On the stage of the final of the Asian Women's Cup on February 6, Beijing time zone, Coach Shui Qingxia decisively made a key substitution during the halftime break - replacing veteran Wang Frost with 21-year-old rising star Zhang Linyan. This substitution decision showed a miraculous effect after only 7 minutes. ! [Image 1](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/2022-02/202202070234279712503193.jpg) Wang Shuang, the star player of our women's soccer team, left the field early in the 60th minute, giving way to youngster Zhang Linyan. Recall that in the semi-final against Japan Women's Football Team, Wang Frost was unable to take the field due to a pre-match sprain, while Zhang Linyan took over the starting position. On only the third day after the sprain, Wang Frost was called upon to return to the starting lineup for the final against the South Korean women's soccer team. ! [Image 2](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/2022-02/202202070234435962503193.gif) Not yet fully recovered from her injury, and facing the tight defense of the South Korean women's soccer team, Wang Frost's performance in the first half was slightly embarrassing. A glimpse of this can be seen in her weak shot in the opening nine minutes. Wang Frost was almost invisible in the first half, with few chances to get the ball, compared to Wu Chengshu, who was more active on the right. Coach Shui Qingxia made two substitutions at halftime, but did not replace Wang Shuang at that time, intending to give her more time. However, in the 15th minute of the second half, Wang Frost's performance still did not improve, and Coach Shui Qingxia decided to replace her with Zhang Linyan. ! [Image 3](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/2022-02/202202070234485962503193.gif) Zhang Linyan, who is only 1 meter 54 in height, showed her courage and breakthrough power as soon as she stepped on the field, quickly turning around to create a foul by the opponent's defender, and won an excellent right-side set-piece opportunity for our women's soccer team. ! [Image 4](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/2022-02/202202070234493775003193.gif) In the 67th minute, Zhang Linyan's pass created a handball by a South Korean defender to send a penalty kick, and finally Tang Jiali hit the penalty kick, and China's women's soccer team equalized a city. ! [Image 5](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/2022-02/202202070234517212503193.gif) In the 71st minute, Zhang Linyan received Tang Jiali's downward pass and completed a long-distance header to help China's women's soccer team equalize 2-2. In just four minutes, Zhang Linyan created two goals, laying the perfect foundation for Xiao Yuyi's subsequent kill. ! [Image 6](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/2022-02/202202070234523462503193.jpg) This Asian Women's Cup was Zhang Linyan's first call-up to the national team, and she was also the first adult international footballer to be trained by the Evergrande Football Academy. In the first round against China's Taipei women's soccer team, she made her national team debut as a starter, creating a penalty kick for China's women's soccer team in less than 2 minutes after the start. In this year's Asian Women's Cup, Zhang Linyan scored a goal while making two penalties. ! [Image 7](https://www.ballti.com/UploadFiles/Sinaimg/2022-02/202202070234525025003193.jpg) In an interview after the 3-2 come-from-behind win, Zhang Linyan said, "In the second half we were thinking about attacking, thinking that we could definitely fight back." And a year ago, Wang Frost made similar remarks. In the second round of the Olympic Preliminary Round playoffs, China's women's soccer team pursued two goals in a row after falling behind 0-2, and eventually eliminated the South Korean women's soccer team from the Olympics with a total score of 4-3. At that 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 rushed them, we could have rushed them."
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