Earlier this month, the Chinese women's football team announced the 34-man roster for the Asian Cup, Tang Jiali and Shen Mengyu, who stayed abroad, were recruited, and 6 people from the Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank, who had been coached by Shui Qingxia, were selected, becoming the third largest exporter by the country! In the center-back position, Shui Qingxia coached Wu Haiyan, Lin Yuping, Li Jiayue and Wang Xiaoxue, and Li Jiayue also returned to the national team after 2 years!
China women's football team 34 people roster: (bold for 4 defenders)
Wuhan Chegu Jiangda: Zhu Yu, Yao Wei, Lv Yueyun, Wang Shuang, Ma Jun, Liu Yanqiu, Wu Haiyan
Jiangsu women's football team: Xu Huan, Wang Xiaoxue, Yao Lingwei, Li Mengwen, Wu Chengshu, Zhai Qingwei, Ni Mengjie
Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank: Zhao Lina, Yang Lina, Zhang Xin, Wang Linlin, Xiao Yuyi, Li Jiayue
Hakka, Meizhou, Guangdong: Lin Yuping
Changchun Volkswagen Real Estate: Gao Chen, Song Duan
Beijing Beikong Phoenix: Wang Yanwen
Sichuan women's football team: Wan Jiayao, Yang Yan
Henan Jianye women's football team: Lou Jiahui
Tianjin Shengde Women's Football Team: Wang Shanshan
Guangzhou team: Zhang Linyan
Shandong Sports Lottery: Zhang Rui, Yuan Cong, Li Ying
Tottenham Hotspur: Don Gary
Celtic: Shen Mengyu
In the 34-man roster, there are 8 defenders, namely Wu Haiyan, Lin Yuping, Li Jiayue, Zhai Qingwei, Li Mengwen, Lou Jiahui, Gao Chen, Wang Xiaoxue, including 4 center-backs and 4 full-backs!
Zhongwei: Wu Haiyan, Li Jiayue, Lin Yuping, Wang Xiaoxue Wu Haiyan:
As long as Wu Haiyan remains healthy, she will definitely occupy a starting position, and Wu Haiyan is the backbone of the sonorous rose's defense! In the 2nd round of the Olympic play-offs and 3 Olympic Games, Wu Haiyan was absent, the Chinese women's football defense line was extremely bad, losing 19 goals in 4 games, Wu Haiyan was extremely important to the Chinese women's football team, was the captain on the field, and also the team soul of the back line! Wu Haiyan has a wealth of experience in the competition, participated in the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada, the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018, and the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, from the very beginning of the right-back to play center-back, and is currently the first center-back of women's football!
Since the Chinese women's football team has been signed, in the group stage, Shui Qingxia's guidance will most likely let Wu Haiyan come off the bench to find the rhythm of the game, after all, Wu Haiyan has missed the women's Super League for the whole season and needs to adapt again!
Lin Yuping:
Lin Yuping proved herself in the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, this is her first time to participate in a major competition with the team, the first round of the group stage against the German women's football team, in view of the opponent's high-altitude bombing, Lin Yuping was entrusted with the heavy responsibility of Jia Xiuquan's guidance, and partnered with Wu Haiyan to start at the center back! In the whole game, Lin Yuping played well, completed the header many times to break the siege, and grabbed it in time and decisively, becoming Wu Haiyan's best partner! In the 4 matches of the World Cup in France, Lin Yuping is the main force!
In the 2020 Women's Super League, Lin Yuping failed to register successfully, resulting in missing the entire season, so in the play-off match against the Korean women's football team in the 2-legged play-off and the Tokyo Olympic Games, Lin Yuping lost her main position!
In the 2021 Women's Super League, Lin Yuping followed the team to compete for a season, followed the team to the championship group, and finally won the 4th place in the league league, Lin Yuping also played the whole season as the main force, and now Lin Yuping is in good shape and is expected to compete for a starting position!
Li Jiayue:
Veteran Li Jiayue can be described as a tragic figure of women's football, 2015 Canada Women's World Cup and 2019 France Women's World Cup, Li Jiayue has entered the big list, 2015 Canadian Women's World Cup Li Jiayue failed to get the opportunity to appear, in the 2019 France Women's World Cup, in the qualifiers Li Jiayue and Wu Haiyan are fixed center-back partners, in the first game against Germany, Jia Xiuquan coached in order to prevent the opponent's high-altitude bombing, sent the national team newcomer Lin Yuping, did not think Lin Yuping played well, did not think Lin Yuping played well, Becoming an important member of the defensive line in China, gaining the trust of Jia Xiuquan's guidance, in the next 3 games, Lin Yuping started all of them, and Li Jiayue failed to get the opportunity to appear!
At the club level, Li Jiayue played for the Shanghai women's football team for many years, occupying the main position with stable play, after Shui Qingxia's guidance to become the team manager, Li Jiayue was also able to return to the national team, looking forward to whether Li Jiayue can play well in the national team!
Wang Xiaoxue:
For Wang Xiaoxue, the growth of the past 2 years is rapid, first in the club, in the case of Wan Ruyi was banned for a year, Wang Xiaoxue became the defensive core of Jiangsu women's football team, with excellent performance was recognized by Jia Xiuquan's guidance, in the 2-legged play-off match with the South Korean team and the Olympic stadium, in the case of Wu Haiyan's injury and absence, Lin Yuping did not participate in the official competition for a year, Wang Xiaoxue became the team's best candidate in the position of center-back, and it was also affirmed with excellent play. This time Shui Qingxia's guidance became the head coach for the first time to announce the big list, and Wang Xiaoxu was impressively listed!
At present, Wu Haiyan's injury is still unknown, Li Jiayue returns to the national team, Lin Yuping also needs time to find her best state, and Wang Xiaoxue will be the best candidate for the Chinese women's football team in the central defender position!
In summary, I personally believe that in the Group Stage of the Asian Cup, Wang Xiaoxue and Li Jiayue will partner with double center-backs, Li Jiayue is deeply trusted by Shui Qingxia's guidance, and Wang Xiaoxue is the first choice for the recent women's football competition, and it is no accident that the 2 will take the lead in combining!
Wu Haiyan is recovering well from injury and will get a starting position, and Lin Yuping, Li Jiayue and Wang Xiaoxue will compete for another main position! The only thing that is certain is that as long as the 4 people do not have injury reasons, they will join hands to enter the final list of the Asian Cup!
After that, we will bring you the analysis of the full-back candidates, welcome everyone to continue to pay attention!