It takes time to recover from injury, and the national team will have to wait to see Wang Shuang

Reporter Wang Wei reports On April 13, in the Wuhan Women's Football Team's 3-1 Yongchuan Women's Football Team's Women's Super League match, Wang Shuang scored a penalty kick and assisted from a corner kick, reproducing her bravery.

However, in the previous Yongchuan International Women's Football Championship, she did not get a one-minute chance to play when she returned to the women's national football team. Although she failed to play, the 30-year-old Wang Shuang said that she still has a heart to serve the country: "What I have to do now is to calm down, adjust myself step by step, and practice every training session well!" ”

The club's Wang Shuang is slowly regaining his form, but if he wants to see Wang Shuang in the national team, he has to wait a little longer.

In January 2013, Wang Shuang, who was not yet 18 years old, made her debut on behalf of the Chinese women's football team in Yongchuan. After 12 years, she is here again, at the age of 30.

In the second half of last year, Wang Shuang was affected by injuries and has not yet reached her ideal form, but the Chinese women's football coach Milicic still called her to the team, hoping to get a closer look at Wang Shuang's condition, including injury recovery.

In the first game of the Yongchuan International Women's Football Championship against Uzi, Wang Shuang entered the squad, but until the last moment, Milicic did not arrange for her to play, and in the second game against Thailand, Wang Shuang did not even enter the squad.

Can Wang Shuang still play in the national team? This is a question from the outside world.

In the 2025 season, Wang Shuang, who ended her stay in the English Premier League Tottenham Hotspur Women's Football Team, returned to her former parent team, Wuhan Women's Football Team, in the eyes of coach Chang Wei, although Wang Shuang is 30 years old, her skills are very distinctive, and she is still the best player in China. ”

Chang Wei Wei is undoubtedly the one who knows Wang Shuang's situation best, "She is very active and hard-working, after the Yongchuan International Women's Football Championship a few days ago, she simply moved on the first day of her return, and moved the ball a little in the second training session. Chang Weiwei said, "In the past few days, she has done some treatment, and she has improved slightly. Our doctor's ability to treat lower back and strains is still good, and there are some effects. ”

Wang Shuang is a key player of the Wuhan women's football team, the team has three major tasks this year, the National Games, the AFC Champions League and the Women's Super League. He believes that Wang Shuang's role in key matches will be even greater.

"As a coach, I naturally hope that Wang Shuang will recover as soon as possible and participate in the competition as soon as possible. Wang Shuang's role on the field is still very big, but at this age, I can't take risks, I'd rather be conservative, after all, we still have some time in the Wuhan Women's AFC Champions League, including the National Games, as for the league, let's wait for her to recover better before letting her play. Chang Weiwei said.

Chang Weiwei further emphasized that Wang Shuang's ability is definitely no problem, even at the age of 30, it is not a problem for her. "In the women's national football team, Zhang Xin is close to 33 years old, Wu Haiyan is 32 years old, and Ma Jun (in the Wuhan team) is 36 years old, and he still maintains a very good condition."

Originally, Wang Shuang had to continue to recuperate from her injury, but this time she was able to return to the national team, mainly because the coaching staff decided to understand her situation in person after seeing that she could play half-time football in the Wuhan women's football team.

Since late last year, Wang Shuang's ankle has been affected by injury, and after returning to the Wuhan women's football team, she has gradually recovered, and now she has improved, and is currently strengthening her ankle strength training.

Chang Weiwei said that the outside world needs to give Wang Shuang a period of time, "At present, she also has a little strain in her waist, and she has practiced very hard when she returns to China, which may have caused other injuries." Of course, these injuries can be healed with adjustments and treatment, and at the moment, there are no major problems with her ankle joint. This year, the Wuhan women's football team is not very strong, so I look forward to helping the team after Wang Shuang returns. ”

For Wang Shuang's recovery, Chang Wei has a plan, "When she comes back from the national team, if the situation is good, she can let her go up at the end of each league game to feel it." But she just came back, don't take any risks, or give her a week to be treated, almost 90 or 100 percent. When the opponent's fitness declines, I will consider letting her play, and at present, Wang Shuang still needs to run in with her teammates. I'm trying to get Wang Shuang to play when she plays Changchun. Of course, there is a premise for this, and it depends on her recovery. We look forward to her coming back sooner rather than later and having her play again in the tournament. ”

Wang Shuang very much wants to play for the Chinese women's football team, and she wants to play in the Yongchuan International Women's Football Championship this time, but as Chang Wei said, the injury caused her to pass by this game.

But in Wang Shuang's eyes, it is always incumbent on him to fight for the national team, "The national team is our pride, whether it is playing abroad or playing at home, the national team jersey is honor and pride." We are willing to devote ourselves to help our national team achieve better results and more honors. ”

This year, Wang Shuang and Wuhan Women's Football Team have three major competitions to play, but due to injuries, Wang Shuang believes that it is still necessary to stabilize the mentality. Compared to 12 years ago, my recovery ability is not so strong, so I have to adjust step by step, practice every training session well, and then try to play every game.

Wang Shuang has experienced Ligue 1, and has also played in the United States Women's Soccer League and the Premier League, and she has said that she hopes to consolidate her state and improve herself through high-level confrontation.

When playing at Tottenham Hotspur, Wang Shuang got up at 7 a.m., ate breakfast at 8:30, activated her body at 9:30, and trained at 10:30. Go home after training at noon and cook at home in the evening. This process lasted for a long time. When they played for Tottenham with Zhang Linyan, they once rented a house outside, and with their teammates from the national team, their lives were richer.

In fact, the Wuhan women's football team has summoned Wang Shuang to return many times, but she has been playing in European and American teams for the past two years, especially playing in Tottenham, and can directly feel the atmosphere of the Premier League. That experience also made Wang Shuang more mature.

Wang Shuang wanted to continue playing at Tottenham, but injuries prevented her from doing so.

"Wang Shuang's ability is here, he was injured abroad in the second half of last year and couldn't play for a long time. There is no point in continuing to stay in a foreign team, and coming back early for treatment and adjusting will help her both physically and mentally. Chang Weiwei communicated with Wang Shuang about this.

Because Zhang Linyan and Wang Shuang could not be selected for a long time due to injury, it had a certain impact on the strength and run-in of the national team.

"Whether it's a club team or a national team, if there are two key players, the team will have a lot of different playing styles, (Wang Shuang and Zhang Linyan) have good creativity, personal skills or one-on-one ability, with them and without them, it's completely two teams." Milicic said.

The Chinese women's football team has stayed abroad in batches, but at present, only Wang Yanwen and Li Mengwen have an appearance rate of more than 50%, and Wang Shuang has played very little time during his time at Tottenham from the end of 2024 to the beginning of 2025. From the perspective of athletic form and injury recovery, Wang Shuang really had to make a trade-off, and eventually, she returned to her parent club at the beginning of this year.

"Obviously, rehabilitation and treatment in China will be more convenient than abroad, and there will be more resources in China. Football abroad is more professional, but a lot of things have to rely on themselves, unlike our side that pays more attention to details. Chang Weiwei said, "I went to Switzerland to see Zhang Linyan before, and I felt that it was not easy for them to be abroad, they all cooked food and drink by themselves, and they had to drive to participate in training, and they could not recover and treat well after being injured, which was really not easy." ”

"In the future, if there are players staying abroad, they can arrange a support team to be stationed abroad to provide convenience for the life and growth of the players. Chang Weiwei believes that "in the future, the Chinese Football Association can prepare for the dispatch of the living support team of overseas athletes to Europe to help the players eliminate their worries." ”