Original title: Shen Mengyu used her achievements to inspire female football players to go out, Wang Shuang plans to study abroad this summer
The moment Shen Mengyu scored in the Scottish Women’s Cup final. Figure/IC photo
In the Scottish Women’s Cup final of the 2021-2022 season that ended in the early morning of May 30th, Beijing time, the Celtic women’s football team defeated Glasgow City Women’s Football 3-2 in extra time to win the championship. Chinese player Shen Mengyu opened the scoring for the Celtic women’s football team. After winning the Women’s League Cup with the team in December last year, Shen Mengyu won the second championship in her overseas career. On the road of studying abroad, Shen Mengyu’s achievements will undoubtedly inspire more Chinese female football players to “go out”.
A total of 5 Chinese female football players have played overseas before. In the near future, it is expected that more Chinese female football players will embark on the journey of studying abroad.
Shen Mengyu won two championships in 10 months
On July 21, 2021, the Shanghai Women’s Football Team held a press conference to announce that Tang Jiali joined the Premier League Tottenham Hotspur Women’s Football Team on loan, and Shen Mengyu moved to the Scottish Celtic Women’s Football Team. In the first round of the women’s football team at the Tokyo Olympics, which ended a few hours later, the Chinese women’s football team lost 0-5 to Brazil. The record of 2 losses ended the Tokyo Olympic Games sadly.
In the “dark moment” of Chinese women’s football, studying abroad has become a ray of light.
In February 2022, the new coach Shui Qingxia led the Chinese women’s football team to regain the Asian Cup championship and complete the rebirth of Nirvana. As the only foreign player selected for the team’s Asian Cup expedition list, Tang Jiali played a key role, representing the team 5 times, scoring 4 goals and 1 assist. Tang Jiali’s change surprised Shui Qingxia and her teammates in the national team. From the head coach’s point of view, Tang Jiali’s mentality in the game has become better, and her body and technical movements have also improved significantly. Captain Wang Shanshan is also a supporter of “going out”: “If I were a few years younger, I would choose to study abroad. Foreign leagues are very confrontational, which is exactly what we need now. If the national team can have more overseas players, I’m sure It’s different.”
Tang Jiali’s performance in the national team has made people intuitively see the changes brought by studying abroad to the players. Since they set foot on Liuyang Road in July last year, Tang Jiali and Shen Mengyu have handed over their 10-month study abroad answer sheets-May 28 After the Japanese loan expired, Tottenham announced that Tang Jiali would return to the Shanghai Women’s Football Team. During her time with Tottenham, she represented the team 13 times and scored 1 goal and 2 assists. Shen Mengyu, who played in Scotland, has become a key role for Celtic. She has represented the team 35 times. She won the League Cup with the team in December last year. Minutes opened the scoring, laying the foundation for the Celtics’ final 3-2 victory over their opponents. In the first season of studying abroad, Shen Mengyu played 27 league games, including 21 starts, contributing 3 goals and 8 assists. Before the Women’s Cup final, it was her key assists that helped the Celtics advance to the final.
Shen Mengyu (first from left) celebrates the team’s championship with his teammates. Figure/IC photo
Wang Shuang plans to study abroad again
Chinese women’s football players studying abroad are not only Tang Jiali and Shen Mengyu, but also Shen Monroe who played in the Portuguese Super League, Tu Linli who played in the Iceland Women’s Football League (secondary level), and Yang Shuhui who landed in Ligue 1 and others are regarded as the future of Chinese women’s football. of hope.
Shen Monroe also started her overseas journey in July 2021 and joined Portuguese Super League team Sporting Portugal. However, due to injuries, Shen Monroe did not get many opportunities in Portugal Sporting. It was not until the beginning of November last year that she represented the team for the first time. After taking the initiative to terminate the contract with Portugal Sports, Shen Monroe joined another Portuguese Super League team Oren Athletic in January this year. Shen Menglu, who has been transformed into a full-back, is currently with the team in the relegation play-offs and is working hard to avoid relegation.
Also fighting for the team’s goal of relegation is Yang Shuhui, who officially joined Charente Sooi in Ligue 1 in January this year. As a defender, Yang Shuhui has basically established a foothold in Ligue 1, and whether Charente Sooi can be successfully relegated , will depend on the outcome of the closing battle.
The Chinese women’s football official blog announced on February 27 that Tu Linli, who played for Taylor University in the United States, joined the Icelandic FHL club. The 23-year-old scored a hat-trick in the opening round of the Icelandic women’s second tier. In the 4 rounds of the league that have ended, Tu Linli has scored 6 goals, and played 4 times in the two cups, scoring 3 goals. In addition to Shen Mengyu, who has won two championships, Tu Linli is considered to be the most powerful Chinese women’s football player studying abroad.
The players who study abroad are not alone. The head of the Chinese women’s football team, Wang Shuang, revealed in an interview earlier that he plans to study abroad again this summer, targeting a Premier League team. At the same time, more and more female football players expressed their hope to improve their level by studying abroad, and if more players can gain a foothold overseas, the overall level of Chinese women’s football will naturally be improved.
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