On February 3, 2022, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team finally ushered in the semi-final of the Asian Cup. In this game, the opponent of the Chinese women's football team in this Asian Cup, the strongest team encountered so far: the Japanese women's football team. As the 2011 World Cup champion, the Japanese women's football team is definitely above the Chinese women's football team. The last time the Chinese women's football team defeated its opponents was in the 2016 Olympic Preliminary Tournament. The victory over the Asian Cup dates back to 2008.
Today's war can be said to be a key battle to test whether the Chinese women's football team has re-entered the right track. However, it is a pity that Wang Shuang, the number one star of the Chinese women's football team and the top scorer in the team, did not make a start. According to the "Beiqing" reporter, Wang Shuang put his foot on the back before the game, and he did not know whether it was a smoke bomb released by Shui Qingxia's guidance. If Wang Shuang really has a foot, then the strength of the Chinese women's football team may be greatly reduced, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a grade lower.
At the beginning of the game, the Japanese women's football team controlled the rhythm of the field, constantly posing a threat to the Chinese team's defense, and formed a shooting opportunity in the 4th minute of the game. No one stared at Riko Ueki, after receiving a pass from her teammate in the penalty area, the ball directly exploded with her feet, and the ball hit the crossbar to pop out of the bottom line, and the Chinese women's football team escaped the disaster.
In the 12th minute of the match, Japan's No. 10 Shina Iwabuchi received a pass from the opposite side in the penalty area. Under the bag of the three Chinese defenders, a light touch flashed out of the space, and the goal ball was deflected out of the goal at a small angle. In just 12 minutes of the game, the Japanese women's football team has scored five shots on goal, and the Chinese girls have not yet created a chance to shoot. This is enough to see that there is indeed a big gap between the Chinese women's football team and the Japanese women's football team. Fortunately, the girls of the Chinese women's football team are not as listless as the men's football compatriots. Even if it is downwind, it is still actively fighting.
With the deepening of the game and the scramble of the Chinese women's football girls, the possession rate of the Chinese team gradually began to improve. However, the Chinese women's football team is facing the powerful Japanese women's football team after all. In the 25th minute of the game, Japan's 22-year-old striker Riko Ueki received a cross from his teammate's side and flicked his head to break Zhu Yu's ten-finger pass, and the Japanese women's football team made it 1-0 for the Chinese women's football team.