At 18:00 on the evening of April 27, Beijing time, Zhang Yuning, a popular international player in Chinese football, was interviewed by Sports Weekly. Zhang Yuning talked a lot about Chinese soccer and the club's performance, and the fans praised and supported him!
Zhang Yuning has gradually established himself as the centerpiece of the national team in the top 12 of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Despite his many naturalized players, the head coach still made him the fulcrum of the front line, and Zhang Yuning rewarded the head coach's trust with outstanding performances. In 12 games for China, he contributed three goals and two assists, doing five goals on his own.
However, the overall performance of the Chinese team in that Top 12 match was not satisfactory. After consecutive losses, the Chinese men's soccer team dropped out of the race for the right to qualify early. Even on New Year's Day, the Chinese team shamefully lost to Vietnam on the road, refreshing the lower limit of Chinese soccer. Because of this, the Chinese men's soccer team has once again become the role of everyone in China. Since the end of the Top 12, the Chinese men's soccer team never assembled again and disappeared for a year. It wasn't until Serbian coach Jankovic took over the national soccer team that the Chinese men's soccer team returned to everyone's attention. Unfortunately, in Jankovic's first game, he led his team to victory.
As the front-runner of the national football team, the unavoidable topic of the interview is naturally the future of the national football team. 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the new Asian Cup will start later this year and at the beginning of next year, which is the highest level tournament that the Chinese men's football team can participate in. If we can achieve good results in these two games, the Chinese team is expected to turn around the reputation and win the support of the fans again. In this regard, Zhang Yuning said:¡°This year, I will do my best to stay healthy and enter the national team in the best condition to help the Chinese team make a breakthrough in the preliminaries and the Asian Cup, so that the fans can regain their confidence!"
Fans familiar with Zhang Yuning may know that he played a long time in European football as a youngster and managed to establish himself in the Dutch league. As a result, most fans have mixed feelings about his decision to return to the Chinese Super League early. However, Zhang Yuning doesn't care about the external problems. He said: "At that time I returned to China with the simple idea of playing more matches instead of sitting on the bench. Only matches can make me progress faster and become a better player!"
Fans also chose to support the popular international player's statement. One fan commented:- "You guys who do real work are much better than those who only talk online. The level of the national soccer team is really low, but I respect those who work quietly." Some fans also wrote: "Wu Lei and Zhang Yuning are the only people in the national soccer team who should not be scolded." Some fans also said:Â "It's a pity that Zhang Yuning is totally powerful in the top five leagues and wasted some in the Chinese Super League."
