With the postponement of the Hangzhou Asian Games, our women's soccer team's top priority this year is the East Asian Cup to be held in Japan in July. 19 May, our women's soccer team will gather in Haikou to prepare for the game, and released a training list consisting of 37 players.
After the second stage of the Women's Super League ended on May 14, China's women's soccer team quickly assembled in Haikou, the competition venue, to warm up for the East Asia Cup, which opened on July 19 in Japan. This time, the head coach Shui Qingxia gathered 37 players, of which Wuhan women's soccer team contributed 10 international players such as Wang Shuang, Wu Haiyan, Ma Jun, Yao Wei, Wang Xiaoxue, Yao Lingwei, Lou Jiahui, Zhang Linyan, Zhai Qingwei, Liu Yanqiu and so on. It is worth mentioning that, due to injury, missed the first 10 rounds of the Women's Super League tournament "women's soccer sister" Wang Frost, the national team ushered in her comeback from injury. At the same time, the Henan women's soccer captain Lou Jiahui, who is on loan to Wuhan this year, was also selected for the national team again.
Shanghai women's soccer team has a total of eight players selected this time, including Zhao Lina, Zhang Xin, Xiao Yuyi, Zhu Yu, Wang Yanwen, Yang Lina, Wang Linlin and Li Jiayue. Last season's Women's Super League runners-up, Jiangsu, contributed six international players: Wu Chengshu, Yan Xiaoyu, Shao Ziqin, Jin Kun, Xu Huan and Li Mengwen. Other selected players include Li Ying, Gao Chen, Yan Qi, Lv Yueyun, Song Duan, Zhang Rui, Wang Shanshan, Yuan Cong, He Zhaofen, Wang Xinling, Pan Hongyan, Wan Jiayao and Liao Meixin. Three overseas players, Tang Jiali, Shen Mengyu and Yang Shuhui, were not selected.
The East Asian Cup, which was originally planned to be held in our country, has been rescheduled to Japan because of the restrictions imposed by domestic preventive and control measures, and our country has decided to relinquish its right to host the tournament. The East Asian Cup will feature Japan, South Korea, China and our Taipei team. Earlier this year, our women's soccer team won the Asian Cup and topped Asia again after 16 years. The upcoming East Asia Cup in Japan, our women's soccer team's goal is still to win the championship. However, the face of Asia's strongest Japan and South Korea, our women's soccer team in the semifinals and finals of the Asian Cup opponents, this time in the East Asia Cup again against each other will be a fierce competition.
