In the early morning of February 4, the Women's Asian Cup concluded a thrilling semi-final match between the Chinese women's football team and the Japanese women's football team.
In the previous semi-final, south Korea beat the Philippines 2-0.
Before the game, almost no fans were optimistic that the Chinese women's football team could win this game, after all, the strength of the Japanese team was placed here, and it had won the Asian Cup for two consecutive years, and this time, the Japanese team was running for the goal of three consecutive championships.
The Chinese team came bad news before the game, our main player Wang Shuang will not be able to play in this game because of his weak feet, which also makes the possibility of the Chinese women's football team advancing to the final even lower.
In this match, the Japanese women's football team lined up a 4231 formation, Riko Ueki as the center forward, behind her, respectively, Hasegawa, Nagano Kaze and Hayashi Noka, the two backs are Miyazawa Hyuga and Iwaso Shinna, and on the back line, from left to right, there are Minami Moka, Kumagaya Saki, Nozomi Michima and Shimizu Pear. Japanese goalkeeper Ishigashi Yamashita.
After the game began, the Japanese team quickly occupied the advantage on the field, while the Chinese women's football team was forced to defend in the back court more time, and could only threaten the Japanese team's goal with sporadic counterattacks. In the 26th minute of the game, the Japanese team took the lead in scoring, Riko Ueki flicked her head in front of the goal, broke through the Chinese women's football gate, the referee passed the VAR replay, confirmed that the goal was valid, and the Japanese women's football team led 1-0 on the field!
After the end of the first half, the Chinese women's football team fell behind 0-1, and this situation also made many fans feel sad.
However, in the first two minutes of the second half, the Chinese women's football team equalized the score, Xiao Yuyi sent a key cross, Wu Chengshu scored in front of the goal, the score came to 1-1, the two sides returned to the same running line, this goal is still very critical, the Chinese team has since stubbornly defended, and has insisted on such a score until the end of the regular season.
The match came to 30 minutes of extra time, and in the 105th minute of the game, Japan opened a free kick and the No. 19 player Riko Uegi scored with a header to complete the double, and the score became 1-2. China once again scored rojo.
In this backward situation, the Chinese team still played very tenaciously, and finally in the 119th minute of the game, the Chinese women's football team seized the opportunity to equalize, Wang Shanshan rushed to break in front of the goal, and the score came to 2-2.
After the end of extra time, the Chinese women's football team and the Japanese team scored to 2 draws, and the game reached an exciting penalty shootout!
In the penalty shootout, China's goalkeeper Zhu Yu successfully saved the opponent's shot in the first round, but the Chinese team's penalty direction was also deflected.
After that, the two sides scored their own goals, the penalty shootout came to 3 draws, at the critical moment, Wang Shanshan made a final decision, and the Chinese team won 4-3 in the penalty shootout, just like that, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 6-5 and broke into the final of the Asian Cup!
In this game, the Chinese women's football team played very tenaciously, although it was very passive on the field, it still stubbornly resisted the opponent's attack again and again, and finally, seized the opportunity to reverse and defeat the Japanese team.
This fighting spirit of Chinese women's football girls is also worth learning from Chinese men's football!