Yesterday, at the Wukesong Sports Center, the Chinese women's ice hockey team ushered in the first match of the Beijing Winter Olympics against the Czech women's ice hockey team. This is the second time that the Chinese women's ice hockey team has appeared in the Winter Olympic Games after 12 years.
Yesterday, the group stage of the women's ice hockey project of the Beijing Winter Olympics began. In the first match with the Czech team, the Chinese team was not afraid of strong enemies and tenacious struggle, although it lost 1-3, but the performance was remarkable.
The Czech team has improved rapidly in recent years, finishing sixth in the top group of the World Championships for two consecutive years, and the world ranking has jumped to seventh place. In the Winter Olympic qualifiers, the Czech team defeated its opponents in the same group with an absolute advantage, and entered the Winter Olympic Games for the first time since the establishment of the team in 1999. The Chinese women's ice team made its fourth appearance at the Winter Olympics, finishing fourth at the 1998 Winter Olympics, seventh at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010. At present, the Chinese team is ranked 20th in the world.
In the women's ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics at wukesong Sports Center, the audience cheered for the Chinese women's ice hockey team. Photo by Fang Fei, a reporter of this newspaper
Yesterday, in the women's ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics held at the Wukesong Sports Center, Japan defeated Sweden 3-1. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yuge
Facing the Czech team, which has obvious "hard power", the Chinese team gave an exciting performance in this campaign. After the opening, the team actively launched a counterattack based on defense, creating many opportunities in the opposing area. However, at 10 minutes and 38 seconds, the Czech players fired in front of the Chinese team, and the Chinese player inadvertently touched the incoming ball, and the ball changed course and bounced into the net. The Czechs led 1-0 after the first quarter.
Less than 4 minutes into the second quarter, the Czech forward took advantage of China's mistakes in the offensive and defensive transitions to get a one-handed opportunity to score the ball. The Chinese team, which was two goals behind, did not give up, seizing the opportunity to play more and play less when the quarter progressed to 9 minutes and 02 seconds, and the striker Miller scored from a distance. In the third quarter, at 6 minutes and 27 seconds, the Chinese team missed again in the offensive and defensive conversion, and the Czech team scored another point. Subsequently, neither side scored again, and although the Chinese team fought back with all its strength and did not fall behind, it still lost 1-3. Despite the defeat, the Chinese team's generals all affirmed the performance of the team.
Yesterday, in the women's hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics held at the National Stadium, Canada defeated Switzerland 12-1. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ang Lee
Yesterday, in the women's ice hockey group game of the Beijing Winter Olympics held at the Wukesong Sports Center, the United States team defeated Finland 5-2. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Yanhua
Captain Yu Baiwei said that every game is a vicious battle for the Chinese team, the team only has to do a good job, and strive to fight every opponent, "Although we did not win, we got exercise, and after the game, we can also understand which links need to be improved through summary, which are very valuable experiences." ”
American head coach Idarski said that the Chinese team's defense in the central zone has shortcomings, did not control the speed of the opponent, resulting in the last two goals conceded, "in the future we still have to focus on defense, in addition to improving the ability to hold the ball, and increase the time to play position warfare in the offensive zone." At the same time, we must maintain the tradition of fierceness in front of us, but in the face of strong opponents, we must be smarter in addition to fighting. ”
Source Beijing Daily
Reporter Wang smiled
Process Editor Wu Yue