On the evening of January 27, the Chinese men's football team lost 0-2 to Japan, and only theoretical possibilities remained to enter the Qatar World Cup. At the same time, the third round of the women's Asian Cup group stage is also all over, and the quarter-final matchup is out! The Chinese women's football team will play against the Vietnamese women's football team on the 28th of the Lunar New Year (January 30), and if it successfully advances to the final four, it is very likely to usher in the semi-final opponents Japan on the third day of the Chinese New Year (February 3). Coincidentally, the men's football team's "Sino-Japanese War" has just come to an end, and the next "battle of honor" on the first day of the Chinese New Year, the opponent happens to be Vietnam. Within three days, the Chinese men's and women's football teams have played against the Vietnamese team, and if they are lucky, the majority of fans can receive a "men's football mixed double kill" gift in the New Year.
The twenty-eighth demonstration of the Waxing Moon
Still calculating the probability of qualifying? In the first two rounds of the group stage, the Chinese women's football team defeated Chinese Taipei and Iran 4-0, 7-0 respectively, accumulating 6 points to advance to the quarterfinals with the top spot in the group, and the team's number one star Wang Shuang scored 4 goals to temporarily rank third in the top scorer list, and the start of the Women's Asian Cup seemed to be the right "way to open" in the eyes of fans.
Next, the Chinese women's football team will usher in the 1/4 final vietnam team ranked third in Group C, from the world ranking and historical records, the 32nd ranked Vietnam women's football team, the strength should be on par with Chinese Taipei, in the last eight games, the Chinese women's football team to Vietnam to maintain a full victory, and half of the net win of more than 4 goals of the big score.
Compared with the Chinese women's football team's easy pass in the group stage, the situation of the Vietnamese women's football team can be described as very tragic. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the Vietnamese women's football team has barely enough to make up 13 people per game, and even faces the same withdrawal situation as the Indian women's football team. In the group stage, 1 draw and 2 losses accumulated 1 point, facing the two major teams of Japan and South Korea, they could only be tired of defending, unable to create any threat in front of the opponent's goal, and only had one chance to shoot in two games. In the end, the Vietnamese women's team had a 1 goal difference advantage to win the third place in the group, and then overwhelmed the Iranian women's football team with a one-point advantage, which successfully qualified.
From this point of view, the Chinese women's football team will not have a problem in advancing to the final four, and then it will also get a ticket to the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. At the same time, the Chinese women's football team will make a pioneering demonstration for the men's football team in two days to cheer up the men's football compatriots. At present, after 7 rounds of the round of 12, the Vietnamese men's football team has been out of the bottom of the 7 consecutive defeats, and in the case of the same "battle of honor", Vietnam certainly hopes to win the first points on the Chinese men's football team.
The third double "revenge" of the Chinese New Year
On January 27, the Chinese women's football team also organized a watching of the top 12 in India to "call" for the Chinese men's football team. Li Ying also wrote on his personal social media that "The Chinese men's football team is rising". However, the situation of the game was not satisfactory. After the game, Li Ying commented: "(The Chinese men's football team) is also trying very hard to run and fight, I hope not to blame. As a result, a number of national football fans are looking forward to the girls' "revenge" reply for the men's football team.
After the Chinese women's football team enters the final four, it is likely to meet the defending champion Japan women's football team in the semi-finals. The latter drew with the South Korean women's team in the final group stage, finishing first in Group C with a goal difference and a quarter-final against Thailand. Looking back at the head-to-head confrontation between China and Japan, the Chinese women's football team only achieved a result of 2 wins, 2 losses and 6 losses, and in the 2018 Jordan Women's Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team lost 1-3 to Japan, thus stopping the semi-finals and finally finishing third. Therefore, the next conquest of the Chinese women's football team is not only to "avenge" Japan for the national football team, but also to justify their own performance four years ago and the dismal performance of the Olympic Games.
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Hu Yuwei
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