women's leagues in the United States and Europe. In Chen Qingyang's view, Shoupeng Wang's overseas resume is excellent enough. "Whether Moi joined Sweden and made his debut in the Champions League final, or Faye Wong, who moved to Potsdam, Lyon and Bayern successively, the experience of studying abroad was not successful. Prior to this, even Sun Wen, who was selected as the international champion by the WUSA Atlanta Impact Team (American Women's Football Major League), had few opportunities to play because of injuries. "
"In the front waist position, Shoupeng Wang played against the world's top opponents when he was playing in Europe. She's fine. Under the high-tempo and high-intensity confrontation, she can break through the shooting and pass the threatening ball, and the instant decision is very good. This is scarce for women's football in the world today. " After Shoupeng Wang became famous, there even appeared the exaggerated title of "China Women's Football Team Helps the Poor through Overseas Science and Technology". Chen Qingyang sighed, "In the exaggerated hype of the media, what she really did was buried."
20 18110/October18, French women's football round10, Paris Saint-Germain1-kloc-0/Lyon. Shoupeng Wang scored after passing the Lyon women's goalkeeper with the ball /ICphoto
This time, the pressure is far greater than before.
Shoupeng Wang's first impression is that he loves to laugh. If she has an answer to a question, but it is inconvenient to say it, she will say "hey hey" first. Gao Hong, an old women's football goalkeeper, said when she first came into contact with Shoupeng Wang: "I feel that this child is very kind and soft." .
In order to put Shoupeng Wang's three boxes of overweight luggage into the trunk, the driver had a lot of trouble. After putting things away, Shoupeng Wang deliberately pushed the luggage cart to a position that did not hinder others from driving, and waved his thanks to the owner of the opposite car. This gentleman may not be a fan, because he was stopped by Shoupeng Wang's car for a few minutes, which was a bit unpleasant.
Before the war, Shoupeng Wang and his teammates participated in the recording of the official publicity short film "DareToShine" of China Women's Football Team. "Football is the life I want, but being better means bearing more unknowns and challenges ... Dare to shine, that is the real me!" This is the World Cup that Shoupeng Wang and his teammates are looking forward to. Although in February's Algavi Cup, China came last in all three games, and the whole team intuitively felt the impact of European power on speed and strength, this China women's football team has cooperated for many years and is still in a mature stage. Before the game, the media played up the China women's football team and got off to a bad start. When it fell into the "death group", Shoupeng Wang cheered for himself and his teammates in an interview. "Why not ask others how to draw with us?" Which team dares to say that they can win easily when they meet China? Don't you have to take it seriously when you see us? "
Regrettably, on the most cherished stage, the girls failed to show their abilities. When they lost 2-0 to Italy and stopped in the 16, Shoupeng Wang bent down and cried, and his teammates could not hide their pain and loss. "I think I will be 28 in four years, and many old players must have retired. European teams are making such rapid progress that it may be difficult for us to make it to the top 16. Alas ... "
On the first night back home, she didn't have jet lag, but she watched two women's World Cup1quarter finals in succession-Holland beat Italy 2-0 and Sweden beat Germany 2-/KLOC-0.
"We should stand there. Look at how weak Italy is. " Shoupeng Wang sighed to his friends who watched the ball together. "Germany's defense also has problems. We should have a chance. "
20 19 June 25th, French Women's World Cup, China 0-2 Italy, Shoupeng Wang (second from left) desperately fighting for the header/vision china.
Before the World Cup, Shoupeng Wang had played more than 90 games for the national team, and she was a well-deserved "Miss Key" for the women's football team in China over the years.
On 20 15 12 17, China women's football team played a warm-up match with the United States. 5 1 min, Shoupeng Wang, who was only 20 years old, scored a goal, and China 1 beat the United States, ending the 22-game losing streak of women's football in China.
