Sea cucumber is a marine creature that belongs to the phylum Echinoderms, the class Sea Cucumber. There are more than 900 species of sea cucumbers in the world and about 140 species in China.
Sea cucumbers are distributed in the temperate zone and tropical zone in China, the temperate zone is in the Yellow and Bohai Sea areas, and the tropical zone is in the coastal areas of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan.
Sea cucumbers grow on the seafloor of the world's oceans and are typical marine invertebrates. Sea cucumber is soft and tender, nutritious, and is a typical high-protein, low-fat food, with a beautiful taste and elegant flavor. Sea cucumber is not only a precious food, but also a valuable medicinal material. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", sea cucumber has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, calming the heart and calming the nerves, nourishing blood and moisturizing dryness. Modern studies have shown that sea cucumber also has pharmacological effects such as enhancing immunity, delaying aging, and inhibiting tumors.
The reason why the national football team is called the "sea cucumber team" is because the national football team members eat sea cucumbers and are ridiculed by some netizens and **. This title originated from the 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifiers, the national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam, completely ruining the hope of qualifying, and before this game, the captain of the national football team, Wu Xi, said in an interview that he has always insisted on eating sea cucumbers. This remark caused heated discussions and ridicule among netizens, who believed that although the national football players ate expensive sea cucumbers, they could not show the level that matched them on the field, but were as weak as sea cucumbers. Therefore, the label "sea cucumber team" was put on the national football team and quickly spread on the Internet. Although this title is a bit harsh, it cannot hide the dilemma and frustration faced by the national football team after that game.