At 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 11, the Chinese women's football team announced the 23-man squad for the Asian Cup, led by Wang Shuang and captain Wu Haiyan. Li Ying, Lou Jiahui, Ma Jun and Tang Jiali, who were abandoned by Jia Xiuquan at the Olympic Games, returned to the big list at the same time.
In this big list, 22 people are from the domestic league, and only Tang Jiali, a foreign player, has been called up. At present, in addition to Tang Jiali, who is playing in Europe, there are Alsoon Monroe, who has just terminated her contract with Portugal Sports and transferred to Atlético Myen, Shen Mengyu, who plays for Celtic, and Yang Shuhui, who joins France's Charent de Suvao.
Among the 22 women's football internationals who play in China, 2 are from the second division, that is, Wang Shanshan, who plays for Tianjin Shengde, and Zhang Linyan, who plays for Guangzhou.
The most noteworthy is Zhang Linyan, a post-00 from Evergrande Football School, a 20-year-old midfielder who won the league Golden Boot with 9 goals in the 2021 women's first division. It is understood that she is the first adult international football team trained by Evergrande Football School.
Wu Haiyan, the 28-year-old captain, entered the 34-man roster for the training, but missed the final 23-man roster. Now I don't know the reason why coach Shui Qingxia didn't bring the rear defense of the sea god needle Wu Haiyan, it may be that there is an injury in the body, otherwise she should not be left behind. It can be seen from the Olympic Games that when Wu Haiyan could not get on due to injury, the combination of defense coordinated by Wang Xiaoxue was how embarrassing, even the Zambian women's football team could score 4 goals, and the entire Olympic Games lost 17 goals in 3 games, and 3 rounds of 1 draw and 2 losses were disgraced.
Women's Asian Cup Schedule ——
January 20 China vs Chinese Taipei
January 23 Iran vs China
January 26 India vs China