On the evening of January 20, Beijing time, the opening match of the group stage of the Women's Asian Cup ended, and the Chinese women's football team played against the Chinese Taipei women's football team. In the end, the Chinese women's football team relied on Wang Shuang's 2-shot and 1 pass performance, as well as the goals of Zhang Xin and Wang Shanshan, to win the opponent 4-0, to achieve a good start, and the next round of victory can be qualified in the early round.
In this Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team is in the same group as the Chinese Taipei women's football team, the host India women's football team, and the Iranian women's football team, the 3 opponents are lower in the world ranking than the Chinese women's football team, and in terms of strength, the Chinese women's football team is also the strongest team in the group.
The Chinese women's football team has won the Asian Cup championship for 8 times, ranking first in history, and the last time it won the championship was in 2006, and since then, it has been 4 consecutive years without harvest. In the first round of the group stage against the Chinese Taipei women's football team, the Chinese women's football team has won 7 and drawn 1 in the last 8 meetings, scoring 21 goals and conceding only 2 goals.
In terms of starting, the Chinese women's football team sent a 442 formation, Wang Shuang and Wang Shanshan led the front, Tang Jiali and Li Ying sat on the bench, while Zhang Linyan, Wang Shuang, Yao Wei and Yang Linna sat in the midfield.
Just 80 seconds after the opening, the young player Zhang Linyan tried to break through the penalty area after stealing, was tripped by a defender, the referee awarded a penalty, and then Wang Shuang took the penalty to help the Chinese women's football team get a fantastic start 1-0.
Born in 2001, Zhang Linyan, from Evergrande Football School, is the youngest player for the Chinese women's football team to participate in this Asian Cup. Wang Shuang, who scored a penalty, scored the first goal of the Asian Cup for the Chinese women's football team, and it is also the first goal of the Chinese women's football team in 2022.
In the 9th minute, after Wang Shanshan received a cross from her teammate in front of the goal, the header hit the crossbar and bounced into the goal, the opposing player had no choice, and the Chinese women's football team extended the score 2-0.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Wang Shuang sent a straight ball in front of the field, Zhang Xin burst into the box and pushed the goal, helping the Chinese women's football team to expand the score 3-0.
In the 68th minute, Yao Wei crossed from the left, and a number of defenders against the opponent missed consecutively, and Wang Shuang took the ball in the penalty area and calmly exploded into the net, helping the Chinese women's football team to lock in the victory 4-0.
This victory has allowed the Chinese women's football team to set 5 consecutive records, the first is to win 7 consecutive games and keep a clean sheet for the Chinese Taipei women's football team, the second is to score the first goal of this Asian Cup, the third is to continue to be unbeaten against the Chinese Taipei women's football team after entering the 21st century, the fourth is that coach Shui Qingxia won the first main game victory of the Chinese women's football team, and the fifth, "Chinese women Messi" Wang Shuang participated in the First 3 goals (2 shots and 1 pass) in the Asian Cup for the first time.
According to the schedule, the Chinese women's football team will play against the Iranian women's football team at 18:00 on January 23, as long as it wins, it can qualify in the early round.