At a meeting of the National People’s Congress, which decides important policies in China, the slump of the national soccer team came up as a topic of discussion.
Although China has aimed to become a “soccer powerhouse” under President Xi Jinping, who is known to be a fan of soccer, there are signs of frustration over the lack of results.
State-run China Central Television reported on the 7th that Shui Qingxia, former national women’s soccer coach and representative of the National People’s Congress, brought up the national team’s poor performance as an agenda item at a National People’s Congress meeting.
In this discussion, former coach Mizu called for measures to strengthen soccer, citing the players’ lack of experience in high-level games and the lack of coaches to train them.
China has aimed to become a “soccer powerhouse” under President Xi Jinping, who is known to be a fan of soccer, but the men’s national team has lost in five consecutive Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, and the women’s national team has failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics. As a result of his failure to participate, former manager Mizu was dismissed.
It has been pointed out that one of the reasons why soccer is not getting stronger is that competition for university entrance exams is fierce and the number of young people who are exposed to soccer is not expanding.In addition, due to match-fixing that occurred in domestic leagues, soccer fans are becoming more concerned about the selection of national team players. However, there is also a growing sense of distrust that fraud is taking place.
There is also a hint of impatience on the part of the Chinese government, which cannot afford to let the country stumble in its efforts to become a “soccer powerhouse”, which it has been working on under the orders of President Xi Jinping.
2024-03-08 09:39:10
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