preface
In the just-concluded semi-final of the Women's Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team surprised people to eliminate the strongest asian team and the defending champion of the Women's Asian Cup - Japan.
The game was quite exciting and tragic, the Chinese women's football team in the absence of Wang Shuang and other main players, twice behind, twice equalized, in adversity, the battle to the end, and in the penalty shootout without panic, eliminated the opponent. It truly reflects the tenacious struggle of the Chinese women's football team and the spirit of never giving up until the last moment.
One player worth mentioning in this game is our captain Wang Shanshan, who has appeared in the front position before, is the team's winger or center, but in this game he came to the defender line, partner Wang Xiaoxue.
His performance can be said to be the key to the Chinese team's victory over Japan in the whole game, and the following article will analyze the Chinese women's football team captain Wang Shanshan, her position and role in the team.
Wang Shanshan switched to central defence, adding flexibility to the backline
Wang Shanshan has always been the main candidate for the forward position in this Asian Cup, her back protection ball and the strategy to the side are the "key weapons" in the Chinese women's football attack, but in this game, the head coach has another way, placing Wang Shanshan in the center-back position and No. 3 Wang Xiaoxue to partner the center-back.
The overall formation of the team is also a standard 442 parallel midfield position, in this position, Wang Shanshan can either use her left foot to play the ball (left center-back), and when attacking, she can also use her vision and long pass footwork to directly contact her teammate Tang Jiali in the front.
However, head coach Shui Qingxia put Wang Shanshan at centre-back, in fact, it is more important to use Wang Shanshan's frontal air interception and forward movement in defense to grab and lateral make-up.
Taking advantage of Wang Shanshan's mobility and flexibility, she added a lot of vitality to the back line.
In addition, Wang Shanshan's feet and underground tackles in 1-on-1 defense are much more agile than the traditional tall center-back.
This point is also deliberately arranged for the Japanese team to like to take the middle of the road to infiltrate, like to walk on the ground characteristics, but in the game, we see that Wang Shanshan's performance is able to well inhibit the rib penetration of the Japanese team's midfield.
Moments of adversity, the captain's big heart
In the 119th minute of the game, the last minute of extra time, when everyone thought that the Chinese women's football team had no hope of equalizing, Wang Shanshan stepped forward at this time, he received an assist from his teammate in a set-piece, and grabbed a point in front of the goal.
This is her role at centre-back to do what she is good at grabbing a point in the forward position.
Subsequently, in the penalty shootout, Wang Shanshan withstood the pressure and scored the ball steadily in the final penalty, successfully helping the Chinese women's football team to advance to the final stage of this Asian Cup.
At this time to be able to stand up to help the team and achieve the ultimate goal, we have to admire Wang Shanshan's psychological quality and her professionalism!
Chinese women's football team, cheers for the final!