On February 3, Beijing time, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Chinese women's football team, the 8th champion of Asia, once again showed its sword, and at 22:00 in the evening, it ushered in the semi-final of the Women's Asian Cup, and the opponent was the Japanese women's football team, ranked 13th in the world. Although the Japanese team won the World Cup in 2011 and won the last two women's Asian Cups consecutively, their overall strength at this stage has not reached the point of winning the Chinese women's football team steadily, and both sides are still in a grade, both are first-class teams in Asia.
The Chinese women's football team has won the Asian Cup 8 times, but the last time it won the championship was back in 2006, which makes the Chinese women's football team have a stronger desire to win and win the championship, and to fight the Japanese women's football team with a relatively weak posture. Since 2016, the Chinese women's football team has suffered four consecutive defeats against the Japanese women's football team, losing 0-1, 1-3, 0-1, 0-3 to Japan, including 1-3 in the semi-finals of the last Women's Asian Cup. Therefore, the Chinese women's football team is also a game of revenge.
Before the game, the Chinese women's football team will be single-minded, maintain a strong desire to win and the determination to win the championship, Shui Qingxia and Wang Shanshan attended the press conference together, coach Shui Qingxia recognized the strong one of the Japanese team, but the Chinese women's football team as long as they play their own characteristics and advantages, play the strengths and avoid the weaknesses, everything in the game is possible. Combined with the performance of the previous three Asian Cup matches, the starting lineup of the Chinese women's football team in this campaign PK Japan ushered in a huge change, and the team will adopt a more skilled 4231 system to enhance the balance between attack and defense, and get rid of the dilemma of the last round of changes leading to mistakes and losses.
Not surprisingly, the Chinese women's football team started 11 people led by Wang Shuang, Wang Shanshan, Tang Jiali 3 stars, resetting the 4231 system, Wang Shanshan top in the center position, Tang Jiali, Wang Shuang, Zhang Xin composed of three forwards, Gao Chen, Yao Lingwei partner double back, Yao Wei, Wang Xiaoxue, Li Jiayue, Lou Jiahui partnered with four defenders, goalkeeper Zhao Lina, such a lineup has a stronger interception ability in the midfield, the width of the field can also be used more fully, which is conducive to the Chinese women's football team to maintain better integrity when playing strong teams.
Li Ying, the golden boot winner of the last Women's Asian Cup, continues to sit on the bench, she has not played for the Chinese women's football team for a long time, and this Asian Cup quickly returns to the big list, it still needs time to integrate into the team, and the key game may play a strange role. In the semi-finals of the last Women's Asian Cup, Li Ying scored 7 goals, of which 1 goal occurred in the semi-finals. However, this time against the Japanese team, the winner and loser of the Chinese women's football team will be Wang Shuang, her recent year's state is better than ever, always dominate the game, the offensive end of the pass is strong, this Asian Cup has been wild 5 goals, and there are 3 assists, before the Olympic preliminary play-offs, Olympic games, women's super league, the National Games 4 major events are all open, PK Japan women's football team will have no exceptions, the probability of continuing to score or assist.