Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, February 9 (Reporter Shan Lei) Chinese women's football player Zhang Linyan, who is on loan to the Zurich Grasshopper team, said on the 9th that she is very much looking forward to joining the Chinese women's football team in Spain this weekend to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Women's World Cup. Warm-up match.
Zhang Linyan will go to Spain on the 11th. The Chinese women's football team will play four warm-up matches there from the 14th to the 22nd. The opponents are the Spanish women's Real Betis women's football team, the Swedish women's football team, the Spanish Huelva sports women's football team and the Irish women's football team.
In order to prepare for this year's Women's World Cup, Hangzhou Asian Games and Paris Olympic qualifiers, the Chinese women's football team began training in Guangzhou on January 26.
Zhang Linyan said: "I plan to return to Zurich on the 23rd, so I will miss a league game of Grasshoppers this weekend. The club still supports me in participating in international competitions, and the coaches and teammates recognize me."
Zhang Linyan joined Grasshopper Zurich last year.
She said: "Coming to the Grasshopper team is to feel a different (playing) experience, and I hope to be able to show it in the national team. I am looking forward to returning to the national team and miss my teammates. "
She said that she hopes to gain more opportunities to represent the national team with her performance.
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