An unprecedented feat! Lead the team to win the European Cup for 3 consecutive times + reach the finals of the competition for 5 consecutive times!

Early this morning, the English women's football team defeated the Spanish women's football team through a penalty shootout and successfully defended the European Cup championship. As the head coach of the English women's football team, Weigman naturally made great contributions. Today I will talk to my classmates about her story.

Wegermann is 55 years old and is from the Netherlands. He is the most successful coach in women's football.

She grew up in The Hague, Netherlands, when girls were forbidden to play football. Fortunately, even though she faced the ban, her parents always supported her dreams. To play football, she cut her hair short and disguised herself as a boy, and joined the local team with her twin brother Tom.

The second left in the front row is Weigman

Wigman once recalled: "When I was five or six years old, girls were not allowed to play football in that era. But I just like it, and my parents didn't think it was anything. They said, 'You like to play football, then go and play.'"

In the 1970s, as UEFA asked all member states to invest in women's football, Weigman joined HSV Celeritas, one of the few women's teams in the area. As women are still restricted in the football world, although she has outstanding talent, she did not want to become a professional player at that time.

In 1987, she joined the KFC 71 club where she won the Dutch Cup and was selected for the national team. The following year, at the age of 18, she represented the Netherlands in the "Women's Invitational" held in China - a predecessor of the Women's World Cup.

She was named by the coach of the US women's football team and coach of the University of North Carolina for her outstanding performance, received a sports scholarship, and joined the Tar Heels women's football team at the University of North Carolina.

's experience in the United States became a turning point and strengthened her determination to develop the women's football team in the Netherlands. After returning home, she worked as a physical education teacher at Segbroek High School in The Hague, a job that accompanied her entire player age.

She trained with ADO Den Haag men's football team many times a week and later joined the Ter Leede women's team. She played there for nine years, helping the team win two league titles and one Dutch Cup, during which she also played 104 games for the national team. After

, Weigman married his childhood sweetheart sports instructor Marten Glotzbach and chose to retire at the age of 33. After retiring, she returned to Ter Leede as a coach, won the double championship in her first season and continued to fight for rights and interests for women's football players.

In 2007, Eredivisie, the Dutch Women's Football League, was established. She was invited to serve as the head coach of the new ADO Den Haag women's team, but she insisted on a full-time contract before agreeing. Later, she became the first female coach at Dutch professional football club.

In 2014, she became an assistant coach of the Dutch women's football team, but she refused to serve as head coach in 2015. Because she felt that she was not ready at the time and could not start a new challenge.

In 2017, she finally took over the handsome seal. In the first team meeting, she distributed an article titled "If You Want to Success, These 13 Things You Want to Give Up", one of which reads: "Give Up the Demand of Desire to Be Liked."

This is exactly how Weigman always acts. She is the kind of person who sets goals and goes all out to achieve them. She almost ignores other things and will not be easily influenced by the outside world.

Her method was a great success. In 2017, she led the Netherlands to win the European Cup for the first time in the Women's Football Championship, winning numerous honors including the FIFA Best Women's Coach. In 2019, she led the team to the World Cup final and won the runner-up, becoming the first woman to set up a bronze statue in the Dutch Football Association.

In 2022, she led England to the European Cup championship; in 2023, she led the team to the World Cup finals, losing to Spain with only one goal; now she led the team to defend the European Cup championship again. At the individual coaching level, Weigman has won three consecutive European Cup championships and led the team to the finals of the competition for five consecutive times. Whether it is male or female coaching, this is an unprecedented feat.

Wigman is different from others because of her tenacity that comes from her lifelong struggle. In the male-dominated sports world, she struggles all the way to her foothold.

She once said in an interview: "Victory is important, but more importantly, it is to change people's views on women's football and open a window for girls like me who have never had a chance. I didn't have a chance at all when I was a child. My two daughters played football in the mixed team when I was a child. Things are changing now, but the road is still long."

Finally, I hope that the students can also stick to chasing their dreams like Weigman, forge ahead when they are at a low point, and not be arrogant or impatient when they reach the peak.