Although the surprise soldier Wang Shanshan was sacrificed, the Chinese team still did not block the attack of the Japanese team, and after the strange soldier was cracked, he conceded the goal in the 25th minute. To make matters worse, China's number one star, Wang Shuang, was also unable to start due to injury, which put the Chinese team in a desperate situation. You know, the Chinese team has lost to its opponents in the Asian Cup for 14 years and 3 consecutive years, which can be described as one of the strongest curses.
The second semi-final of the Asian Cup was contested, with China taking on Japan. In the previous knockout stage, Japan beat Thailand 7-0 and recovered. The Chinese team scored three goals in a row after falling behind by one goal, and finally won 3-1 against Vietnam.
In this battle, due to Wang Shuang's unfortunate injury in pre-match training, she did not enter the starting lineup, and it was the young player Zhang Linyan who replaced her. In addition, the Chinese team also made several adjustments, Ma Jun, Wu Chengshu, Lou Jiahui replaced Li Jiayue, Yang Lina and Li Mengwen into the starting lineup. It is worth mentioning that in this game, Wang Shanshan did not have the forward position that she was accustomed to, but stood in the center-back position, and Ma Jun played the back.
The Japanese team showed the strongest lineup, with Shina Iwabuchi, Hasegawa, Sayuki Kumagaya, Riko Uegi and others starting, and Yuika Sugazawa, who shined in the last game, returned to the bench.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team made a mistake in passing the ball at the back, and the opponent immediately got up and shot from a distance after stealing, which was easily confiscated by Zhu Yu. In the 3rd minute, the Japanese team launched an attack on the left side, and Riko Ueki quickly inserted into the penalty area and shot a kick before Wang Xiaoxue, resulting in the ball slightly higher.
In the first 10 minutes, the Japanese team used skillful foot technology to control the situation, and the Chinese team could basically only follow the other side and passively defend. In the 11th minute, Hasegawa's corner kick from the right was sent into the Chinese team's penalty area, and the Chinese defender broke the siege and kicked the air, and was almost snatched by the other side.
In the 12th minute, the Japanese team passed the ball into the penalty area on the left side, Iwabuchi Jina inserted the lead ball and turned to get rid of Wang Shanshan, the latter chased back at high speed, but the former still passed the ball out, fortunately, there was no opposing player at the back point.
In the 18th minute, Yao Lingwei's midfielder snatched a straight plug, Zhang Xin burst into the penalty area with the ball and forced a shot, which was blocked by the opposing defender. After the corner kick was fired, the Chinese team sent the ball into the penalty area, the goalkeeper struck a blow, Wang Shanshan reacted less than subconsciously, and instead released the ball out of the box.
In the 20th minute, the Japanese team was exquisitely straight in the middle of the road, Riko Ueki deliberately stopped the ball with a handball, and then a one-handed shot was saved by the goalkeeper. The referee called the latter over for a verbal warning and did not show a yellow card warning.
In the 25th minute, Japan's low cross from the left side, Riko Ueki got rid of the two center-backs of the Chinese team, inserted into the box at high speed and jumped high to head the goal. 0-1, the Chinese team fell behind. For the performance of the Chinese team during this period, former international Pu Wei said: The Chinese team's passing is passive, there is no active passing, so it cannot pose a threat to the opponent.