Five years in the making, the summer field witnessed the roses' frustration, and in a pandemonium of defeat, Tokyo became the end of their rout. Three consecutive matches, 17 goals conceded, even the Zambian women's soccer team failed to surpass the 100th place. Jia Xiuquan's post-match defense was like a one-woman show. As we ponder how to break the historical dilemma of women's soccer, the emergence of overseas players may herald the dawn of a new era for Chinese women's soccer.
Two months ago, 20-year-old Shanghai girl Shen Mengyu resolutely embarked on the road to stay in the ocean, joined the Scottish Women's Premier League team Celtic. In her debut, she showed remarkable soccer intelligence, making substitute appearances, sending threatening passes and even creating penalty kick opportunities. In the second round of the match against the league leader Glasgow City Women's Football Team, she came on as a substitute again, and continuously delivered exquisite passes, and under Shen Mengyu's skillful hands, the team twice equalized the score, and she herself was awarded the best player of the AFC with her outstanding performance. Yesterday, she finally harvested the first goal of her foreign career, five rounds of 1 goal and 3 assists, gradually adapted to the rhythm of the Soviet Premier League.
Shen Mengyu, who debuted at the top of his game, played as a member of the national youth team as early as 15 years old and became famous in a game against Canada, scoring the only goal of the game. The following year, as U16 captain, he led the team to the championship and was honored as the Most Valuable Player. However, under the strict management of the national youth team, she was expelled from the Women's Premier League for half a year for behaviors such as wearing lipstick, an experience that is still fresh in her mind. We are looking forward to Shen Mengyu to show the style of Chinese players on a higher stage.
There is another piece of good news for Chinese fans. Another foreign player, Tang Jiali, has also had an outstanding performance. It was thanks to her crucial goal in last year's Olympic qualifiers that the Chinese women's soccer team had a chance to embark on a trip to Tokyo. However, on the eve of the Olympics, Jia Xiuquan ruled her out of the national team on the grounds of injury. This summer, Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank announced that Tang Jiali would be loaned to Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, where she delivered key assists in consecutive matches to help Tottenham Hotspur reach the top of the English Premier League, and the coach praised her, and she won the hearts of many fans.
"It's gold that shines everywhere!" With the Tokyo Olympics a thing of the past, today's Chinese women's soccer team is about to usher in the era of Shui Qingxia. As the core of the Clanging Roses back then, she had trained the two outstanding players mentioned above, and we have reason to believe that under her leadership, the Chinese women's soccer team will continue to move forward.
