At the end of the summer, 19-year-old Shen Mengyu and 26-year-old Tang Jiali joined forces to embark on an overseas journey. Shen Mengyu has joined Celtic's women's soccer team, while Tang Jiali has officially joined Tottenham Hotspur's women's soccer team, signing a one-year contract. Just today, Tang Jiali scored her first goal for Tottenham Hotspur in their first warm-up match.
When the Chinese women's soccer team's Olympic roster was announced, the absence of several core players, including Tang Jiali, sparked widespread discussion. However, in a friendly match between the English Premier League's Tottenham Hotspur women's soccer team and Scotland's Women's Premier League Celtic that ended in the early hours of yesterday morning, two Chinese No. 9 players, Shen Mengyu and Tang Jiali, played in the same match, staging a Chinese derby.
The match was played at St. George's Park in London. Tang Jiaoli made her Tottenham debut in the 75th minute as a substitute and managed to score. And Shen Mengyu also dished out an assist in the match. In the end, Tottenham Hotspur Women's Football Team beat Celtic Women's Football Team by a big score of 6-1.
After the game, Shen Mengyu and Tang Jiali interacted on social media, Tang Jiali said, "Very happy, joined the team's first game on the goal, and it is on the second sister (Shen Mengyu). In this kind of occasion to meet extraordinarily excited, but also congratulate my second sister to get an assist, we cheer together." Shen Mengyu responded, "Congratulations to big brother's first game, you assist to me, how about I score a goal?" In addition, Shen Mengyu also wrote on her personal social media, "You scored a goal and I assisted, a thousand miles to meet, super happy."
It's worth noting that the new Premier League Women's Football season will kick off in early September, with Tottenham Hotspur hosting Arsenal Ladies on November 14th, where Tang Jia Li will usher in an Asian derby with Japanese ace Mana Iwabuchi, 28, who has played for Bayern Ladies and Aston Villa Ladies, before joining Arsenal Ladies in May this year, and is an absolute mainstay of the Japanese women's national team.