In the second round of women's qualifiers for the 20 16 Rio Olympic Games, Shoupeng Wang scored a penalty in injury time to help China draw 1 with the Asian powerhouse North Korea and win valuable points for entering Rio. 20/kloc-in August, 2006, China women's football team stood on the Olympic Games again after eight years and reached the quarterfinals.
2065438+April 2008 Asian Cup, China won the third place, Shoupeng Wang participated in three games and contributed four goals, ranking second in the top scorer list and was selected as the best team in the AFC.
20 18 In August, at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Shoupeng Wang participated in 6 games and contributed 6 goals, helping the China women's football team win the second place in the Asian Games.
I want to know the reason.
My brother Cao said he was under unimaginable pressure. "She has to overcome the pressure from fans, media, teams and teammates." Playing football with Shoupeng Wang since childhood, he believed in his sister's endurance. "She belongs to the kind that can endure."
Wang Shuang participated in the World Cup for the first time on 20 15. "I like the World Cup very much. There are many old players in the team, who bear the main pressure. I have 30-45 minutes for each game. My mental state and mood were very different at that time. I feel that as long as I play, I can bring different changes to the team and feel very happy. "
Back in 2007, 12-year-old Shoupeng Wang and her father were sitting in the stands. Bi Yan and her teammates are running on the court. At that time, the head coach was domanski, a foreign teacher from Sweden. It was also the happiest time for Bi Yan to play for the national team. "In that World Cup, the Football Association invited the families of each player to Wuhan to watch our game on the spot." After the goal, Bi Yan made an awkward gesture to his mother sitting in the stands. This moment is fixed as a classic of women's football field.
"At that time, the football market in Wuhan was particularly good, and the stands were packed." Shoupeng Wang has participated in the women's second division. In the final of the National City Games that year, she scored two goals alone to help the Wuhan team win the championship. "I thought at the time that I would definitely have a place in the national team in the future!"
20021April 13, Shoupeng Wang scored the key goal in the second round of the Olympic World Cup preliminaries between China and North Korea. In the end, the total score of China women's football team beat Korean women's football team/vision china 4-3.
"Messi of China"
"Shoupeng Wang is China's Messi," said Bi Yan, whose metaphor was simplified by fans as "China's Messi". "Of course, I know that Shoupeng Wang's idol is Cristiano Ronaldo. The reason why I associate her with Messi is to remind the fans and tell her not to use the performance of the club to demand Shoupeng Wang's performance in the national team. "
During the World Cup, Bi Yan, like many old women football players, accepted many media interviews. With her honest and frank personality and comprehensive skills, she was selected for the national team in 2002 and played with many players in "Rose 99". She chose to retire at the age of 29. Today, when she talks about the helplessness and reluctance of retirement, she will still have tears in her eyes. "But I know that I must choose another road, because no matter how hard I try, the result is the same."
"China women's football team can't be revived only by a Shoupeng Wang and a national team." When she participated in the recording of "Blooming World Cup", China had just finished two group matches and saw Shoupeng Wang at a loss. In response to speculation about the discord among generals and criticism of Shoupeng Wang's poor state, Bi Yan called for decompression for Shoupeng Wang. "Shoupeng Wang is not a god! Shoupeng Wang is not a runner, but at present, the China team's play is defensive counterattack, and it also consumes a lot of physical strength in defense, which affects the last throw or pass. "
The poor record of China men's soccer team all the year round has created a strong criticism atmosphere from domestic football media and fans. Although Jia Xiuquan coached the women's football team in China for one year and won the silver medal in the Asian Games, some media criticized him for putting too much emphasis on integrity and defense and failing to activate the front line. Foreign media also criticized China's performance in the World Cup as "too passive and conservative" and "disappointing".
Shoupeng Wang's biggest pressure in the World Cup is that it can't be integrated into the tactical system of defensive counter-attack, and can't exert its personal ability? Coach Jia Xiuquan coached for 2 1 year. Did he really fail to use the ability of a world-class offensive player?
