On June 4, Beijing time, Chinese women's football international Zhang Xin was interviewed by the official website of fifa, in the interview, Zhang Xin revealed the reason why she retired and chose to come back, Zhang Xin said that she is still full of enthusiasm for football, so she chose to make a comeback. In addition, Zhang Xin talked about the Olympic goal of the Chinese women's football team, that is, to reach the final.
Zhang Xin chose to retire at the age of 25 due to family reasons, but chose to make a comeback after only 2 years, and after the comeback, Zhang Xin is still one of the most outstanding players in the Chinese women's football team, and helped the Chinese women's football team get a ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
For his retirement and comeback, Zhang Xin said, "I found that I still love football so much, my life belongs to football, and the game will make me more excited." ”
In the process of the Women's Football Preliminary Tournament of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Zhang Xin has played an outstanding role, in the group stage at the beginning of last year, Zhang Xin led the team to achieve an unbeaten record of 2 wins and 1 draw in Australia, and qualified for the play-offs, and in the first leg of the playoff with the South Korean women's football team this year, Zhang Xin scored a goal on the road to help the Chinese women's football team with a 2-1 victory.
Talking about her own performance, Zhang Xin said, "I just followed the arrangement of the coaching staff and did my best in every training session. The promotion of the team is the result of the joint efforts of all the players and the coaching staff, and we will continue to work hard to maintain the current performance. ”
In the 2006 Atlanta Olympics, the Chinese women's football team won the silver medal, but in the following competitions, the Chinese women's football team could no longer touch the Olympic medals, but Zhang Xin said that in Tokyo, the Chinese women's football team should re-stand on the podium, "Although the group results are not good, in the same group as Brazil and the Netherlands, my goal is to help the Chinese women's football team reach the Olympic final." We don't have weak teams in our group and we want to get excellent results in every game. ”