At 19:00 Beijing time on February 6, the Women's Asian Cup will be held at the Patil Stadium in India, and the Chinese women's football team will launch an impact on the 9th Asian Cup champion, and the last time the Chinese women's football team won the Asian Cup was back in 2006, 16 years have passed. The South Korean women's team reached the final of the Asian Cup for the first time, and their previous best result was the third place in 2003. Therefore, this game has attracted the attention of countless fans in China and South Korea. CCTV5 also had to abandon the broadcast of the Winter Olympics under the pressure of the outside world and broadcast the women's Asian Cup final instead. The big war is imminent, and the Chinese women's football team has received one bad two good three news.
The first piece of good news is that the Chinese women's football team has a record advantage against the South Korean women's football team. The Chinese and South Korean women's football teams have played each other 39 times, and the Chinese women's football team has an overwhelming advantage of 28 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. In the last 7 competitions, the Chinese women's football team has maintained an unbeaten record, and has a record of 5 wins and 2 draws against the South Korean women's football team. The last time the Chinese women's football team and the Korean women's football team played each other in the Asian Cup was in the third place battle in 2014, and the Chinese women's football team finally defeated the South Korean women's football team 2-1. In last year's Olympic games, the Chinese women's football team defeated the South Korean women's football team 2-1 in the first game and drew 2-2 with the South Korean women's football team in the second game, thus eliminating the South Korean women's football team with an aggregate score of 4-3 and obtaining the Olympic ticket. The Chinese women's football team has played with the Korean women's football team many times, and has a good understanding of each other's tactics and personnel allocation, and has certain psychological advantages.
The second piece of good news is that the referee of this Asian Cup final, Rebbett, the first assistant referee Joanna Zaraktis, the video assistant referee Catherine Yacevic, and the assistant video assistant referee Lala Lee, all four referees are from Australia. The South Korean women's football team eliminated the Australian women's football team 1-0 in the quarter-finals, so several Australian referees in this game will be more favorable to China, at least they will not be biased towards the Korean women's football team.
The third news is that the South Korean women's football team has made significant progress in the past year, and this Asian Cup not only eliminated the championship favourite Australia, but also drew with the Japanese women's football team in the previous group stage. In several games in the Asian Cup, although the South Korean women's football team lacked offensive firepower, they showed great strength on the defensive end, and in the first five games, they only conceded one goal. In addition, the South Korean women's football team has a certain advantage in terms of physical fitness, and the Korean women's football team ended the semi-final one day earlier than the Chinese women's football team, with one more day of rest. Moreover, the Chinese women's football team fought with the Japanese women's football team for 120 minutes in the semifinals, and some players had cramps, and the core of the team, Wang Shuang, had previously suffered a sprain, even if he could play, the state may also have a certain impact.
In any case, I still hope that the Chinese women's football team can continue to carry forward the spirit of never giving up and fighting to the end, and strive to win the Asian Cup!