Milicic: The Chinese women s football team is very technical, but their sprinting ability should be improved

Hupu News on October 25 Recently, Chinese women's football coach Milicic accepted an exclusive interview with "The Paper"

The strength of Asian women's football

I think the Japanese women's football team has surpassed all other Asian countries. Because they have a large number of overseas players in Europe and the United States, this means that many of their players have participated in high-level competition, high-level training, and also understand different football cultures.

The Australian women's football team also has players playing for teams such as Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester City, and they are also constantly improving. In my opinion, we and the Korean women's football team are two teams that are relatively close.

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Chinese Women's Football Team

I think our players are technically very good and have good passing and receiving abilities, especially short passes. The balance of many players' left and right feet is also surprising. These are very positive factors.

Of course, every team also has its own weaknesses. For us, the most outstanding point is the ability to sprint. Can you sprint at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour? Can you repeat the sprint over and over again? This was an obvious problem and something we realized we needed to improve on.

Team goals

First of all, we must ensure that we qualify for the World Cup so that we can go to the World Cup in Brazil, so that the girls can step onto the world stage, compete with other countries, and gain more international competition experience.

We try to instill a positive mentality in these players, but the most important thing is to be brave and have the courage to believe in yourself. We want to control the ball in the opponent's half. Even if we make mistakes, it doesn't matter. We want to see players express themselves bravely.

When you put on the jersey of the Chinese national team, you should play every game with the mentality of winning. We must do this to achieve good results for the team

National team selection criteria

The first thing to make clear is that no one can enter the national team just because they are young. I pay attention to age, but I also value the quality of the players.

We recruit young players, give them time and game experience, and let them study abroad. They have the right mentality and work hard, and I'm very pleased with their performance in training. "

Of course, the older players are also very important. There are always younger players who want to take over their positions, so the old players must always maintain a high level and become role models for young people to observe and learn from - how to play football, how to take care of their bodies, fighting on the field and desire to win... Young players should learn from them.

The development trend of women's football

Those giants in Europe Clubs have established women's teams, such as Manchester City, Chelsea, Real Madrid... At the same time, many clubs allow their women's teams to use the men's team's home court and play in front of 40,000 or 50,000 fans at home.

At the same time, the women's team and the men's team train at the same base, and the coaches are often together. They can communicate with the men's team coach and obtain resources on training and data analysis, as well as physical recovery and medical resources. With this help, women's football is developing very rapidly.

If we go back 20 years ago, there might have been only three women's football teams capable of competing for the World Cup championship, but now, at least 10 teams are likely to compete for the championship.

Europe has a strong football culture, and the American league is also becoming stronger. Now that teams in many countries have become stronger, there are no longer as many ‘easy games’ as before.

The development prospects of Chinese women's football

China is a large country with a vast territory, and perhaps different regions have different ways of thinking.

It is undoubtedly necessary to refer to overseas experience, but it cannot be copied completely. You must make a plan and stick to it in a way that suits you. The most important thing is to have vision, to believe in the future, and to be patient.