Reporter Wang Wei reported that on February 8, the official Microblog of the Chinese women's football team released the news that Zhang Linyan was elected as the "future star" of the 2022 Indian Women's Asian Cup final, with the text: "The small body contains great energy, and the final substitute has made a contribution, and the future can be expected." ”
In the just-concluded Final of the Indian Women's Asian Cup, the Chinese women's team won the championship by reversing the South Korean team 3-2. In this earth-shattering game, Zhang Linyan, a Sichuan girl from Guangzhou women's football team, made two goals in 11 minutes, which was indispensable.
After the Chinese women's football team returned to China, through Zhang Linyan's narration and the introduction of Guangzhou women's football team leader Hu Tingting, we learned the growth story of this Asian "future star". From Evergrande Football School, she has been training with men's football players for a long time, and Tan Kaiyuan and Wang Shilong of the same age group are teammates, and they also play football and grow up together.
In the Final of the Asian Cup on February 6, Zhang Linyan replaced Wang Shuang in the 60th minute of the match, when the Chinese women's team fell behind 0-2. Just five minutes into the field, Zhang Linyan's shot from the left side of the penalty area caused a Handball from a South Korean defender, and Tang Jiali took a penalty to rewrite the score to 1-2. In the 71st minute, Tang Jiali crossed from the right side of the field, and Zhang Linyan inserted a header from the back row to help the Chinese women's football team pull the score to 2-2.
Zhang Linyan scored points and goals in 11 minutes, and such an outstanding performance can be called an important contributor to the victory of the Chinese team in this game.
Zhang Linyan's outstanding performance has also attracted the attention of "Uncle Bei". In 2013, when David Beckham came to China to participate in the event, he took a photo with Zhang Linyan, a young player who participated in the live event, and gave her an autographed football. At that time, Zhang Linyan was only 12 years old, and on February 8, nine years later, Beckham forwarded Zhang Linyan's Weibo to congratulate her on winning the Asian Cup, "Lin Yan, I remember our meeting in 2013. You've been rewarded with hard work and you've achieved your dreams, which is fantastic. Congratulations again on winning the championship. Zhang Linyan immediately replied: "Thank you Uncle Pei for remembering me, the autographed football that sent me has always been treasured at home, and I will continue to work hard." ”
For Zhang Linyan, who has just turned 21, this Asian Cup has allowed her to experience a baptism of adulthood. In the first game of the Chinese women's asian cup, Zhang Linyan entered the starting list of the game, and she herself did not expect that head coach Shui Qingxia would let her start in the first game, and the performance in the game was a little nervous. "I didn't play very well in the first game, I felt like my head was blank, and I was still blinded when my teammates called me." Zhang Linyan said.
In the semi-finals, China faced Japan, Zhang Linyan also got the opportunity to start, after being replaced, she saw her teammates on the bench to defeat the Japanese team on penalties, "At that time, I thought, if I played in the final, I hope I want to play well and perform well." ”
In the final with the South Korean women's football team, the Chinese team fell behind 0-2 in the first half, and shortly after the opening of the second half, Shui Qingxia replaced Wang Shuang, who was injured, with Zhang Linyan, and it was this substitution that determined the final direction of the final. "I didn't know that the water guide would change me at this time, but my heart was always ready. At that time, two goals behind, everyone was very anxious, we expected that the game might fall behind, but we did not think about falling behind two goals. Zhang Linyan said, "The water guide sent me to the field to attack, because at that time we were 0-2 behind, there were more than 30 minutes left in the game, there was no tension at that time, going up was to let go, just thinking about the attack, playing their own things." In fact, when I played, I felt that we had a chance, according to the requirements of the water guide, after playing, we should run more and create more offensive opportunities. ”
Zhang Linyan scored with a header in the 71st minute to equalize, "At that time, I saw Sister Jiali form a one-on-two breakthrough on the right, and Sister Shanshan rushed in front. When Sister Carrie crossed, there was a lot of space in front of me, so I rushed straight over and then I pushed in. Zhang Linyan, who is less than 1.60 meters tall, broke through the Goal of the South Korean team with a header, which made many people unexpected, "Because I am not tall, there were teammates who ridiculed me before, saying that my first goal in the national team was a header, I did not expect to really score a header, and not only a teammate ridiculed me, these days teammate Xu Huan also ridiculed me every day." ”
For this goal and this reversal, Zhang Linyan said, "At that time, I felt that the physical fitness of the Korean team had declined, they may not have thought that Jiali sister could pass the ball out when she reached the bottom line one-on-two, they may not have expected it, they may also have a fluke mentality, in fact, at halftime, we did not lose confidence, because anything can happen in football, and we still have some scoring opportunities in the first half." ”
CCTV once went to Evergrande Football School ten years ago to shoot a feature film, when the attention was Zhang Linyan wrote the "motto" on the desk: "Don't be afraid of difficulties, start from scratch, surpass Sun Wen, make unremitting efforts, you are the best, good and bright waiting, as long as you are willing to pay." Zhang Linyan, you can do it. Be sure to be in the national team! Facing the CCTV camera, Zhang Linyan said, "Sun Wen has won two world runners-up, and we want to win 3 world championships." ”
The young Zhang Linyan has lofty ambitions, but her growth path is also full of thorns, and she has experienced two major injuries at a young age, "the first is an ankle fracture, and the second is a broken ligament." The first time I was injured, I was still young, I still wanted to continue to play football, my mother hurt me, saw that I was injured so badly, did not want me to kick, but I still persevered, that time was very difficult, my mother for me not to work, every day in the hospital to accompany me; the second injury, did not expect that the front injury just over a year and then injured, there may be their own lack of strength, fatigue, relaxation is not in place for reasons. After those two injuries, I didn't think about giving up and persevering. ”
On January 16, before the start of the Asian Cup in India, Zhang Linyan had just celebrated her 21st birthday, and the Asian Cup champion was her best birthday gift. "This is the second time that the Chinese women's football team has won the Asian Cup after a gap of 16 years. I feel that I am also very lucky to be able to be brought by my big sisters to fight together and win the championship together, which is really too important at this moment in my life. ”
Holding up the Asian Cup and winning the "Future Star", Liu Jiangnan, the former principal of Evergrande Football School, sent congratulations to Zhang Linyan, expressing her glory and pride for Zhang Linyan, and also encouraging her to continue to work hard to fight for women's football and win glory for the country. Zhang Linyan replied at the first time and thanked the old principal for cultivating himself.
