To a certain extent, the evaluation of men's and women's football is correct. The level of men's football is indeed low. The overall strength of the women's football team is indeed insufficient. The only prejudice is that women’s football wins not because others don’t play. In the past two years, many countries have increased their investment in women's football. The honor of the Chinese women's football team, at least in the world women's football field, is still valuable.
Women’s football and men’s football are both footballs, but there is a huge gap in commercial value. The champion heroes of men's football can be regarded as the face of many countries. It’s hard to remember even the names of women’s football championship heroes, almost counting both sports. This also directly led to countries, even football powers, not investing much in women's football. Therefore, the early Chinese women's football team was also a world-class football team. As long as the country is willing to invest appropriately and the players are competitive, it will be easy to achieve results.
Take the Asian Cup as an example. Basically, I only heard about winning the championship after defeating Korea and Japan. In fact, only a few countries in Asia have professionalized women's football. Let's put South Korea together. The world ranking is equal to everyone. In fact, the Asian women's football team faces the same dilemma as the men's football team. As European and American countries continue to increase their investment, the level of the world's women's football powers has improved by leaps and bounds, and Asian women's football has become a bit unbearable. In the final analysis, no one is playing in Asia. The more Europe and the United States play, the deeper they play, and the gap with us begins to widen. Our results really depended on the immaturity of the sport. If we can repeat that success at the 2023 Women's World Cup, then we can rebut that narrative a little bit.
I personally believe that the popularity of professional sports depends not only on race, but also on the audience base. Why is foreign football so good? Look at the football population and football atmosphere abroad, and then compare us with physical education classes, where there are always math classes. In fact, we have been educated since childhood, and it is destined that most people who need to learn sports will not really love sports. Without this mass base, they will take the lead in fighting against others. In the end, the men's football team was really humbled when they lost. Vietnam, which can be regarded as a player to send the boys off, lost and could only compete with Madai and Guam. The women's football team won thanks to our people and money, but it also shows that we can still play good football, at least at the level of our fellow Asians.