In a focus match between the semi-finals of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup that ended in the early morning of February 4, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team eliminated the Japanese women's football team 6-5 through a penalty shootout. In this game, Wang Shuang, the core of the Chinese women's football team, was missing because of a foot injury. The "Wang Bomb Combination" was left with only the captain Wang Shanshan.
But even so, in the face of the japanese women's football team, which is popular to win the championship, Wang Shanshan still led the women's football girls to play extremely tenaciously. Despite the japanese women's team leading twice in the competition, it still had a 2-1 advantage in extra time to 119 minutes.
But the tenacious Chinese women's football team did not give up, especially Wang Shanshan as the captain. In the 119th minute of the match, Wang Shanshan, the captain of the game who changed to a defender, seized a rare opportunity to cut through the goal and drag the game into a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, teammate Zhu Yu was brave enough to save the penalties of the 1st and 5th penalty shooters of the Japanese women's football team, which created excellent conditions for the Chinese women's football team to eliminate the opponent. As the captain of the team, Wang Shanshan, after Zhu Yu saved the penalty of Japan's fifth penalty shooter, stood in front of the penalty spot under great pressure. She shot confidently into the middle of the goal, which the Japanese goalkeeper did not expect.
In this way, with the heroic performance of Wang Shanshan and Zhu Yu, the Chinese women's football team finally reached the final of the Asian Cup again after 14 years. After the game, Wang Shanshan was undisputedly elected the best player of the game.
In the final, the Chinese women's football team will face the South Korean women's football team that has been defeated in the Olympic Preliminary Round, and the Chinese women's football team is undoubtedly very hopeful to win the championship again after 16 years. Let us look forward to Wang Shanshan and the girls of the Chinese women's football team to continue to bring surprises to the Chinese people during the Spring Festival!