On January 20, Beijing time, the 2022 Women's Asian Cup kicked off in India. The Chinese women's football team coached by Shui Qingxia won the first round of the match as desired, defeating the Chinese Taipei women's football team with a score of 4-0 and winning the opening. The big win on the debut is certainly gratifying, but considering the limited strength of the opponent, this does not mean that the Chinese women's football team has stepped out of the shadow of the Tokyo Olympics, and there are more tests from inside and outside the arena waiting for this new team.
Due to the limited strength of the Chinese Taipei women's football team, Shui Qingxia's coach does not have to think too much about how to limit the opponent, but has the opportunity to transform the team according to his own ideas. From the platoon arrangement of the first game of the Asian Cup, we can also see the traces of her drastic transformation of the team. In terms of personnel, on the basis of retaining the core of Wang Shuang and Wang Shanshan, a number of "Olympic outcasts" and young players were recruited, and the formation was switched to a more balanced attack and defense 4-4-2. Less than 2 minutes after the start of the game, young player Zhang Linyan returned Shui Qingxia's trust and won a penalty opportunity for the team. Wang Shuang easily deceived the opposing goalkeeper, the main penalty hit, and the Chinese women's football team took the opening lead 1-0.
In the 9th minute, Tianjin player Wang Shanshan received a cross from a teammate and made a contribution to the first half, and the Chinese women's football team led by two goals to end the first half.
In the 54th minute, Wang Shuang sent a straight plug, Zhang Xin pushed the goal, the Chinese women's football team led the Chinese Taipei women's football team 3-0.
In the 68th minute, after Wang Shuang received the ball in the penalty area, he calmly dunked the defender who came to block it, and then easily broke the goal, and the Chinese women's football team also won 4-0 against the opponent.
Considering the level of the opponent, Shui Qingxia guided the team to achieve a 4-0 victory in the first game, which was in line with the expectations of the outside world before the game. However, although the team has made a wide range of adjustments, the overall style of play does not show many outstanding changes from the Tokyo Olympics. Especially in the future, when encountering stronger opponents, it is not known whether the attack of the Chinese women's football team can get the opportunity as easily as in the first battle. And without too much pressure from the opponent, the Chinese women's football team's midfield is not invulnerable. Of course, as the first game of the intercontinental competition, and the first official game of the new team, it is normal for some problems in the connection.
It is also worth noting that in the technical and tactical aspects of the field, it is worth noting how the Chinese women's football team ensures that the whole team returns from India healthily and safely in an environment where the epidemic has not been effectively controlled on an international scale. On January 19, Beijing time, the indian national team officially released news that 2 members of the Indian women's football team tested positive for the new crown and are currently undergoing isolation at designated medical institutions. The Chinese women's football team will be in Group A with the host in the group stage of this Asian Cup, and the match between the two teams will be held less than a week later on January 26.
When Tang Jiali, a Chinese player who plays for tottenham Women's Football, flew from the United Kingdom to India, she met Japanese player Shina Iwabuchi, who played for arsenal women's football, at the airport, and the two took the same flight and took photos at the airport. On the 19th, the Japanese Football Association announced that Shina Iwabuchi tested positive for the new crown virus. According to the information given by the Japanese Football Association, the test result of Iwabuchi Jinnai was negative 72 hours before departure, and after arriving in India, he was tested again, this time the result was positive, and the player himself had no symptoms of discomfort. Fortunately, Tang Jiali successfully passed the nucleic acid test and came off the bench in the match with the Chinese Taipei women's football team.
However, this false alarm is also a reminder to the Chinese women's football team, the team must do a good job of protection in the training game and life management, after all, no one wants to see the news that the national security player who competed in the AFC Champions League can no longer return to China in time because of accidental recruitment in the process of going out to play.
Chinese women's football team needs to pay attention to protection when going abroad, and football girls in Tianjin are also accompanied by football under the conditions of centralized isolation. Affected by the current round of the epidemic, many residents in Tianjin's Jinnan District have entered centralized isolation points to live in isolation, including Wang Yilin and Wang Yixiao sisters who have practiced football before. According to the mother of the sisters, because the children especially like football, they took the football wherever they went and took it to the centralized isolation point. During the centralized quarantine, football also added fun to the sisters' slightly uneventful lives. Even if they couldn't practice on the soccer field every day as they used to do during the holidays, the sisters didn't relax the rhythm of practice because they were isolated.
I hope that the Chinese women's football players will successfully complete the task of the game and return safely! I also hope that Tianjin will get rid of the impact of this round of the epidemic as soon as possible and let the football girls return to the football field!