No one may have noticed that Tang Jiali's jersey number in the Levent LP women's football team is the same as Zhang Linyan's jersey number in the Tottenham Hotspur women's football team, both are 18, which is undoubtedly the lucky number that our Chinese people generally like to use.
But it's a pity that whether it's Zhang Linyan or Tang Jiali, this good number or good lip gloss has not brought any good luck to their respective overseas careers. After Zhang Linyan terminated her contract and returned to China this month, Tang Jiali's current situation in the Levent LP women's football team in La Liga is also unhappy. She has missed three consecutive league games as of the last round of La Liga, with records showing that her most recent league appearance had to be traced back to the 12th round of Levante LP Women against Real Madrid Women on December 17 last year.
Even when she played, Tang Jiali only replaced the main striker Paraguayan international Martinez in the 78th minute in that game, and in the next round of the game against Barcelona Women's Football Team, Tang Jiali disappeared from the team's squad for unknown reasons, making people think that there would be an injury in the team's training.
However, a week later, in the round of 16 of the Copa del Queen, the Levante LP Women's Football Team played at home against Sevilla Women's Football Team, Tang Jiali's starting appearance quickly broke this speculation, but in this game, Tang Jiali played 60 minutes before being replaced by the main striker Martinez. It is worth noting that in the 15th round of the league last Saturday, although Tang Jiali was also in the squad, among the nine substitutes, in addition to her, there was also substitute goalkeeper Garcia and 19-year-old defender Mogas and 20-year-old midfielder Aina Belot.
Now it seems that her situation in La Liga is not much better than Zhang Linyan, so far she has made 6 league appearances, playing 263 minutes, 2 cup appearances, and 119 minutes, but whether it is a league or a cup competition, she has not played a full game, and she has only one goal as a striker. She has the 17th most league appearances out of 24 first-team players, and if you remove the two substitute goalkeepers and defender Berta Salas, who just returned from injury a few days ago, there are only three Under-19s behind her.
Maybe it's our fans and the players themselves who overestimate their own quality, and it's not as easy as you think to get a place in a league as high as La Liga in the Premier League.
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