Wang Shuang was hailed as the saviour of Chinese football after hitting a classy winner to send her country to this summer’s Tokyo Games.
SUZHOU: Wang Shuang was locked down and left kicking a ball on a rooftop in the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan when China’s women’s football team began their Olympic qualification campaign 14 months ago.
But the midfielder was hailed as the saviour of Chinese football after hitting a classy winner in extra time on Tuesday in Suzhou to send them to this summer’s Tokyo Games.
Wang’s strike in a 4-3 aggregate win over South Korea, having also scored the winner with a penalty in the first leg, embellished her reputation as the face of Chinese women’s football. The opposition coach called her “world-class”.
More than that, it was a badly needed boost at a time when China’s…
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