For the majority of Chinese fans, the mood of these two days must not be too good. In the recent round of 12, the Chinese men's football team lost humiliatingly to Vietnam 1-3 on the road, eating the fifth defeat of the round of 12, and the hope of qualifying was completely zero. However, after watching the performance of the women's football team in the Asian Cup, I believe that the fans will feel some relief.
Not long ago, the semi-finals of the Asian Cup of the Chinese women's football team and the Japanese women's football team were staged as scheduled. As the favorite to win this Asian Cup, the Women's Football Team of the Japanese Team, like their men's team, is a hegemonic presence in Asia. Japan also won the Women's World Cup in 2011, becoming the first Asian team to win the World Cup.
Although the Strength of the Chinese Women's Football Team is not as good as the Japanese team, it is not without the strength of a battle. However, before the game, the Chinese team received a huge piece of bad news, the team's number one star Wang Shuang, nicknamed "Female Messi", could not play in this game due to an ankle injury, and the Chinese team could not challenge the Japanese team with the remaining personnel.
Once the game started, the Japanese team took firm control of the game. In the 24th minute, striker Riko Ueki received a cross from a teammate in front of goal and broke the goal, rewriting the score to 1-0! After that, the Japanese team created some more opportunities, but failed to form a goal, while the Chinese team counterattack did not play, and at the end of the half, the Japanese team returned to the dressing room with a one-goal lead. Yi Bian fought again, and the Chinese team coach Shui Qingxia changed two people in a row as soon as he came up, zhang Rui and Xiao Yuyi appeared. This substitution also gained a miracle effect, only 1 minute from the start of the second half, Xiao Yuyi, who came on as a substitute, assisted teammate Wu Chengshu to break the goal and turn the score to 1-1!
After the equalizer, the morale-boosting Chinese team with tenacious defense, withstood the Japanese team's attack again and again, 90 minutes ended, the two teams are still 1-1 draw, the game had to enter 30 minutes of overtime. In the 103rd minute, Japan again created a threatening attack through a free kick, and it was striker Riko Ueki who inserted a header against the offside to break the score again. After that, the Chinese team made a big counterattack, and in the 119th minute, Wang Shanshan received Zhang Xin's pass pad in the penalty area and scored the goal, equalizing for the second time! The game will enter a brutal penalty shootout! In the penalty shootout, The Chinese team's goalkeeper Zhu Yu saved two penalties from the opponent in succession, while the Chinese team only conceded one goal, thus winning the opponent 6-5 on aggregate, breaking into the final of the Asian Cup, and once again justifying the name of Chinese football!
Seeing the wonderful performance of the women's football girls, the fans can't sit still, they have shouted the men's football team, hoping that they will learn more from the women's football team, and don't always humiliate Chinese football! In addition, let's not forget that this game is without Wang Shuang, and how important Wang Shuang is to the Chinese team, I believe that fans who have watched the women's football game are well aware. It can be said that without her, just as the South Korean team did not have Son Heung-min, Manchester City did not have De Bruyne, missing an attacking core and main initiator. Under such circumstances, the Chinese women's football team can still win, which is even more precious!
For this women's Asian Cup, CCTV's CCTV5 sports channel and CCTV5+ have not broadcast a single game, and this decision has also made many fans dissatisfied. You must know that the men's football team's top 12 matches are all broadcast without landing, but when it comes to the women's football team, CCTV has chosen to ignore it. In the end, the men's football team shamefully withdrew from the battle for the right to qualify for the World Cup, but the women's football team strongly entered the final of the Asian Cup, I don't know if CCTV will have some regrets?