On February 6, BST, a beaming
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In the final, Coach Shui Qingxia made a key substitution during the halftime break - replacing the out-of-form Wang Frost with the 21-year-old Zhang Linyan. Surprisingly, this substitution was effective after only 7 minutes.
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The soul of the game, Wang Frost, was replaced early in the 60th minute, and Zhang Linyan quickly filled in. Looking back to the semi-final, Wang Frost was unable to play due to an ankle sprain before the match, and Zhang Linyan therefore replaced her in the starting position. On the eve of the final, Wang Frost returned to the starting lineup with her injury.
However, due to the fact that the injury has not yet fully recovered, coupled with the fact that South Korean
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The tight defense, Wang Frost in the first half of the performance is slightly embarrassing, from her opening 9 minutes of that feeble shot can be seen. In the first half, Wang Frost was almost invisible and had very few chances to get the ball, while Wu Chengshu on the right had a great performance.
Coach Shui Qingxia made two adjustments to the lineup at halftime, but did not replace Wang Frost at that point. Coach Shui obviously wanted to give Wang Frost more time. However, 15 minutes into the second half, Wang Frost's condition still did not improve, Shui Qingxia decisively replaced her with Zhang Linyan.
The height of only 1 meter 54 Zhang Lin Yan field dare to fight, a quick turn to create the opponent's defender foul, for our country
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Won a great chance from a set piece on the right side.
In the 67th minute, a cross from Zhang Linyan created a handball from a South Korean defender to give away a penalty kick, which was eventually taken by Tang Jiali, who hit the penalty kick for China's
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Pulling back.
In the 71st minute, Zhang Linyan took a downward pass from Tang Jiali and finished with a long range header to help our
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Tied at 2-2. In just 4 minutes, Zhang Linyan produced 2 goals to set up Xiao Yuyi's shutout.
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, is Zhang Linyan's first call-up to the national team, and she is also the first adult international player produced by Evergrande Football School. In the first round of the Asian Cup to face our Taipei
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When she made her national team debut as a starter, and less than two minutes into the game, she provided the first goal for our
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Created a penalty kick. In this year's Asian Cup, Zhang Linyan scored a goal while making 2 penalties.
In an interview after the 3-2 come-from-behind win, Zhang Linyan said, "In the second half, we just thought about attacking and thought we could definitely fight back."
And a year ago, Wang Frost made similar remarks. In the second round of the Olympic Preliminary Round play-offs, China
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After trailing 0-2, they chased down two goals in a row and eventually eliminated South Korea 4-3 on aggregate
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Advance to the Olympics. At the time, Wang Frost said, "We never wanted to give up, even though we were 0-2 down in the first half, we always believed we could come back. Even if we punch them, we can punch them out."