In the 2021 season, Zhang Linyan represented Guangzhou women's football team in the women's first league, becoming the top scorer of the 2021 women's first season with 9 goals, and she also represented the Beijing women's football team in the Shaanxi National Games.
For her future development, Zhang Linyan wants to play football abroad, hoping to have a better platform, "I still want to go to a better place to play football, play a high-level league, because now many Asian stars are going to Europe, like Jialijie, Frost Sister, they are already the main force in the women's super league at my age, I feel that the gap between me and them is getting bigger and bigger." Zhang Linyan said, "I often communicate with Shen Mengyu, who plays football in Celtic, she told me that I have a lot of training in foreign competitions, and the two of us often compete secretly, and I always want to work harder." ”
At the beginning of 2021, Zhang Linyan returned to Guangzhou Women's Football To play football and participated in the Women's League A, where Guangzhou Women's Football Won the Runner-up of the 2021 Women's League Under the leadership of head coach Li Hu, and Zhang Linyan, as the captain, performed very well in the game.
"Zhang Linyan's own characteristics are very obvious, the frequency of playing football is fast, and the feet are fast. Although young, he is not afraid of the stage and has a big heart. She played in the front waist position of guangzhou women's football team, is the core of the team, there is her in the game, the self-confidence of the whole team will be stronger. Li Hu introduced, "However, Zhang Linyan has no physical advantages, especially when fighting with European and American players, I hope she will use her characteristics reasonably, play her own strengths, like Messi, although the body is not dominant, but others can not touch her." ”
Hu Tingting is the leader of the Guangzhou women's football team, in her eyes, Zhang Linyan is very down-to-earth, enthusiastic, and a person who knows how to be grateful. "No matter where she goes, she will never forget the people who are good to her, the people who have helped her, the coaches who have brought her, she will remember, and Lin Yan is very self-motivated and able to endure hardships."
In the daily training and life of the Guangzhou women's football team, Hu Tingting noticed many details of Zhang Linyan's life. "She practices at least three times a week and does her own strength. I have seen a notebook by Zhang Linyan, on which she wrote a lot of requirements for herself, including having to watch two high-level games every week, and she had to watch high-level competitions to improve herself. ”
Hu Tingting said that Zhang Linyan is usually very self-disciplined, never eat unhealthy food, although she is from Sichuan, but she does not eat spicy, some team members like to eat cooked food such as duck, Zhang Linyan does not eat, she will take the initiative to prevent the intake of some additives.
Zhang Linyan is a 2020 undergraduate student of sports training at Beijing Normal University, usually as long as there is time to study, this time to participate in the Asian Cup is still preparing her own thesis, "when she plays football in guangzhou, every night will take an hour to learn English, she is very good at managing her time, but also like to read, she is a role model for the team members in Guangzhou." ”
Hu Tingting introduced that Zhang Linyan talked to her about her experience in learning to play at Evergrande Football School, "When she learned to play football at Evergrande Football School, she often played with boys, and Tan Kaiyuan and Wang Shilong were teammates, and they were players of the same age group. Lin Yan played football with the boys, making her play faster in the speed of playing. ”
Although she wants to find an opportunity to stay in The Ocean, Zhang Linyan is also grateful to the Guangzhou women's football team. Hu Tingting said that in the WeChat contact with Zhang Linyan on the 8th, she encouraged Zhang Linyan to maintain her state well and contribute more to the national team in the future, "I also encourage Linyan to go to a higher level in the future, such as playing football abroad, if there is an opportunity, strive to develop abroad like Tang Jiali." ”