Cover reporter Chen Yuxiao
After the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's football team once again appeared on the international stage. On January 20, the opening match of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup was played in Mumbai, India, and the Chinese women's football team won the opening goal of the Group Rivals Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team 4:0.
In this competition, the Chinese team and the Chinese Taipei team, the Iranian team and the host India team were divided into group A. According to the rules of this year's Women's Asian Cup, the top two groups of the three groups and the third place of the two groups with better results will advance to the quarter-finals. In the first match of the group stage, the Chinese team faced the Chinese Taipei team. The most recent meeting between The Chinese team and the Chinese Taipei team was the Asian qualifiers for the Women's Football Team at the Tokyo Olympic Games, when the Chinese team won easily 5-0, and this time, the Chinese women's football team once again won a big victory.
Only 1 minute after the opening, the Chinese team took the lead. Zhang Linyan was tripped in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, and Wang Shuang stepped on it. In the 10th minute, Wang Shanshan grabbed a header from the middle of the road to expand the score. In the 54th minute, Zhang Xin received an assist from Wang Shuang to rewrite the score to 3:0. In the 68th minute, Wang Shuang deftly swung past the opposing defender and goalkeeper in the penalty area and pushed the empty goal to win. In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Chinese Taipei team 4-0.
This asian cup is shui qingxia's first time to lead a team to participate in the competition after coaching the Chinese women's football team, before the game, Shui Qingxia said: "I hope the team can win the championship and play a good result. We must first play at our due level, the opponent is different, our tactics will be different. The hot weather in India may affect the players' performance, and hopefully the team will be able to get to the end, of course, it will also take some luck. ”
The Asian Women's Cup is also the Asian qualifier for the 2023 Australia/New Zealand Women's World Cup, with tickets for the top five (except for australia, one of the world cup hosts).
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