In this women's Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team defeated Chinese Taipei and Iran 4-0 and 7-0 in the two matches of the group stage; the third opponent, the host India, abstained due to the epidemic; in the quarter-finals, the Chinese women's football team reversed vietnam's 3-1 victory and reached the semifinals with their heads held high.
But unfortunately, Before the semi-finals, Wang Shuang's foot was injured, and although she entered the big list, she was still put on the bench by Shui Qingxia. Obviously, Wang Shuang's absence has seriously affected the strength and play of the Chinese women's football team.
The women's semi-finals are played against Japan, which has become the new hegemon of Asian women's football in the past decade, winning the 2011 Women's World Cup and winning consecutive titles in the 2014 and 2018 Women's Asian Cups.
The progress of the game seems to prove the strength of the Japanese team, they control the midfield with technical advantages, occupy the initiative of the game, and are far ahead in many technical statistics such as possession and shooting, and have taken the lead twice.
But football ultimately counts as the number of times an opponent's goal is scored, and mental strength can sometimes bridge the technical gap. The Chinese team, which lacked the first core, never gave up when it was behind, and with a simple and effective side counterattack, it created a killing chance twice and equalized the score, and finally defeated Japan in a penalty shoot-out, and once again reached the final of the Women's Asian Cup after 14 years. Their opponent is the South Korean team, which has reached the final for the first time.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese men's and women's football teams have successively faced the men's and women's football teams of Japan and Vietnam in the past ten days, with two losses for the men's football team and two victories for the women's football team. The same is to strong hit weak, men's football 1-3 Vietnam, women's football 3-1 Vietnam; the same is to weak strike strong, men's football 0-2 Japan, women's football 2-2 penalty elimination of Japan. The outstanding performance of women's football has also made the Chinese football scene, which has been shrouded in shadows recently, turn the clouds back to the light.
After the game, the Tottenham club of the Premier League also expressed congratulations to the girls of the women's football team for the first time, and this wave of linkage also made the fans very excited.
Finally, a final reminder, the final of the Asian Cup will start at 19:00 on February 6, let's cheer for the Chinese team when the time comes, the champion, the sonorous rose is coming!