In the 11th Women's Super League, Wuhan women's football team beat the rival Jiangsu women's football team with a score of 6-0, in which the young Zhang Linyan performed well, completed a "hat trick", her performance is amazing. After the game, some netizens curiously asked: Zhang Linyan and Wang Frost, as China's top women's soccer stars, the two technical style is similar, the position also overlap, the future national team head coach Shui Qingxia how to choose?
Zhang Linyan. Photo from Xinhua News Agency
Perhaps the fan was scared by the scarcity of talent in Chinese men's soccer, and once he saw a "Lin sister" like Zhang Linyan fall from the sky, he couldn't help but marvel, as if he didn't know how to distribute his enthusiasm. In fact, although Wang Frost and Zhang Linyan have similarities, they each have unique advantages and styles. In Wuhan women's soccer and even the national team, their future relationship will not be a competition, but to promote each other, and carry the heavy responsibility together.
The similarity between the two is that they are both flexible attacking players, not too tall and good at ball control and breakthrough. However, Wang Frost is experienced and has a strong sense of the big picture, and is good at linking up with teammates and organizing the whole team's attack, while Zhang Linyan has excellent blitz ability and makes frequent interspersed runs in the penalty area.
Wang Frost (right). Photo from Xinhua News Agency
Wang Frost is six years older than Zhang Linyan, and at one point there was talk that the latter would be the former's successor. But in fact, at 27 years old, Wang Frost is at the peak of her sporting career, and even has room to rise. Similarly, Zhang Linyan is also creating her own moments of glory. From personal growth to the tactical layout of the Wuhan and China women's soccer teams, the two are not replacements, but will work side by side for a long time to become the team's "double star".
As for how to arrange their positions and tasks on the court, it will be a problem for Wuhan and China's head coach to consider. However, I believe that this is not difficult to solve, like Wang Frost and Zhang Linyan such a distinctive technical characteristics of the players, we do not worry about the competition between them, but rather feel that such a combination is not rich enough. From the fans' point of view, we might as well learn from Barcelona's tactical thinking, and consider Zhang Linyan as the "female Eto'o", and imagine the two of them flexibly shuttling around the opposing penalty area, passing and shooting as if they were joined at the hip, and what a wonderful sight that would be!
The rise of Wang Frost and Zhang Linyan has provided important insights into the talent development and tactical layout of Chinese women's soccer. For many years, we have relied too much on tall players, and our tactics have been based on strength. However, modern soccer increasingly emphasizes high pressing and flexible penetration, which requires us to reuse players with excellent footwork and flexible speed. Although the Chinese women's soccer team is not yet able to reach this level, but at least we should learn from these advanced methods of play, rather than sticking to the old ways. (By Fu Yueqiang, Changjiang Daily)
[Editor: Zheng Xiaoxiao]
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