After the Chinese women's football team locked the World Cup ticket, There is another women's football team in China that is likely to qualify for next year's World Cup, which is the Chinese Taipei women's football team.
On February 4, the second round of the Asian Cup women's play-offs began, with The Chinese Taipei team, which ranked seventh in Asia, took on Thailand, who ranked sixth. In the previous first round of the match, Thailand lost 0-2 to Vietnam. According to the rules, the three teams participating in the play-offs, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Vietnam, will play 3 round-robin matches (Australia is the host of the World Cup and does not participate in the play-offs) to compete for the last ticket to advance directly to the World Cup. So this is very important for Chinese Taipei.
In the 43rd minute of the first half, Chinese Taipei's long pass from the back, 20-year-old Su Yuxuan inserted into the penalty area at high speed, stuck in position and shot at the goal, 1-0
In the 54th minute, the Thai defender made a mistake outside the penalty area, Zhuo Liping cut off the ball and shot directly with her feet, the ball was slightly higher. In the 73rd minute, the Thai team crossed from the right, Roton jumped high in the penalty area to head the goal, goalkeeper Choi Ming Rong reacted quickly, fell to the ground and saved the ball from the bottom line.
In the 84th minute, The Chinese Taipei team crossed from the right, Su Yuxuan easily unloaded the ball in the penalty area, and then shot with his feet at the first time to break through the opponent's goal again. 2-0, Chinese Taipei extended the score.
In the 93rd minute, Su Yuxuan broke through the foul with the ball in midfield, winning a free kick opportunity for the team, Chen Yinghui took the penalty, and directly sent the ball into the opponent's goal from a long distance.
In the end, Chinese Taipei won 3-0 to win their first play-offs. With Vietnam beating Thailand 2-0 in the first round, the next match against Vietnam, Chinese Taipei, as long as they are unbeaten, can qualify for the World Cup and rewrite the history of Chinese football: there are two women's football teams appearing on the World Cup for the first time.