On the evening of February 6, Beijing time, the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, in India, the final of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup was staged as scheduled, and the Chinese women's football team played against the South Korean women's football team.
With two consecutive wins in the group stage, the Chinese women's football team easily qualified. In the quarter-finals, the Chinese team, in the case of falling behind 0-1, pulled three goals in a row to reverse Vietnam.
In the semi-finals, facing The First Ranked Japanese Team in Asia, the Chinese women's football team fell behind twice, tied twice, and finally eliminated the Japanese team in the penalty shootout and advanced to the final.
In the final against South Korea, the Chinese women's football team was unfavorable, and it was already 0-2 behind at the end of the first half.
The substitution directed by Shui Qingxia once again received a miracle effect, and Zhang Linyan, who came off the bench, made a goal and scored a goal. Tang Jiali, who, like her, was not selected for the Tokyo Olympic squad scored a goal and an assist.
The Chinese women's football team pulled the score to 2-2 in just 7 minutes.
In the 93rd minute of the match, Xiao Yuyi, who also came off the bench, received a pass from Wang Shanshan, defeated South Korea 3-2, and won the Asian Cup for the ninth time.
Huang Jianxiang, who commented on the game, once choked up tears, and after the game, Huang Jianxiang once again petitioned the Chinese women's football team on social media: please pay the women's football team double the prize money according to the men's football prize standard!
Wu Lei, the number one star of the Chinese men's football team, also offered his blessings through social media: moments of glory, heartfelt admiration and admiration!
FIFA congratulated the Chinese women's football team in an official post, with the headline chinese women's enough to win the Asian Cup in a surprising reversal.
Attack hero Zhang Linyan held the national flag in an interview after the game, and with tears in her eyes, Zhang Linyan briefly summarized the game and also talked about the Chinese women's football team in 2021.
Zhang Linyan did not name her name, but everyone could hear that there was something in her words: "I think because we also experienced a lot of things last year..."
As soon as the conversation turned, Zhang Linyan talked about the Chinese women's football team guided by Shui Qingxia: "This is a new team, now it is a new team, our goal is to win the championship, we also have this confidence! ”
People's Daily also congratulated women's football at the first time, and People's Daily talked about summarizing women's football with three sentences of "we all know" in the official social media. People's Daily said: "We can always believe in the Chinese women's football team!" ”