Reporter Wang Wei reports On the afternoon of May 23, the Chinese women's football team held a media meeting after the new head coach Milicic took office in Xianghe National Football Base. This was also the first public appearance of the new coach, and the new Chinese women's football team officially raised its flag.
In the next two years, there was no international competition for Chinese women's football, which was another form of test for Milicic, and also a process of hardships for Chinese women's football.
Although there is no big match to play, there is still a phased goal for Milicic - only by improving the training level and technical level of Chinese women's football players can we really improve the actual combat level of Chinese women's football.
At the meeting, Milicic revealed that his important goal in taking over the Chinese Women's Football Team was to become familiar with the team and the players in the Asian Cup two years later. At present, his task is to become familiar with the team and the players. He hopes to complete the work of replacing the old with the new as soon as possible, tap potential young players, and create a more active team with more breakthroughs in the offensive.
Milicic said that it is a great responsibility to become the head coach of the Chinese women's football team. "In China, the identity of the head coach of the national women's football team carries the hope of thousands of people, which is a very heavy responsibility. My team and I are also looking forward to the next work."
Knowing that the outside world is paying close attention to it, Milicic said that it is time to study the development status of the Chinese women's football team and find the players the national team wants. He pointed out that the players who meet the level of the Chinese women's national team are high level players.
What are high-level players in Milicic's eyes? He took the Women's Premier League as a reference at the meeting. "Look at the last two rounds of the English Women's Football League. There are two Chinese players playing there. Look at their playing time. Then look at the playing time of Australian players in Manchester City and Arsenal Women's Football League. The answer to the question is very clear."
Milicic said that the selection of excellent players who play in high-level leagues is a common selection criterion for national teams around the world. As the head coach of the national team, my job is to create high-level training conditions for the players as much as possible after they arrive at the team, so that they can return to the club to play better after completing the high-level training of the national team. "
The rapid rise of the Australian women's football team in the World Cup has told the outside world that the improvement of the players' personal strength is the absolute truth. Therefore, in the next two years when there is no formal international competition, in addition to improving the overall strength of the national women's football team, one of the more important tasks of Milicic is to help the Chinese women's football team members improve their personal technical and tactical abilities, so that the Chinese women's football team members can integrate into the international high-level league. It can be predicted that it is a basic policy for women's football teams in the future to continue to encourage their players to stay abroad. At the same time, they also require high-quality overseas visits. In the process of overseas visits, it is expected that Chinese women's football players will become the main core of high-level teams, so that the strength of the national team will naturally be fed back.
Milicic served as the head coach of the Australian women's football team from 2019 to 2020, and also played against the Chinese women's football team in the Olympic preliminaries at the beginning of 2020. He said that the Chinese women's football team has strong enthusiasm and integrity in defense, and the team has strong spiritual attributes. After he coached the Chinese women's football team, he hoped to make the players play more actively. "In terms of ball control rate, I hope this team can get a certain improvement. On the offensive side, I hope players with technical characteristics can handle the ball more." It is clear that Milicic has begun to have his own views on the personal technical ability of the Chinese women's football team and the corresponding tactical application ideas.
Li Mengwen, who has stayed abroad in the French League and the English Premier League, revealed that in the training of the past few days, Milicic's insistence on passing and controlling matches the current development trend of international women's football.
In the next two years, when there will be no international competitions, Milicic has also set his sights on the Women's Super League and the exploration of young players. If he opens the channels of the women's national team and various clubs in the league and successfully explores the young players in the league, then he will have a greater chance of success.
Milicic actually knows that his most important task is to hold the Asian Cup in two years' time. However, in the absence of important international competitions before, he should not only strive for more warm-up games for the team, but also better establish contact with the club where the players belong, and actively and effectively control the situation of the players in the club, And according to his needs and the team to maintain the status of the players.
At the meeting, he also mentioned that if the existing young players of the Women's Super League can gain a firm foothold, they may be selected into the national team. They are also the future of the Chinese women's football team. "The door of the national team is open". He hopes that these players can experience 15-20 international games before the Asian Cup, so that they can have enough experience to face the big game.
After arriving in China, Milicic watched a Women's Super League match on the spot, and also learned about China Women's Football League through online video. He believes that the intensity and rhythm of the domestic league need to be strengthened. "Many excellent women's football players should actually participate in high-level competitions when they are 17 or 18 years old. Many high-level national leagues require at least three players under the age of 20 to play. Next, we hope that the club and the national team will establish better communication and exchange, so that young players will gradually emerge and finally enter the national team. Only in this way can both the national team and the club benefit. "
