When it comes to women's football, 2023 has gone with the wind, there have been sweetness and bitterness in this year, take last year's three major competitions as an example, the Chinese women's football team is almost empty, and Shui Qingxia has also stepped down as head coach.
But this does not erase the shining points of the Chinese women's football team in the past year, such as the rapid development of the level of staying abroad, when it comes to staying abroad, there is a talented young player who has to be mentioned, that is, Zhang Linyan, who made great contributions in the final of the Indian Women's Asian Cup.
In the past 2023, Zhang Linyan can be said to have ushered in the commanding heights of her overseas career, during her tenure with the Swiss Grasshopper Women's Football Team last season, Zhang Linyan can be said to have been smooth sailing, and the total number of goals has reached 11, and even the total number of assists has reached 8, but the most memorable thing for Shengxuan is Zhang Linyan's battle as a god on the Swiss field!
Looking back on this battle of the gods, it was the second leg of the Swiss Women's Super League playoffs 1/4 finals between the Grasshopper Women's Football Team and the Basel Women's Football Team in May last year, when Zhang Linyan scored the only goal of the game for the Grasshopper Women's Football Team, and the way of scoring was even more incredible.
After this great 1-0, Zhang Linyan ushered in a historic moment in her overseas career, and Zhang Linyan won two awards overseas, namely the Swiss Women's Super League Golden Ball Award and the Golden 11 Best Team. You must know that Zhang Linyan was a rookie at that time, if she hadn't performed too well in the Swiss arena, how could she have won two awards, especially the Swiss Women's Super League Golden Ball Award, which was selected by the players' union, and had a considerable influence, that is to say, Zhang Linyan's performance in the Swiss arena at that time was recognized by many people.
At that time, Zhang Linyan won the award, and even alarmed FIFA, and the official Weibo of FIFA praised it at the time: "The future is limitless! Congratulations to Zhang Linyan for winning the Swiss Women's Super League Golden Ball Award in her first season in the United States! She proved herself with her outstanding performance and conquered everyone." Let's look forward to Zhang Linyan's performance at the FIFA Women's World Cup this summer!"
Although the Chinese women's football team later failed to successfully qualify for the 2023 Women's World Cup, it is undeniable that Zhang Linyan still made contributions to the Chinese women's football team, and in the second round of the 2023 Women's World Cup group stage, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Haitian women's football team 1-0 in the second round of the group stage. What do fans say about this?