On the morning of October 5, women's soccer stars Shen Mengyu and Zhang Linyan departed from Shanghai and embarked on a journey to London, England. They will join English Premier League powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur and Scottish Premier League giants Celtic to prepare for the upcoming professional league season. They will be followed by another international, Li Mengwen, who is currently playing for Brighton FC and will also be starting her journey in the Premier League. Nonetheless, with the wisdom and courage of leaders such as Wang Frost, China's women's soccer team remains confident that it has the ability to beat Uzbekistan and win the silver medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games women's soccer tournament.
Beijing Youth Daily reported that Celtic, Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton all made requests to the Chinese women's soccer team through the CFA to recall Shen Mengyu, Zhang Linyan and Li Mengwen as the semifinals of the Hangzhou Asian Games women's soccer team's semifinal match against Japan came to an end.
After careful consideration, the Chinese women's soccer coaching team decided to meet the needs of the three clubs. As a result, Zhang Linyan and Shen Mengyu departed for England on October 5, while Li Mengwen left the following day.
The Women's USSR Premier League is now in its eighth round of matches and Celtic Women are second in the table, just one round behind the leaders, and will host Glasgow City, who are third in the table in the USSR Premier League, on the evening of October 5th.
The new Women's Premier League season kicks off on October 1, with Tottenham Hotspur Ladies facing Bristol Ladies in the second round on October 8, and Brighton Ladies meeting West Ham Ladies at home. Both coaching staffs are eager to have Zhang Linyan and Li Mengwen back in the squad to get a head start on the new Premier League season.
After the departure of three international players, the Chinese women's soccer team is left with only two overseas players, Wang Frost and Uri Gumura. However, in the Asian Games bronze medal game, facing the weaker Uzbekistan team, the Chinese women's soccer team, with the six-goal advantage in the group stage, is still expected to beat the opponent and win the bronze medal, even if it lacks many overseas players.
