Facts have proved that the face of Chinese football still depends on women's football.
Under the tragic result of the Chinese men's football team losing to Japan and Vietnam, on the evening of February 3, local time, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team 6-5 in the semi-final of the Asian Cup and reached the final of the Asian Cup.
In the whole game, the Chinese women's football team played with a lot of breath and fought until the last second.
In the 90 minutes, the Japanese team relied on Riko Ueki's head hammer to break the goal in the first half and lead the score. In the second half, the Chinese women's football team equalized just after the start, Wu Chengshu received a pass from Xiao Yuyi, and the pad shot in front of the goal helped the Chinese women's football team equalize.
In extra time, Riko Ueki once again broke the goal with a hammer, the Chinese women's football team did not give up in a passive situation, and Wang Shanshan completed a fatal blow and scored a goal of absolute equality. The two sides went on penalties 2-2.
In the penalty shootout, Chinese women's football goalkeeper Zhu Yu played well, successfully saved penalties twice, and the Chinese women's football team finally defeated Japan 6:5 on aggregate to advance to the final. In the final, the Chinese women's football team will play against South Korea.
In this game, the Chinese women's football team played with momentum and swinging intestines, and the girls did not give up the game in the case of falling behind twice, and stubbornly fought until the end.
Goalkeeper Zhu Yu played well in the penalty shootout and judged accurately.
In the first round, the Japanese star Sashi Kumagaya was played, and Zhu Yu judged accurately and saved her shot perfectly.
However, the Chinese team that followed also missed a penalty, and the two sides stood back on the starting line.
In the second round, the Japanese team scored, Zhang Rui stood at the penalty spot and scored the ball;
In the 3rd round, Shimizu Pear Yarn scored, and Yang Lina hit;
In the 4th round, Nagano Kazehana scored and Gao Chen hit;
In the 5th round, goalkeeper Zhu Yu successfully saved Nan Menghua's shot, and Wang Shanshan, the last chinese team to appear, played a stable and decisive role, and finally the Chinese women's ability advanced to the final 6:5.
In 5 penalties, Zhu Yu saved 2 and became the number one contributor to the team's victory.
In the previous 120 minutes of the game, the Chinese women's football team did not play easily, and in the case of falling behind twice, it equalized twice.
Especially in extra time, under the siege of the Japanese women's football team, the Chinese team was once again scored a goal by Riko Ueki, Wang Shanshan stepped forward, and in the 119th minute, the Chinese team's number one striker shot into the net, dragging the game into a penalty shootout.
Before the game, Wang Shanshan, when talking about the match against the Japanese women's football team, said that against Japan we must go all out and play our own things. The captain did, as she said before the game, bringing a ray of hope to Chinese fans and opening the door to the final.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese women's football team has defeated Vietnam and Japan in the Asian Cup, and the Chinese men's football team has lost to Japan and Vietnam successively, achieving a fiasco, in contrast, the Chinese women's football team completely crushed the men's football team and supported the face of Chinese football.