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in the u20 women's world cup final that ended this morning, the north korean women's football team defeated the japanese women's football team 1-0 and won the championship of this tournament thanks to choi il-sun's world-class goal in the 15th minute of the game.

the north korean team's journey to the championship was also perfect. they won all seven games in this tournament. in the group stage, they defeated argentina 6-2, costa rica 9-0, and the netherlands 2-0.

in the knockout rounds, they beat austria 5-2 in the quarter-finals, brazil 1-0 in the quarter-finals, the united states 1-0 in the semi-finals, and japan 1-0 in the final. not only did they win all the games, but they also kept five games scoreless. moreover, the teams they defeated, including the netherlands, brazil, the united states, and japan, are all traditional women's football powers.

it is shocking for a team from asia to win the championship in an intercontinental competition, let alone the north korean women's football team. but in fact, this is the third time that the north korean women's football team has won the u20 world cup. they have won the championship twice in 2006 and 2016. in the 2006 final, they defeated the chinese women's football team 5-0.

the north korean women's football team's victory is undoubtedly another loud slap in the face for chinese football, which is at the bottom of the trough. the national football team has been extremely sluggish in recent years and has just suffered a disastrous defeat in the world cup qualifiers. the chinese women's football team won the 2022 asian cup, and after a brief highlight, it suffered a disastrous defeat in the women's world cup and failed to pass the olympic qualifiers. it is also at a low point.

whether professionals, media people or fans, they often attribute the downturn of chinese football to the overall environment. after all, our football atmosphere and concepts are indeed weaker than those in europe, the united states, japan and south korea. but are they worse than north korea?

the victory of the north korean women's football team has put chinese football in an extremely embarrassing situation. before this, both the industry and the fans almost unanimously believed that china should follow the example of european and japanese football, and take the route of sending a large number of players to study abroad to improve the professionalism of the league.

however, according to media reports, due to factors such as being banned by fifa, north korea's national men's and women's teams have missed many international competitions in the past few years. compared with japanese football, which is good at sending talents to high-level leagues in europe and the united states for training, north korean football is more focused on "closed-door development".

however, after the ban on north korean football was lifted, their men's and women's national teams showed good competitiveness in their respective fields. this also proves that even if there are no large numbers of players studying abroad, the training quality of north korean football, especially women's football, is still very high, which can lay a good foundation for its national team to compete in international competitions.

in other words, japanese football has been catching up with brazil and europe, with batches of players practicing at a high level, and both men's and women's football have made great progress. the north korean team is at the other extreme, and its closed-door approach has also been successful.

now, which model should chinese football learn from? more precisely, which model is more suitable for chinese football?

personally, i think we should follow japan. after all, although north korea's u20 women's football team has won the world cup three times, their adult national teams, both men's and women's, have never performed well in international competitions. and if you pay attention to football matches, it is not difficult to find that the ability of players before and after the age of 20 may be very different, so it is better to look at the general trend.