On February 6, the 2022 Women's Asian Cup final between Chinese women's football team and Korean women's football team was held at Patil Stadium in New Mumbai. The Chinese women's football team fought hard to catch up when they fell behind with two goals at the end of the first half and finally defeated their opponents 3:2. This was the 9th time that the Chinese women's football team has won the Asian Cup in 16 years.
In the god-like team, there were two players from Hongkou District. They were Shui Qingxia, head coach of the Chinese women's football team, and Xiao Yuyi, who scored a winning goal in stoppage time of the final.
Shui Qingxia, head coach of the Chinese women's football team and one of the representative figures in the sonorous rose period, was a member of the track and field team of Hongkou Youth Sports School in the early stage, focusing on the long jump and pentathlon. At the age of 17, Hongkou Youth Sports School reorganized, and Shui Qingxia began to play football. At that time, no one could imagine that the girl who knew the rules of football games from the age of 17 could play in the national team and become a first-class star in the future. Shui Qingxia's success all relies on hard training and relentless pursuit. After retirement, Shui Qingxia stuck to football career. She has coached high-level women's football teams including Shanghai women's football team and national youth women's football team, and led Shanghai women's football team to win many honors like National Games of the People's Republic of China and China Football Association Women's Football Super League. On November 18, 2021, the Chinese Football Association announced that Shui Qingxia, then head coach of the Shanghai women's football team, would be the head coach of the Chinese women's football team.
"In the 93rd minute, No. 20 player Xiao Yuyi scored the 3rd goal in this game" Xiao Yuyi, who scored a goal in stoppage time, was a student from Shanghai Middle School of Hongkou Education Institute. When she was a grade-2 pupil, Zhang Guibao, a retired member of Shanghai women's football team and a special coach of Hongkou District Sports Bureau, came to the School to select talents to form a women's school team. When Zhang Guibao saw Xiao Yuyi with big eyes, Zhang Guibao said "She is selected". After graduating from the primary school, Xiao Yuyi trained hard in Shanghai Youth Sports School for several years and finally joined in the national youth team. Last year, she also participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games.