This young player scored three goals in two games, and does the Chinese women s football team have Wang Shuang s successor?

Wang Shuang's successor is here? 4-2, in the second round of the Women's Football East Asian Cup held in Hwaseong, South Korea yesterday, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Chinese Taipei team and won the first victory. In this game, Shao Ziqin, a young player who plays as center, scored twice and has scored 3 goals in two consecutive games. Her outstanding performance makes people see the rise of the new generation of forwards in the Chinese women's football team.

22-year-old Shao Ziqin plays for Jiangsu Women's Football Team. She is 1.80 meters tall and is also a rare high center forward in the women's football arena. In 2022, she was selected for the training list of the Chinese women's football adult national team. After the Chinese women's football team missed the Paris Olympics, the new coach Milicic took office, and the team's lineup was renewed. Shao Ziqin changed from a marginal figure to the main team. After entering 2025, she became one of the fastest-progressing players among the new generation of national players. At the Chongqing Yongchuan International Women's Football Championship in April this year, Shao Ziqin once again demonstrated his value as a strong center. During the game, she can not only use her height advantage to grab a header, but also play the ball behind her back to play the tactical role of the offensive hub, enriching the Chinese women's football team's technical and tactical play. In the final, Shao Ziqin scored three goals and completed a "hat trick", helping the Chinese women's football team defeat the Thai team 5-1, and won the first championship in 2025. In that game, all five goals of the Chinese women's football team were related to Shao Ziqin. In addition to the three she scored directly, one goal came from her assist, and the other one was because she intercepted and shot the goalkeeper, and the teammate scored a goal.

Shao Ziqin performed well in the Yongchuan Women's Football Championship

Now, this Chinese women's football team, which is a new and old, aims to next year's Asian Cup, Asian Games and the World Cup the following year. Although veterans such as Wang Shuang and Tang Jiali are still in the team on the front line, new forces represented by Shao Ziqin are playing an increasingly important role. In the last game against South Korea in this East Asian Cup, Shao Ziqin scored a goal to overtake the score in the second half. Unfortunately, the Chinese women's football team made another mistake in the final stoppage time, and was equalized by the opponent and missed the start of the game. In yesterday's game against the Chinese Taipei team, the Chinese women's football team had the advantage at the beginning and scored two consecutive goals, with the first goal being scored by Shao Ziqin. In the second half, the opponent scored two goals in a row to equalize the score. Fortunately, the situation of the Chinese women's football team changed after replacing Zhang Linyan and Tang Jiali, and Wang Yanwen and Shao Ziqin scored goals respectively, and finally won the victory without any danger. Milicic said after the game: "We controlled the game most of the time, but we did not do it well in some time periods, allowing our opponents to score two goals. Fortunately, the adjustments were effective and the team eventually won the game."

As the 22-year-old center Shao Ziqin began to emerge, the youthful transformation of the Chinese women's football team is on the road, and the problem of not being able to meet the old and bad luck has been alleviated. It is worth mentioning that as a high center forward, Shao Ziqin's strength was just a header, but after head coach Chen Wanting came to Jiangsu Women's Football Team in 2022, she also trained the young player to become an all-round forward. Nowadays, in addition to continuing to maintain the characteristics of excellent physical fitness and strong impact, Shao Ziqin's foot skills and defensive awareness have been greatly improved, which has also helped her gain a firm foothold in the national team, become an important part of Milicic's tactical system, and continue to move towards the core role of the new generation of Chinese women's football forward.