On February 4, the women's ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics began the second day of competition. The Chinese women's ice team faced Denmark at the Wukesong Sports Center, scoring two goals in a row at the end of the game to beat the opponent 3-1 and win the opening match for the first time.
This is the first time that Danish women's ice has entered the main winter Olympic games since the establishment of the team in 1992. In the past 10 years, with the maturity of the domestic league system, the competitive strength of Danish women's ice hockey has also improved rapidly, and once ranked among the top groups of the World Championships. In the 2021 Winter Olympic Qualifiers, Denmark strongly "clean sheet" Austria and Italy, and then forced the seeded team of the group and the host Germany team to draw in the "life and death battle", and entered the Beijing Winter Olympic Games with a slight advantage in points.
However, compared with other opponents in the same group, the Denmark team, ranked 11th in the world, is still the Chinese team competing for the top three in the group, thus ranking among the best "breakthroughs" in the top 8. The Chinese team is currently ranked 20th in the world, but it did not fall behind in the first game against the czech team, which is ranked seventh in the world, and only lost with a small disadvantage.
In this campaign, the Chinese team sent Zhou Jiaying, the main goalkeeper who did not play in the first round. The hosts began with a rainbow of momentum, launching a "bombing" on the Goal of the Danish team, frequently creating dangers, but never being able to form a score. Instead, Denmark took the lead in breaking the deadlock at 8:06, and after a long-range shot failed, a melee in front of the goal was formed, and vice captain Flanderson made up for the shot into the net under the cover of his teammates. In the first quarter, the Chinese team led 9-7 in the number of effective shots on goal, but the score was 0-1 behind.
In the second quarter, the Chinese team attacked more actively. At 16 minutes and 46 seconds, vice captain Lin Qiqi, who had previously wasted a one-handed opportunity, finally turned the advantage of the scene into a score. The Chinese team won the ball in the front court, the captain Yu Baiwei received a pass from his teammate and fired a long-range shot, and Lin Qiqi swung the ball in the confrontation with the opponent, changing the course of the ball. The Danish goalkeeper failed to save and the ball came into the net to tie the score to a tie. In this quarter, the number of effective shots of the Chinese team was absolutely dominant 18-5.
At one point, the two sides were deadlocked. At the end of the game with 50 seconds left, China's Linny scored a goal to score a counter-overtaking goal. Although the Danish team immediately requested a timeout and attacked aggressively after resuming the game, it failed to reverse the defeat, but instead made a hole in the defensive end, and was again successfully shot by Lin Qiqi from a distance. At the final whistle, the Chinese team defeated the opponent 3-1 and won a key victory.
On the 5th, the Chinese team will rest for a day, and then on the 6th, it will face the strongest opponent in the group and the "Asian close neighbor" Japan team, which ranks sixth in the world.
The goalkeeper "equips" mighty and domineering
The game was very exciting, and the "equipment" of the Chinese women's ice hockey team was also very eye-catching.
The guard of the goalkeeper is embroidered with double dragons, the helmet is in the shape of a "tiger's head", and the Great Wall is also printed on it, and some netizens call her leg guard "Dragon Tenghu Leaping Wall Shield".
Chinese athletes, Chinese style, mighty and domineering!
Looking forward to the girls' next wonderful performance!
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