The final of the Asian Cup for women's football began, and the Chinese women's football team took on the Korean women's football team. Before the match, the two teams ranked fifth and fourth in Asia respectively, plus three players from South Korea played in the Premier League, which shows that the strength of the two sides is indeed very close.
In the semi-finals that ended earlier, the Chinese women's football team played 120 minutes before eliminating the Japanese women's football team on penalties, while the South Korean team beat the Philippines 2-0 in 90 minutes. Therefore, this campaign is very difficult for the Chinese women's football team, and the lack of physical superiority will become an important factor affecting the game.
However, the Chinese women's football team also has a good advantage in this game, that is, the number one star Wang Shuang has returned from injury. In this campaign, the Chinese women's football team sacrificed the same 442 formation in the semi-finals, of which Wang Shuang and Tang Jiali were paired up in the front, midfielders Wu Chengshu, Yao Lingwei, Gao Chen and Zhang Xin, and the back line was Yao Wei, Wang Shanshan, Wang Xiaoxue and Lou Jiahui, and the goalkeeper position was still Zhu Yu. It is worth mentioning that the captain of this game, Wang Shanshan, still plays as a central defender.
The South Korean women's football team also sent the strongest team in this campaign, with Three Premier League players, Chi Xiaoran, Cho Joo Hyun and Lee Kim Hyun, starting at the same time.
Only 20 seconds after the opening, Wu Chengshu burst into the penalty area on the right side of the penalty area to pass the triangle, and Tang Jiali kept pushing the ball and was saved by the opposing goalkeeper. A minute later, Wang Shuang received the ball in the middle of the road and turned to send a straight plug, Tang Jiali burst into the penalty area with the ball, but the referee awarded the latter for offside before receiving the ball.
In the 9th minute, Wu Chengshu broke through with the ball on the right side, the low flat ball was passed to the penalty area, Wang Shuang pushed the ball and was blocked by the opposing defender, and the goalkeeper easily confiscated the ball.
For the performance of the first 10 minutes, Xu Yang said that the Chinese team was very relaxed in taking the ball and passing the ball in the front court, and the players were also very confident, which made the South Korean team's midfield advantage disappear. Huang Jianxiang said: The number of times the Chinese team has attacked the opponent's three zones after the opening and the offensive threat are far superior to the opponent. For the South Korean team, Huang Jianxiang also pointed out a major advantage for the other side: although the South Korean team did not win a big victory, it defended very well and only conceded 1 goal against Japan.
After 20 minutes, the South Korean team stepped up the pressing in the midfield, which made the Chinese team's passing not as easy as before, and it was difficult to pass the ball calmly to the front.
In the 21st minute, the Chinese midfielder broke the ball to the right side, penetrating the opposing defense, Wu Chengshu burst into the penalty area with the ball, wanted to fake the action, and was recognized by the other side and cut off in advance.
In the 26th minute, the Chinese midfielder pass was broken, and the South Korean team quickly divided the ball to the left side, penetrated the left side guarded by Yao Weizhen, and then crossed the low flat ball, and Choi Youli wrapped up in front of the goal and easily broke the goal. 1-0, South Korea broke the deadlock. The Chinese team was hit by a quick counterattack and was hit by the opponent in the case of the advantage.
It is worth mentioning that after the Chinese team conceded the goal, the 30-year-old Lou Jiahui once desperately chased back, and even made a limit action of falling to the ground at the moment of Cui Youli's shot, but unfortunately failed to touch the ball.