On the afternoon of January 27, Beijing time, the third round of the women's Asian Cup group stage began, the Japanese women's football team 1-1 explosion of the Cold War draw with the South Korean women's football team, the two teams accumulated 7 points, the Japanese women's football team relied on the goal difference advantage to rank first in the group, entering the same half of the Chinese women's football team.
As the winner of the last two championships, the Japanese women's football team aims to continue to defend its title this year, beating the Myanmar women's football team 5-0 in the first round and the Vietnamese women's football team 3-0 in the second round, and qualifying in the early round.
South Korea women's football team is one of the Asian powerhouses, has never won the Asian Cup, the strength of the ranking after China, Japan, Australia, the first round of 3-0 victory over the Vietnamese women's football team and the second round of 2-0 victory over the Myanmar women's football team, also ahead of the round.
In the latest edition of the World Rankings, Japan women's football ranked 13th, Asia 3rd, South Korea women's football ranked 18th, and Asia ranked 4th.
Just a minute into the opening minute, Riko Ueki burst into the box with the ball and pushed the goal to help the Japanese women's football team get off to a fantastic 1-0 start. After that, the South Korean women's football team fought back wildly until the 86th minute equalized, and finally forced a 1-1 draw with the Japanese women's football team.
The Japanese women's football team and the Korean women's football team have 7 points, and the Japanese women's football team has the advantage of the goal difference to lock in the first place in the group and enter the first half of the knockout round, and the Korean women's football team locks the second place in the group and enters the second half of the knockout round.
As the defending champions, the Japanese women's football team will play against the third place in group B in the quarterfinals, and will be produced between the Thai women's football team, the Philippine women's football team and the Indonesian women's football team, no matter which opponent, the Japanese women's football team will easily pass the final four. Of course, the same is true of the Chinese women's football team, steadily advancing to the final four, and the next encounter with the Japanese women's football team in the semi-final is a high probability event.
In the last semi-final, the two teams met, and finally the Chinese women's football team was eliminated by the Japanese women's football team, and did not qualify for the final, and now after 4 years, it is very likely to meet again in the semi-final, and the Chinese women's football team is eager for revenge.
In the second half of the zone, the Australian women's football team can lock in the first place in the group tonight, enter the second half of the knockout round, and not surprisingly join hands with the South Korean women's football team to advance to the semifinals.