Men s football and women s football company, why is the gap so big

England won the European Cup trophy, and the birthplace of modern football once again realized its dream. Wait, did you go to the wrong set? Isn’t there no European Cup this year? That’s right, the English team won the Women’s European Cup trophy, and they won the championship again after 2022. The process is simply a reverse replica of the final defeat of the English men’s football team in the European Cup last year. In the early morning of July 28, the English women's football team defeated Spain through a penalty shootout to reach the top of European football. A year ago, the opponent that the English men's football team lost to in the final was also the Spanish team.

Reporter Yin Chengjun reported that the unpleasant champion

In the European Women's Football World, the Spanish team is the most popular and powerful. Everyone loves their flexible running position, delicate skills and grand transmission control. Although the English women's football team defeated Germany and brought the European Cup home for the first time in 2022, the slogan of "let football go home" is still not popular among European fans.

Because the English women's football team's style of playing is not beautiful at all. They have strong resilience, but they cannot play wonderful games. They can win every game, but they cannot make their opponents convinced. They won the European Cup for two consecutive times and won the runner-up in the 2023 World Cup, which is enough to show that the "real destiny" of women's football today is gradually becoming the head of the English girl, but everyone is still regretting the defeat of the Spanish team. Just like in the men's football world, everyone is satisfied with the Spanish team's defeat in England in the 2024 European Cup final.

But this women's football team, which is not beautiful and not likable, has created an era of their own. They may have won a very lucky victory in this final and won by relying solely on penalty shootouts. They may not have superstars like Bonmati and Putlias, but they have goalkeeper Hampton who will see the truth at critical moments. Such players are the cornerstone of a champion team.

Benefiting from the youth training system

Like men's football team, the English women's football team has emerged in recent years, thanks to the strong club youth training system. In the past, the most powerful clubs in European women's football were Barcelona in Spain and Lyon and Paris in France. However, what the football world fears most is the word "serious". When the Premier League clubs began to launch the women's football youth training program, the territory of European football underwent earth-shaking changes.

Now, the strongest women's football club in Europe is Arsenal, Chelsea, and in England, it even has the only women's football club London City Lioness. It does not rely on men's football clubs to exist independently and concentrates on women's football matches. Now Chinese women's football player Shen Mengyu is working hard there.

England's unique and enthusiastic football atmosphere can easily give birth to a strong football system, especially in the women's football team. When the women's football team in the United States, Norway, Brazil and China have achieved outstanding results, the English women's football team did not even build a team. However, with a strong football foundation and rich resources, it can easily establish a huge youth training system. In recent years, their men's football and women's football team have benefited from this and have become the most important "head force" in the world football world.

Strong resistance to stress

However, the success of the English women's football team contrasts the men's football team's drag. The two European Cups won the runner-up in 2021 and 2024, and the English men's football team fell twice at the last moment of the top. What is the reason why they cannot laugh as long as the women's football girls?

In terms of technical and tactics, both teams have their own characteristics and cannot tell if you are higher or lower, but in terms of psychological quality, the English men's football team is still lacking in comparison. The English women's football team has always considered themselves the strongest. Their captain Lea Williamson once said before the game: "If you are afraid of failure, then even if you win, can you enjoy that kind of experience? Can you completely accept it?"

This is a fearless women's team. They are not the best teams in this European Cup. They lost to their rivals French women's football team in the first round of the group stage, but they are the bravest teams and have performed consecutive reversals in the subsequent knockout matches. The quarter-finals fell behind Sweden 0:2 and finally equalized 2:2, defeated by a penalty kick, and fell behind Italy 0:1 in the semi-finals, and tied at the last moment and won in overtime. In the final, they were in a disadvantageous situation of falling behind again, but they equalized the score and entered a penalty shootout. As a result, stars such as Bonmati of Spain failed to score a penalty kick. England took the lead step by step with their super strong ability to withstand pressure.

This is the biggest difference between the English women's football team and the men's football team. When the "Three Lions" are always mocked as the "Three Meows", the English men's football team still cannot inspire real fighting spirit and win their own championship. Now that the women's football team has achieved their European Cup defense, the English men's football team has reached a time for change.