The Chinese women's football team has a group of young players in Europe, 5 of whom are very dazzling, namely Tu Linli, Zhao Yujie, Zhang Linyan, Shen Mengyu and Shen Monroe, all of whom have played in the main position. At the individual level, the most rewarded is Zhang Linyan, a supernova who has dreamed of succeeding Sun Wen since she was a child, shining in European football, playing for the Swiss women's Super League giants Grasshopper Women's Football Team for a season, shining in all competitions, making his debut with 1 goal and 4 assists in the opening stage and 6 consecutive games at the end of the season.
In the 2022/23 season, Zhang Linyan completed 11 goals and 9 assists in 22 games for the grasshopper women's football team in all competitions, plus 2 points (one of which was missed), so Zhang Linyan completed the feat of scoring 21 goals in a single season, which is her first season in the ocean, which is very eye-catching. With her outstanding performance, Liuyang Xiaosun Wen Zhang Linyan became the first sister of the grasshopper women's football team, and won 4 consecutive awards at the end of the season.
At the end of the season, 6 rounds of Swiss Women's Super League matches, including 2 regular season final 2 rounds, 2 legs of the 1/4 final of the playoffs, and 2 legs of the semifinals, Zhang Linyan showed a show-like performance and made a contribution in each game. In the penultimate round of the regular season, Zhang Linyan slammed the world wave outside the penalty area and helped the grasshopper women's team beat Lucerne women's football team 5-0; In the final round of the regular season, Zhang Linyan crossed to assist her teammate to score, and the grasshopper women's football team beat Bern Junior Women's football team 8-2; In the first leg of the 1/4 final, Zhang Linyan passed the goalkeeper and played an empty goal, helping the team 3-0 Basel Women's Football Team; In the second leg, Zhang Linyan once again passed the goalkeeper and hit an empty goal, and the grasshopper women's football team 1-0 Basel women.
In the semifinals of the Swiss Women's Super League playoffs, Zhang Linyan blasted out the world wave in the first leg, helping the team chase the score to 2-2 for a while, but unfortunately lost to Zurich Women's football team 2-3; In the second leg, Zhang Linyan made 2 penalties, but the team only scored 1, and the grasshopper women's football team finally lost 1-5 to Zurich women's team, with an aggregate score of 3-8 and did not win the championship.
During this period, Zhang Linyan won the Best Goal Award in a single round in the penultimate round of the regular season, the Best Goal Award in the first leg of the semifinals of the playoffs, the Swiss Women's Super League Player of the Season Award (i.e. the Golden Ball Award), and the Swiss Women's Super League Season Best 11 Award. Now on May 30, Beijing time, Zhang Linyan's departure was announced, the grasshopper women's football team officially announced, Zhang Linyan left the team, the grasshopper club thanked Zhang Linyan for her contribution to the grasshopper women's football team in the past season, and wished Zhang Linyan good luck in the World Cup.
It is understood that Zhang Linyan's returnee is temporary, the main purpose is to play the World Cup, as well as the Olympic preliminary round and the Asian Games, these matches are played in the second half of the year, and Zhang Linyan has become the core attacker of the Chinese women's football team, if she continues to stay in the ocean, Zhang Linyan's state will become unstable because of frequent travel between clubs and national teams, which is bound to affect the results of the national team. After returning from overseas, Zhang Linyan will return to Wuhan women's football to maintain her form, while helping Wuhan women's football team to win the women's Super League 4. According to Zhang Linyan's plan, she may stay in the ocean again in early 2024, with the goal of playing in the Premier League or La Liga, and the team she most hopes to join is Real Madrid.