In recent days, the fans of the national football team have been in a state of repression. Li Xiaopeng was appointed to succeed Li Tie as the head coach of the Chinese men's football team. Unfortunately, after he took the stage, he also failed to lead the team to achieve good results. In the first game led by Li Xiaopeng, the national football team lost 0-2 to the Japanese team. In the second game, the national team lost 1-3 to Vietnam.
Li Xiaopeng led the national football team to suffer two consecutive defeats, missing the 2022 Qatar World Cup two rounds in advance.
The first loss to the Japanese team can be endured; the second loss to the Vietnamese team is a bit intolerable. What team is The Vietnamese team? Fan Zhiyi said that the Chinese team could not lose to the Vietnamese team. He plays now and will not lose to the Vietnamese team. The Vietnamese team was just a fish belly team before, and the Chinese team has never lost to the Vietnamese team. In the first seven rounds of this Asian qualifier, Vietnam lost all seven games, making it the worst team. Unexpectedly, on the first day of the Chinese New Year, the national football team lost 1-3 to Vietnam, which made people feel like a fish in the throat, or like swallowing a fly, which made people nauseous.
The level of national football (it should be said that the Chinese men's football team) has reached an all-time low. As Fan Zhiyi said, the face of the national football team is gone.
The Chinese men's football team has lost all its faces. However, the Chinese women's football team picked up the lost face of the Chinese men's football team.
In the quarter-finals of the 2022 Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team defeated Vietnam 3-1, advanced to the final four with their heads held high, and won a place in the World Cup.
In the semi-finals, the Chinese women's football team played against the Japanese women's football team. If this game is won, the Chinese women's football team can advance to the final. Before the game, many people were not optimistic about the Chinese women's football team. Because the Chinese women's football team has not won the Japanese women's football team for six years. The Japanese women's football team is now the hegemon of Asia, and in the world women's football team, it is ranked very high.
In addition, Wang Shuang, the main heart of the Chinese women's football team, was unable to compete due to injury. There were also several players rotating. On the card, the Chinese women's football team is completely inferior.
Fortunately, the Chinese women's football team does not believe in evil, dares to fight, dares to show the sword, and dares to fight hard with the Japanese team.
This time, the Chinese women's football team sent Zhu Yu, Yao Lingwei, Wang Xiaoxue, Ma Jun, Lou Jiahui, Wu Chengshu, Zhang Xin, Yao Wei, Wang Shanshan, Tang Jiali and Zhang Linyan to start. Wang Shuang and five other players were replaced. Wang Shuang had to miss the game due to injury. The Japanese team sent the starters of Yamashita Kokayaga, Shimizu Isa, Minami Moewa, Kumagaya Saki, Iwabuchi Shina, Norika Nobuya, Hasegawa, Nagano Kazehana, Hayashi Hotaru, Riko Uegi, and Hyuga Miyazawa.
The course of the game also benefits the Japanese team.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Japan's low cross from the left was met by Riko Ueki, who broke away from two of China's centre-backs and scored a header into the penalty area. Japan led 1-0. The Chinese team did not score in the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, the Chinese team changed two people in a row, and veterans Zhang Rui and Xiao Yuyi played at the same time. This substitution really had an effect. Only 1 minute after the second half, Yao Wei was exquisitely straight outside the penalty area, Xiao Yuyi inserted a low flat cross into the penalty area, Wu Chengshu shot in front of the goal, and the Chinese team pulled the score to 1-1. Both sides entered the same running line.
In the 73rd minute, Japan's cross from the right was met by Riko Ueki's header from inside the penalty area, and the ball was slightly higher. In the 86th minute, the Japanese team penetrated in the middle of the road, Riko Uegi split the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and Jun Endo shot furiously to send the ball away. Neither side scored in the rest of the day, making it 1-1 in regular time and having to play extra time.
In the 103rd minute of extra time, Japan won a free kick in front of the field. Riko Ueki scored with a flick of the head in the penalty area to give Japan a 2-1 lead. Although the Chinese players signaled that the opponent was offside. But the referee upheld the original judgment after watching the VAR.
In the 110th minute, the Chinese team made another substitution, Li Ying replaced Tang Jiali, Yang Lina replaced Yao Lingwei. In the 118th minute, Wang Yanwen dribbled the ball on the left to create a foul, and the Chinese team won a free kick opportunity. Zhang Xin passed the ball into the penalty area and Wang Shanshan scored a goal. The scoreline battle became 2-2. The two sides did not score again, and the two sides engaged in a brutal penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, the Japanese team took the penalty first. Japan's first penalty was saved by Zhu Yu. Zhang Xin of the Chinese team deflected the ball. Behind the Japanese team, Hasegawa, Shimizu Isa, and Nagano Kazehana all scored. Zhang Rui, Yang Lina and Gao Chen of the Chinese team also scored. Nan Menghua, the last free throw of the Japanese team, was saved by Zhu Yu again, giving the Chinese team a chance. Wang Shanshan scored the ball. Zhu Yu saved two balls and made a big achievement.
In the penalty shootout, China defeated Japan 4-3, 6-5 on aggregate, and advanced to the final of the Asian Cup!
The Chinese women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team after six years, and reached the final of the Asian Cup again after 14 years!
Congratulations to the Chinese women's football team, sonorous roses, adversity blooming! Congratulations, you're all good!
The Chinese men's football team has lost to Japan and Vietnam in a row, and the Chinese women's football team has won against Vietnam and Japan to advance to the final of the Asian Cup. The men's soccer team lost its face, and the women's soccer team all picked it up.