At the end of the whistle, the Chinese female ice girls embraced each other excitedly and celebrated the victory. In the ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 4th, the Chinese team won a key victory on the road to the top 8 with two goals in the last 50 seconds to reverse the "deadly" Danish team 3-1.
"It's a big game, and if you can't get it down, it's going to be hard to play in the back." Vice captain Zhang Mengying said, "Before the game, we held the determination to win, and we went to one place and thought in one place. ”
Due to the relative weakness of the Danish team in the five opponents in the same group, if the Chinese team wants to compete for the top three in the group and then advance to the top 8, this battle can be described as a battle that must be won. However, the hosts, who had been on the offensive at the beginning, were out of control for a long time. Conceded in the first quarter, equalized in the second quarter, and couldn't make it in the final quarter. Until 50 seconds left until the final whistle sounded, the team still drew with the opponent.
"I just wanted to stop losing points, save the draw, and then patiently play overtime." As a veteran who participated in the Winter Olympics for the second time in 12 years, Zhang Mengying knew that she must not be flustered and frizzy at this time. Finally, the steady Chinese team seized the opponent's mistakes in the last moment and staged a reversal in one fell swoop.
"Even if they are behind, everyone has perfectly executed the tactics laid out by the coach. More importantly, from beginning to end, everyone did not give up and fought until the end. Yu Baiwei, the captain of the same veteran, said.
12 years ago, The Chinese women's ice team won the 7th place in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and since then, she has missed the regular competition for two consecutive years. Although this time it was directly shortlisted with the host's wild card, the performance of the girls did not disappoint the fathers and elders in their hometown. The first defeat to the Czech Republic, which ranked seventh in the world, did not fall behind, and the second battle force overwhelmed the "dark horse" Danish team in the qualifiers, and the performance of the Chinese team was worthy of this "direct ticket".
"Over the years, everyone in Chinese women's ice has made a lot of efforts, just to be able to stand on the Olympic field at the 'doorstep'. Finally, we did. Zhang Mengying said that because most of the players in the team are very young, everyone's performance in the first game is a little nervous, "Today everyone played very well and played the level out." After playing two games, we are more confident in the future of this Winter Olympics and Chinese ice hockey. ”
After a day's rest, on the afternoon of the 6th, the Chinese team will face the strongest opponent in the group, Japan. Although the opponent is not dominant in stature, but the technology is delicate, the counterattack is rapid, the cooperation is smooth, the integrity is very strong, the current world ranking is high in the sixth place, is the first team in the history of Asian ice hockey to be directly qualified for the Winter Olympic Games with the world ranking. "I believe that after taking the 'first win' step, we will play more relaxed." Zhang Mengying said with confidence, "The Chinese team is the lowest ranking in the world among all the participating teams, for us, what we can do is to calm our minds, do every minute and every second, and believe that the result will not be bad." ”
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