The naturalized goalkeeper made a meritorious contribution to 5 penalties in a row to help the Chinese women's ice team beat the Japanese team! Lock up the top 8 seats. In the third round of the women's hockey group stage of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, China played against Japan. In the previous two games, the Chinese team lost to the Czech Republic 1-3, defeated the Danish team 3-1, the record was 1 win and 1 loss, and the Japanese team achieved two consecutive wins, and from the world ranking point of view, the Japanese team (the world's sixth) is also much stronger than the Chinese team (the world's 20th), but in the face of strong opponents, the Girls of the Chinese team did not flinch, but showed a tenacious fighting spirit.
After the game began, the Chinese team launched a fierce attack, but has not scored, Zhang Mengying and teammate Rebecca also collided together, which led to Zhang Mengying being taken out of the field for treatment, the Japanese team seized the opportunity, the first goal scored, the first quarter ended, the Japanese team led 1-0. In the second quarter of the game, the Japanese team pressed heavily, the Chinese team turned to the defense, naturalized goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying played well, consecutively saved the opponent's shots, this quarter neither team scored, the Japanese team continued to lead 1-0. In the third quarter, the Chinese team began to attack the Japanese team, and in the 41st minute, Hu Baozhen scored a goal, and the two teams fought 1-1, and the score was maintained until the end of the third quarter, and then the two sides entered overtime.
In the extra 5 minutes of extra time, the Japanese team stepped up the attack and tried to end the game in these 5 minutes, but Zhou Jiaying showed courage and saved the Japanese team's shot, and the extra time ended, the two teams were still 1-1 draw, and the game entered a penalty shootout. In the penalty shootout, Zhou Jiaying's performance was still outstanding, saving 5 penalties from Japan in a row, and Miller scored the winning goal, and finally the Chinese team won 2-1 on aggregate, winning two consecutive wins while also locking in a place in the top 8 in advance. The Chinese team waited for this victory for a full 13 years, because the last time the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team was 13 years ago, and after a generation of hard work, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team again.
In this game, the performance of naturalized goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying is very outstanding, although the first quarter was scored by the Japanese team 1 goal, but since then it has been forced to save the goal, and the Chinese elements of Zhou Jiaying have also attracted the attention of many people, from here we can see Zhou Jiaying's determination to fight for the country, hoping that the Chinese women's ice hockey team can continue to work hard and strive to get good results.