Since the 14th Asian Cup, the 15th World Cup and (Rio Olympics), everyone has gradually matured, and we all hope to show the progress.
Xinhua news agency, gold coast, australia, december 26th question: france world cup does not want to leave regrets-interview with chinese women’s football captain wu haiyan
xinhua news agency reporter yue dongxing reporter zhou zi han pan xiangyue
the world cup in canada three years ago, wu Haiyan, the captain of the Chinese women’s football team, once said that he hoped “more shock can be created”, but the dream of the whole team ended with stopping the top eight, this also makes the “beautiful and energetic policewoman” defense backbone full of expectation for next year’s “Summer of France”-“this time we don’t want to leave regrets”.
Wu Haiyan, the captain of the Chinese women’s football team, was interviewed (taken on December 23). Xinhua News Agency issued (taken by Pan Xiangyue)
After the two-day high-intensity training in winter training in Australia, Wu Haiyan, 25, sighed in an interview with Xinhua News Agency reporter that the time was really fast, in next June, they will embark on the journey of the World Cup in France.
Four years a cycle, the Chinese team ushered in the fourth manager Jia Xiuquan during this period. The teammates around Wu Haiyan came in and out, but she was the captain at the age of 22. She is still the captain now, but the position on the court has been adjusted from full-back to central defender. But time did not seem to leave too many traces. She was still cheerful and confident. Sometimes she took her teammates to play selfie and show street dance to relieve the pressure.
When talking about next year’s World Cup, Wu Haiyan said that in addition to the results, she also cared about the excitement and attitude of “beautiful and energetic policewoman” to their generation of players, so as to help the women’s football team win more understanding and attention in China and better popularize and develop.
“In fact, I didn’t think too much about what it meant to me. I felt that since the 15th World Cup, the Chinese women’s football team gradually changed from a very low place to being known by everyone, with a new understanding, this process is actually very important.
“Next year’s World Cup, I hope our results can be better, and then I hope that more people can learn about the Chinese women’s football team, which is an expectation of many of our team members and coaching staff, I also hope that I can have a successful and good result in my career.”
In the World Cup opened in next June, the group of Chinese team was not easy. They were divided into Group B with the two-time champion Germany team, the European upstart Spain team and the “New Army” South Africa team. According to the match situation, the team that won the second place in Group B may meet the defending champion American women’s football team in the top 16, which is exactly the old opponent who made Chinese women’s football stop in the last Cup.
But Wu Haiyan believes that the more difficult the team is, the more the team will focus on herself. After nearly four years of experience in the World Cup and the Olympic Games, she and her teammates are mature.
“In fact, after grouping, we feel that this sign is quite satisfactory, because no matter what kind of opponent, the key is to show our own things. Starting from the 14th Asian Cup, the 15th World Cup and (Rio Olympics), everyone has gradually matured, and we all hope to show the process of progress.”
When talking about the powerful sentence “creating more shock”, Wu Haiyan immediately responded, “Of course I remember” and said here, her eyes were firm.
“Because we actually have regrets (last session), I hope we don’t want to leave a lot of regrets in this session, but there are more shocks, including what we want to show, step by step to show to everyone. From this process, let everyone realize how capable we are, how we make progress, and how we show ourselves on a platform like the World Cup.”
When talking about Li Jiayue, the new partner of the central defender, Wu Haiyan smiled and said, “it’s quite a call”, “In fact, many teammates have exchanges in the league, different partners have different feelings.”
For the changes brought by the head coach, Wu Haiyan said, “players always have to learn to adapt to the coach. In fact, they have learned a lot from different coaches. After Jia Zuoquan (Jia Xiuquan) came up, in fact, everyone saw it. He was teaching by words and deeds, saying and doing things, and what he uploaded on the court did not need to be said, and everyone could feel it.”
Looking forward to the coming 2019 overseas, Wu Haiyan is still full of positive energy and optimism. “I hope that the health of my family and friends is the most important thing. I want to be happy. In fact, just like now, in such a team, I cherish every day, cherish the time of this big family together, and everyone can be healthy and happy.”