After 23 days of competition, the Chinese women's football team scored three goals in the second half in the asian cup final held on February 6, Mumbai local time, 0:2 behind the South Korean women's football team, and finally relied on Xiao Yuyi to kill in the stoppage time stage, reverse victory over South Korea, and win the Asian Cup!
This achievement set the best record of the Chinese women's football team since 2006.
For this championship, the Chinese women's football team has waited for 16 years!
Since winning the Asian Cup in 2006, the Chinese women's football team has not touched the championship for 16 years. In 2008, the Chinese women's football team reached the final of the Asian Cup and finally won the runner-up, which was also the closest chinese team was to the Asian Cup championship.
Since then, the Chinese women's football team has lost the final qualification in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
In this game, the Chinese team had an unfavorable start, conceding two goals in the first half: in the 26th minute, the South Korean team counterattacked from the back, and Choi Li scored a goal to set the head for the South Korean team;
In the 47th minute, the Chinese team appeared in the penalty area handball, South Korea won the penalty opportunity, Zhu Yu although guessed the direction of Chi Xiaoran, but the latter still scored the ball, the Chinese women's team temporarily fell behind 0:2, the situation was passive.
In the second half, the Chinese women's football team scored two goals in five minutes and stubbornly equalized the score.
In the 68th minute, the South Korean team appeared handball, the referee awarded a penalty, Tang Jiali faced the South Korean goalkeeper, calmly scored the ball, and the Chinese team successfully pulled back a goal.
Three minutes later, the Chinese team successfully broke through from the right side, Tang Jiali was under the double clamp, the bottom line cross, Zhang Linyan won the empty goal, the score equalized. With this ball, the Chinese women's football team finally retained hope, and even the always calm head coach Shui Qingxia showed a rare excited expression and shouted.
After equalizing, the morale of the Chinese women's football team soared, constantly rushing to the door of the South Korean team.
In stoppage time, the Chinese team finally scored a winning goal to win the championship.
In the 94th minute, Wang Shanshan sent a straight plug in the middle of the front, Xiao Yuyi inserted it on the right side, and the long-range shot was successful, and the Chinese women's football team reversed and defeated South Korea!
It is worth mentioning that this is already the second reversal staged by the Chinese women's football team in this Asian Cup.
In the semi-final match against the Japanese women's team, in 90 minutes, the Japanese team relied on Riko Ueki's head hammer to break the goal and lead the score. In the second half, The Chinese women's football team Wu Chengshu received a pass from Xiao Yuyi and shot in front of the goal to help the Chinese women's football team equalize.
In extra time, Riko Ueki once again broke the goal with a hammer, the Chinese women's football team did not give up in a passive situation, and Wang Shanshan completed a fatal blow and scored a goal of absolute equality. The two sides went on penalties 2-2.
In the penalty shootout, Chinese women's football goalkeeper Zhu Yu played well, successfully saved penalties twice, and the Chinese women's football team finally defeated Japan 6:5 on aggregate to advance to the final.
In 5 penalties, Zhu Yu saved 2 and became the number one contributor to the team's victory.