During the Spring Festival, Chinese football attacked in an all-round way, and the men's national team played 2 world preliminary matches in a row, but it created a shame in team history, losing 0-2 to Japan and 1-3 to Vietnam, without seeing the upward momentum, and the competitive state and mental outlook were completely weak. The women's national football team has once again become the pride of Chinese football, and has made great strides in the Women's Asian Cup, successively 4-0 Chinese Taipei women's football team, 7-0 Iranian women's football team, 3-1 Vietnam women's football team, and easily entered the semifinals.
In the early morning of February 4, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team broke out again, in the Asian Cup semi-finals again met the former world champion Japan team, the last women's football Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team lost to Japan 1-3 in the semi-finals, this time dialogue, the Chinese women's football team is determined to revenge and advance to the final, with tenacious performance, the Chinese women's football team regular time 1-1 to play the Japanese women's football team, 12 minutes to play 2-2, penalty 4-3 to defeat the Japanese team, and finally killed the former world champion Japan women's football team with a total score of 6-5, successfully advanced to the final, and strongly impacted the championship trophy.
In the game, the women's football coach Shui Qingxia passively changed the lineup, Wang Shuang was absent from the game, "Beijing Youth Daily" revealed that Wang Shuang was on his feet before the game, so he was absent. The starting lineup arranged by Shui Qingxia is still confident, Zhang Rui, Wang Shanshan and Wu Chengshu form the new trident, Zhang Linyan, Tang Jiali and Yao Lingwei form a three-midfielder, Yao Wei, Ma Jun, Wang Xiaoxue and Lou Jiahui form a four-back, and goalkeeper Zhu Yu.
Since the Japanese women's football team not only won the World Cup in 2011, but also won the last two Asian Cups, the overall strength has surpassed the Asian eight champions of the Chinese women's football team. In the 25th minute of the game, the Chinese women's football team defended loosely, Nagano Fukaze instigated the attack, Miyazawa Hinata directly crossed to the edge of the set, and Riko Ueki in the penalty area broke the goal with a header without being defended, giving Japan a 1-0 lead.
In the 46th minute of the game, China launched an attack from the left side, and after completing the continuous cooperation, Xiao Yuyi, who came on as a substitute, crossed the bottom, Wu Chengshu scored in front of the goal, and the Chinese women's football team equalized the score 1-1, and the two sides entered the extra time 1-1.
In the 102nd minute of the game, the Japanese women's football team took the lead again, Hasegawa only took the set-piece and directly assisted Riko Uegi's header to break the goal, the Chinese women's football team 1-2 Japanese women's football team; in the 118th minute of the game, the Chinese women's football team staged a great draw, Zhang Xin crossed from the left side of the road 45 degrees, found Wang Shanshan in the penalty area, the latter grabbed the point pad to shoot the goal, the Chinese women's football team 2-2 Japanese women's football team, dragged the game into a penalty shootout.
In the penalty shootout, the Japanese women's football team appeared first, the first round and the fifth round were lost, the Chinese women's football team lost the first round, the last four rounds were all hit, Wang Shanshan completed the final blow, Zhu Yu twice saved the opponent's penalty, and the two became the key players in the Chinese women's football team to win. According to statistics, the Chinese women's football team kicked out the classic victory with a weak fight, the possession rate was only 32%, and the shooting comparison with the Japanese women's football team was 7-20, the shooting positive contrast was 2-5, and finally became the total score of 6-5, eliminating the Japanese women's football team through penalties, completely breaking the Japanese women's football team's dream of winning 3 consecutive championships.
This win, the Chinese women's football team not only completed the revenge, but also washed away the shame of the previous 5 years of 4 consecutive defeats against the Japanese women's football team, the last time the Chinese women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team was in March 2016, when the Japanese women's football team beat 2-1. According to the course of this game, the Chinese women's football team kicked out a strong spiritual attribute, 2 desperate outbreaks, Wang Shuang was absent, the captain Wang Shanshan created a miracle, she completed the absolute peace and point kill, won the MVP of the whole game, the Chinese women's football team entered the Final of the Asian Cup again after 14 years, and the final will be against the South Korean women's football team.