To answer these two questions, we might as well adjust the time to the Algavi Cup in March. The tournament, held at the southernmost stadium in Portugal, started at 1994 and has always been known as the "Little World Cup" for women's football. China women's football team participated in the third session from 1996, and has participated 20 times so far.
Wang Shuang left for Algavi at the end of February to join the national team. "I left my hometown to develop overseas, in fact, I want to help the national team through my own progress."
Although the professionalism of the league is not high, in recent two or three years, the salaries of top women's football players in China have been far higher than those of professional players in Europe and America. This French club has offered Wang Shuang a high salary, but due to heavy taxes in France, Shoupeng Wang's salary is less than half that of China. "Money can't be earned, it's worth learning!" She comforted her family like this.
"I came to Europe with enthusiasm. I'm under pressure to adapt here. I missed the training of the national team and couldn't participate in the running-in of the national team's skills and tactics. The pressure on both sides came together, and the whole person was particularly anxious. "
The situation of the Algavi Cup poured cold water on Shoupeng Wang. Coach Jia Xiuquan said in an exclusive interview with CCTV host Zhang Bin before going to the World Cup that he was also greatly impacted. This is the first time that he has intuitively felt the strength of European women's football since he coached women's football. "It's really shocking to see the very primitive confrontation of football on girls." Since taking over the women's football team in China, he has been making great efforts to transform the team in terms of confrontation and physical fitness. However, after playing against the top teams in Europe, China won all three games, ranking at the bottom of 12 teams. "This also made me make up my mind that I must stick to my own style of play (defensive counterattack) and rely on the whole, not the stars."
On June 24th, 2065438+09, Frenchman Shoupeng Wang (left) and China women's football coach Jia Xiuquan were training in vision china.
Jia Xiuquan, who has a strong personality, described himself as a "particularly tough, strict and demanding" coach. When he is in a hurry on the training ground, he will swear. "I also said a lot of unpleasant things to Shoupeng Wang, all to inspire her and not to be complacent."
Regarding Jia Xiuquan's expression, Shoupeng Wang said that she didn't care. What really upset her was that she couldn't help the team. In the north wind of Algavi, she "cried and cried" alone, and then returned to France. She was depressed. "A lot of negative emotions came out. Later, she really couldn't get out."
At that time, she received the salary of the Grand Paris Club in January and February. "Tax deduction deducted almost half of my salary. Oh, I really feel that I left my hometown, so bitter, so wronged, so unworthy! "
The heat of the upcoming World Cup masked Shoupeng Wang's fluctuation in the last two months of Ligue 1, and she didn't even appear in the last two rounds of league matches. Shoupeng Wang didn't get any nomination in the official French women's football season. Her teammates Diani and Cato were shortlisted as the best player and the best newcomer respectively. The latter was successfully elected, and five people in Greater Paris were selected as the best team in French football. In another authoritative selection by the French Players' Union, Shoupeng Wang was not included in the five-person shortlist for the best player of the season.
On May 8th, after finishing all the training this season in Paris Saint-Germain, Shoupeng Wang returned to Beijing to join the women's football team in China for the final sprint before the World Cup.
At that time, domestic public opinion was immersed in the hype and fanaticism before the World Cup. Shoupeng Wang said that his mind feels like riding a roller coaster.
20021April 13, Shoupeng Wang scored a goal/vision china with a penalty in the 68th minute of the second round of the Olympic preliminaries between China women's football team and Korean women's football team.
Can Asian women's football be far behind?
Before the start of the Women's World Cup, Sun Wen joined the five-person technical research team of FIFA at the invitation of FIFA. Heinrich, a famous American women's football player and coach who is a technical expert with Sun Wen, predicted that "this World Cup will be the fastest game in history, and many teams will take the initiative to play positive football and score as many points and win as possible."
