Yang Lina joined Paris Saint Germain on loan. There are as many as 10 Chinese women’s football teams in active service.
There are as many as 10 Chinese women’s football team in active service
Paris Saint Germain women’s football club announced on the 13th that Chinese player Yang Lina officially joined the team on loan, and she will play until June 2023. Yang Lina later revealed the reason why she chose to join the club in an interview. In the past two years, the Chinese women’s football team has set off a wave of staying abroad. This season, the number of people participating in European and American League matches has reached 10.
Yang Lina said in an interview that at the end of 2018, when she went to Australia to practice with the national team, many clubs had consulted her wishes, but for various reasons later, I didn’t choose to stay abroad.
Yang Lina thinks Paris Saint Germain is a club with stars. Its cultural history and heritage are widely recognized. Many players are international players from all over the world and can train with them, the competition can bring great improvement and breakthrough to yourself. “Can you work with mbapei, Neymar, Macy and Lamos? Isn’t it fragrant?”
As for why she chose to stay abroad this year, Yang Lina thinks that in China, many competitions have already been achieved, and going abroad is another challenge, “to show yourself on a higher platform, prove yourself and improve yourself, and prepare for the next World Cup.”
Yang Lina is full of expectation for the future. She hopes to integrate into the team as soon as possible, run in with more teammates, improve the appearance rate through her own efforts, and get the affirmation of the coach, help the team get better results so as to live up to everyone’s expectations.
Yang Lina, 28 years old, is a midfield. She joined Shanghai Shengli football club in 2015 and became the best shooter of the Women’s Football Association Cup in her first season. In February this year, she won the Asian Cup with the Chinese women’s football team. Yang Lina is the third Chinese women’s football player to join Paris Saint Germain. The previous two players were Wang Frost and Li Mengwen. Wang Frost played for the Paris Saint Germain women’s football team in the 2018-2019 season. Li Mengwen followed Wang Frost’s footsteps and joined the team on loan in August this year. In the new season, Yang Lina will join hands with Li Mengwen.
The Paris Saint Germain women’s football team has achieved stable results in recent seasons. In 2020-2021, they successfully overturned the top European women’s football team Lyon and won the league championship. Last season, they won the second place in the league.
At present, both the Chinese Football Association and the head coach of the women’s football team, Shui Qingxia, have an open and supportive attitude towards Chinese women’s football team members staying abroad. Therefore, there are endless streams of players staying abroad. At present, there are 10 Chinese women’s football players playing for European and American teams. They are: Wang Frost (Louisville athletic United States), Tang Glade (Madrid CFF, Spain), Li Mengwen (Paris Saint Germain, France), yang Lina (Saint Germain, Paris, France), Zhang Linyan (Swiss Grasshopper), Shen Mengyu (Scottish Celts), Shen Monroe (Scottish Celts), Zhao Yujie (Dan MCEER), yang Shuhui (Moscow Locomotive, Russia) and Tu Linli (Iceland FHL).
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Su Yi intern Liu Shiqing