Reverse the kill! Chinese women's football team topped Asia, Korean media lamented that "it is blocked by the Great Wall again"

[Global Times special correspondent Ma Dexing Ren Zhong Global Times special correspondent in South Korea Li Hao] China's women's football team has re-won the Asian Cup after 16 years! On the evening of February 6, with Xiao Yuyi's injury time in the final of the 2022 Women's Asian Cup, the Chinese women's team won 3-2 against south Korea. The excellent performance of the women's football girls in Mumbai, India, on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, swept away the haze of the Chinese men's football team's loss to the Vietnamese team on the first day of the New Year, drew a successful end to the Spring Festival holidays of Chinese fans, and also brought double joy to the people of the whole country immersed in the Beijing Winter Olympics. Australian women's football columnist Lewis tweeted congratulations: "The wisdom and experience of the golden generation of Chinese women's football is helping the younger generation grow. Welcome back, Chinese women's football team! A senior Chinese sports commentator told the Global Times that the competition has greatly boosted the morale of Chinese football, and this championship once again proves that Chinese football still has a strong fighting force, and reducing "man-made disasters" is the road to the development of Chinese football!

Miraculous reversal after 68 minutes

In the final of the 20th Women's Asian Cup Championship and Runner-up in India on the evening of the 6th Beijing time, in the case of falling behind 0-2 in the first half, the second half scored two goals in 4 minutes, and in injury time with Xiao Yuyi's kill, defeated south Korea 3-2, and finally climbed to the top of Asian women's football again after 16 years.

The Chinese women's football girls showed amazing strong willpower in this Asian Cup, especially in the shadow of the men's football team losing to Japan and Vietnam in a row, and completely failing to qualify in the World Cup qualifier round of 12, the women's football girls in the group stage after the group stage, 3 consecutive games are in the case of the first to concede the ball, against the trend to equalize the score and finally win. This is probably also a key factor in the Chinese women's football team being able to win the love of fans. In the semi-final against Japan, facing an opponent who was stronger than themselves overall, the women's football girls fought hard for 120 minutes and fired penalties at each other to eliminate the defending champions.

In the final on the evening of the 6th, facing the Korean women's football team, which is equal in overall strength, the Chinese women's football team played slightly less than the standard in the first half, and was scored 2 goals by the other side, ending the first half with 0-2 behind. In the 60th minute, coach Shui Qingxia replaced Wang Shuang, who had previously missed the semi-final due to injury, and completely liberated Wang Shanshan, who changed to central defender, from the back line and re-pushed the front line, changing the formation of the entire team to 352.

- It can be said that this is the winner of the whole game! After that, the Chinese women's football team further strengthened the attack, and the South Korean girls became a little conservative in the lead. In the 68th minute, the South Korean women's football team made a mistake in the rush of the Chinese team,losing a handball in the penalty area to give the Chinese team a penalty. Tang Jiali seized the opportunity to take the penalty and hit the score to 1-2. Four minutes later, it was Tang Jiali who broke through from the right and crossed, and Zhang Linyan equalized the score for the Chinese women's football team. In injury time, Xiao Yuyi, who came off the bench, after receiving Wang Shanshan's straight ball, shot furiously to help the Chinese team win 3-2!

Korean media lamented that "it is blocked by the Great Wall again"

The Chinese women's football team has finally regained the Asian championship after ups and downs! At the same time, the South Korean team and the South Korean media are lamenting the loss of this opportunity to win the championship. "The 30-year dream of the Korean women's football team that was shattered from the end of the game 3 minutes", South Korea's "Jingxiang News" reported on the 6th that the South Korean team moved significantly slower in the second half of the game, and lost the initiative on the field, and finally lost the championship by the Chinese team chasing 3 goals in a row. "Blocked by the Great Wall, the South Korean women's football team won the runner-up of the Asian Cup", South Korea's "East Asia Daily" reported on the 6th that today's record is very regrettable, the first half of the South Korean team still maintained the advantage with 2 goals, but did not expect to be scored 3 goals by the Chinese team in the second half. At present, in the ranking of FIFA, the South Korean women's football team ranks 18th, the Chinese women's football team ranks 19th, and the Korean women's football team has many experiences in defeating the Chinese team in the Asian Cup, and this defeat should be "bad luck". However, South Korea's Herald said that the last time the South Korean women's football team defeated the Chinese team was in August 2015, and in the Olympic qualifier play-offs last April, the Chinese women's football team eliminated the South Korean women's football team to enter the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Yonhap News Agency said that although it failed to reach the top, it was also the best result of the South Korean women's football team in the Asian Cup. Their previous best result in the Asian Cup was 3rd in 2003. Although it failed to win the championship this time, the South Korean women's football team vowed to regain its smile at the Hangzhou Asian Games in September this year and the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

"A sign of the re-setting sail of the Chinese women's football team"

The excellent performance of the Chinese girl has also attracted the heartfelt praise of international friends. "The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team with a surprising reversal!" "Hindu" praised the Chinese women's football team on the 6th for "staging the return of the king", and affectionately called the women's football girl with "sonorous rose", saying that this is the 9th Asian Cup championship won by "sonorous rose" and the first since 2006.

The Hindu also said that the victory of the Chinese team has a double significance for head coach Shui Qingxia. As one of the representative figures of the "sonorous rose" of that year, Shui Qingxia won the Asian Cup as a player for the Chinese women's football team five times, and now she is the first former Chinese female footballer to win the Asian Cup as a coach. Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao said that this is also the Chinese women's football team since 2008, after 14 years to qualify for the final of the Asian Cup, "this is the chinese women's football team to start again."

On Twitter, the victory of the Chinese women's football team has aroused heated discussion. Indian sports journalist Manzur wrote: "I didn't expect the 2022 Women's Asian Cup final to be such a process! The Chinese team came up behind and achieved an incredible victory. It's an epic moment. Pure football! Indian football journalist Mirrington wrote: "I have always thought that we do not know enough about Chinese women's football. I'm really interested in how they perform at the 2023 World Cup! Australian women's football columnist Lewis tweeted: "Amazing game! The resurgent Chinese women's soccer giants extended their record-breaking Asian Cup title to their ninth. It's their first victory since 2006, but you'll get the sense that their next victory won't be far away. ”

【Global Times Special Correspondent Ma Dexing Ren Zhong Global Times Special Correspondent in South Korea Li Hao】

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