This prediction has been fully verified on the field. Huang Jianxiang, a football commentator, sent a Weibo after the United States defeated the British team 2-/kloc-0-0 in the semi-final, calling it "the highest quality game since the start of this women's world cup, which can be called the benchmark of women's football in the world!" "On the basis of comprehensive improvement in strength and speed, we have played superb cooperation and mature tactics! Those who didn't watch the live broadcast of the game, please don't tell others casually that you know what women's football is like in the future. That will take you too seriously, and it will also take women who play football all over the world too seriously. "
The all-round rise of women's football in Europe is the hottest topic in this World Cup-seven of the top eight teams are from Europe except the United States. 20 1 1 Japan, Germany's world cup champion and last runner-up, met the Dutch team after qualifying. Like China, the Netherlands, who participated in the World Cup for the second time, went all the way to the final. On July 7, with the attention of 59,000 spectators, they competed with the American women's football team for the championship. Although we lost 0-2, we made history.
When Shoupeng Wang played in Ligue 1, all the players in the club were international players from all over the world. Every international match day, there are many people in the club. "Their physical condition is really good. Natural physical conditions make up for many other things. Maybe they don't need to practice for three hours, they just need to practice for one and a half hours, and they can achieve the effect of three hours. They only need to practice their skills a little, and they can play that kind of feeling and intensity directly on the court. We Asian players can only make up for our physical deficiencies through skill and dexterity. "
Chen Qingyang interviewed Shoupeng Wang every other stage, and her continuous reports fully recorded Shoupeng Wang's observation and feelings in Ligue 1-
When he first arrived in Ligue 1, he trained and played with top players from all over the world. Shoupeng Wang felt that he was not inferior in technology. "After all, we have a tighter grasp of technology at home and practice more in class." The gap lies in the intensity of the game and the intensity of physical confrontation. "At home, my physical advantage is better; When I come here, I feel that my body can only be in the middle and lower reaches. During the game, if someone hits you, you will still be rootless. Many balls that I think are fouls will be considered as reasonable collisions here, and the referee wants you to feel that way about confrontation. At home, we have a little physical contact, and the whistle may pause. At this point, the first few games will be a bit uncomfortable. "
Later, Shoupeng Wang felt that he and even Asian players were "not strong enough psychologically and ideologically" when facing European and American players. Compared with their confidence, we are more likely to blame ourselves and lose confidence. "When I was at home, I also contacted many foreign teachers. When training with foreign teachers, what they say most is that they must be strong ideologically. Only when you are strong in thought will you be strong in action. "
Apart from the differences in personal ability and psychological state, the "rapid professionalization" of European women's football team makes Shoupeng Wang worry about the future development of China women's football team. Over the past four years, many European countries have built women's football teams with men's football clubs based on perfect football development and youth training systems, which have rapidly improved the quality and influence of women's football in terms of men's football technical and tactical style and club operation.
In March this year, a match between Spanish women's football team Barcelona and Atletico Madrid attracted 60,739 people to watch, which also set a new record for the attendance rate of women's football world clubs. The Premier League Women's Super League officially turned into an all-professional league from September 20 18, and the number of participating teams increased from 8 to 1 1. Of the 1 1 teams, 7 belong to Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and other Premier League men's football clubs.
The Italian women's football team that beat China was dazzling, with eight players from Juventus, six from Milan and four from Florence.
When Wang Shuang participated in the Champions League for the first time, he always took the team charter flight to and from away games. "Going back that day is very tight." League matches are the foundation of football development in all countries. In Ligue 1, "every game follows a very formal and formal competition procedure. Security, as well as media, cameras and so on, are available in every game. If you play away, you must bring three sets of clothes, including formal clothes (suit shirts), casual POLO shirts and sportswear. " Different occasions have different dress codes. Although only one detail made Shoupeng Wang feel very fresh, it also inspired her to feel more professional.
"It's not that we don't work hard, nor that we haven't made progress in recent years, but that people have made progress too fast!" Shoupeng Wang said that he sometimes worries, "Now the fans are quite tolerant of our women's football team, but if our grades get worse and worse in the future, will we scold the women's football team like the men's football team ..."