Beijing time on February 3, the women's football Asian Cup semi-finals, the Chinese women's football team will play against the Japanese women's football team, the Japanese women's football team as a strong opponent in Asia, the Chinese team in the last four games have not won the game, the most recent victory in the competition came from the Rio Olympic Qualifiers, the Chinese women's football team started: 1- Zhu Jue, 3 - Wang Xiaoxue, 5 - Ma Jun, 6 - Zhang Xin, 8 - Yao Wei, 11 - Wang Shanshan, 14 - Lou Jiahui, 15 - Wu Chengshu, 16 - Yao Lingwei, 18 - Tang Jiali, 19 - Zhang Linyan, The team's top scorer, Wang Shuang, did not start due to injury.
The first half of the game entered the 25th minute, the Japanese team with a smooth cooperation, through the side of the foot cross, the enveloping players used the header to attack to complete the end, this goal obviously had a poor response, in the case of three defenders in place, was successfully scored by the opponent, which is also the game against the Vietnam women's football team, and the opponent scored a goal. At the end of the first half of the game, the Chinese women's football team temporarily trailed the Japanese women's football team 0-1.
In the second half of the game just began, the Chinese women's football team after a substitution adjustment, through Wu Chengshu in front of the goal to shoot the equalizer, the score was pulled to a 1-1 draw, the goal is also a significant improvement in the team's offensive rhythm, but the team has obvious problems at the defensive end, almost completed by the opponent to complete the goal, in the 64 minutes, Lou Jiahui due to a waist sprain can not continue to appear, Gao Chen came on as a substitute In the 81st minute, Wang Yanwen replaced the goal hero Xiao Yuyi, in regular time, neither team has achieved anything, In the end, it was tied 1-1 to enter extra time.
In the 96 minutes of extra time, the Japanese women's football team through the ball multiple times to get the opportunity, and even hit the crossbar once, very threatening, in the 103 minutes, the Japanese women's football team through the free kick to complete the tactical cooperation to form a goal, the score was reversed to 2-1, which is also due to the impact of the Chinese women's football team's physical weakness, into the second half of overtime, the Chinese women's football team has replaced two forwards Yang Lina and Li Ying two forwards, in the 118 minutes, Wang Shanshan through the set-piece in front of the point to break the score, the score was pulled to 2-2 draw. In the penalty shootout session, the first penalty of both teams failed to hit, Wang Shanshan made a final decision in the last moment, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team 4-3 on 1 penalty, and the total score was 6-4 against the Japanese women's football team, and successfully advanced to the final.
The Japanese women's football team as two consecutive Asian Cup champions, and Wang Shuang due to the situation of the foot failed to appear, the two major adjustments of the game Shui Qingxia are also very effective, first of all, the transformation of Wang Shanshan's position, let the latter move from the forward position to the center-back position, Wang Shanshan, as a veteran of the team, has a good control over the position of the ball and the defensive position, the second major adjustment is in the midfield adjustment, after the substitutes Zhang Rui and Xiao Yuyi came on the bench, there was a great improvement in the rhythm of the offensive end, especially Xiao Yuyi crossed the assist, Helped the team to equalize smoothly. In addition, Zhu Jue, as a young goalkeeper, effectively saved the first penalty and the fifth penalty and became a major contributor to the team.