The Beijing Winter Olympics continued to unfold, the women's ice hockey group stage began to compete, the Chinese team faced the Japanese team, the two teams in 60 minutes to a 1-1 draw, overtime did not score again. The last two teams entered a penalty shootout, and the Chinese team helped the team to victory with Miller's goal, coupled with Zhou Jiaying's consecutive penalties from Japan.
The course of the game was also a twist and turn, in the 11th minute, two players from the mainland, Zhang Mengying and Rebecca, collided together, Zhang Mengying was seriously injured and was carried out of the stadium on a stretcher. At the end of the first quarter with 1 minute and 58 seconds left, Japan's No. 8 player HosoyamaDa Akane broke through with the ball and successfully scored the ball, and the Chinese team fell behind 0-1; at the beginning of the third quarter, the Japanese goalkeeper made a mistake, and the Chinese player Hu Baozhen seized the opportunity to score in front of the goal, chasing the score to a 1-1 draw. Neither team then scored a goal, nor did they score in extra time, and the two sides ended up in a penalty shootout.
In this penalty shootout, Chinese goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying played well and became the key to the team's win, she did not give the Japanese players any chance, tried to keep the city gate from losing, and faced the 5 penalty opportunities of Japanese players, all of which were saved. Chinese player Miller played in the fourth round and successfully scored the ball to help the team win the game.
In the end, the Chinese women's ice hockey team defeated Japan 2-1 and won two consecutive victories, advancing to the quarter-finals to occupy a favorable position.
After winning the game, the players of the Chinese women's ice hockey team all embraced together to celebrate the hard-won victory. Such an atmosphere also made fans immediately think of the previous Chinese women's football team, which also defeated the Japanese team in this way and successfully advanced to the final of the Asian Cup. I hope that the Chinese women's ice hockey team can continue this state and strive to achieve good results.