On the evening of January 30, the Chinese women's football team, under the unfavorable situation of conceding the first goal, reversed the Vietnamese team with the goals of Wang Shuang, Wang Shanshan and Tang Jiali, and reached the final four of this Asian Cup without any danger, and got a ticket to the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Play against the wind
In this game, Wang Shuang and Tang Jiali jointly started, and Shui Qingxia almost arranged the strongest lineup of the current women's football team to meet the Vietnamese team. Winning and advancing may only be the basic goal of the Chinese women's football team, and further grinding this lineup to adapt to the rhythm of the knockout round is the key to this 1/4 final.
Less than 10 minutes into the opening, the Vietnamese women's football team was in front of the goal, and in the 6th minute, Wang Shuang made up for the goal, but the offside was first. In the 8th minute, Wang Shuang opened a corner kick, and Wang Shanshan's header in front of the goal was high. The Vietnamese women's football team, which adheres to a pragmatic style of play, has been shrinking in the half-court defense. In the 10th minute, Yang Lina made a mistake in the penalty area and drove the ball to the feet of the opponent No. 7 Nguyen Thi Xue Rong, who scored with a sharp low shot, and the Vietnamese team scored the first shot of the game! In the face of opponents who are obviously inferior to their own strength, in the case of one goal behind, the mentality of the women's football girls is slightly unstable, and the opportunity to take the ball in the middle of the road is obviously less. Only in the 25th minute, Wang Shanshan took the ball with her back to her back, and in the case of two defenders in front of and behind, a foot that seemed to be a pass was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, and Wang Shuang made up the equalizer in front of the goal!
Yi Bian fought again, and the Chinese women's football team, which was adjusted by the midfield, clearly entered the state, quickly accelerated the rhythm of the offensive and defensive conversion, and launched a crazy counterattack. In the 51st minute, Wang Shuang's cross from the right was met by Wang Shanshan, who turned around and shot to reverse the score. Only 1 minute later, it was Wang Shuang's direct plug that assisted Tang Jiali to break the goal. Before the final, Li Mengwen sent a handball to the point, Nguyen Thi Bi Chui took too strong a penalty, the ball hit the crossbar and popped up, and the final score was fixed at 3-1.
Although the group stage was played smoothly, due to the withdrawal of India, the Chinese women's football team was the only team in the quarterfinals that only played two group matches, and this game was obviously a bit slow and hot in the opening stage. Fortunately, the Chinese women's football team quickly seized the weakness of the Vietnamese team's physical confrontation, and relied on its excellent personal ability to counterattack on the spot and press at a high position, thus reversing the situation.
After the victory, the Chinese women's football team will face the old rival Japan in the semifinals at 22:00 Beijing time on February 3 to compete for the final place.
The key moment is also to see Wang Shuang
"I hope the Chinese women's football team has more Wang Shuang!" Shui Qingxia said at the pre-match press conference on January 29 that Wang Shuang's biggest advantage is that she dares to express herself on the field, hoping to inspire female footballers to be more confident. Sure enough, in this duel with Vietnam, Wang Shuang's performance confirmed what is the core strength!
In this game, Wang Shuang passed 2 passes and 1 shot, and directly participated in all the goals of the Chinese women's football team. As of now, the Women's Football No. 7 has opened the record for the team for 3 consecutive games, has been elected the best player in two consecutive games, scored a total of 5 goals in 3 games, whether it is goals or assists, has broken her personal Asian Cup record, and in the case of australia stopping the top 8, Wang Shuang still has the possibility of winning the Golden Boot!
The Chinese women's football team successfully defeated the Vietnamese team to advance to the final four, taking the first city for the "China-Vietnam Football War". Two days later, the Chinese men's football team will meet the Vietnamese men's football team in the World Preliminary Tournament, and it is expected that the "double kill" of the men's and women's football team can bring the opening of the Year of the Tiger to the majority of fans!
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Hu Yuwei
Photo: Xinhua News Agency