The Chinese women's national football team, the Chinese women's national ice hockey team, presented a feast of victory last night. The Chinese women's football team, in the unfavorable situation of 0-2 behind, chased three goals in a row to defeat South Korea 3-2 and win the Asian Cup. The Chinese women's ice team, when facing the Japanese team two levels higher than herself, was also in a backward situation, and finally defeated the opponent 2-1 to win two consecutive winter Olympic group stages.
We can't say that the Chinese women's football team and women's ice are world-class teams. But it turns out that we have world-class players in both teams. To a large extent, the presence of these world-class players has helped the Chinese team withstand the unfavorable situation.
Coincidentally, the world-class players of women's football and women's ice skating are still in the same position, that is, goalkeepers.
The goalkeeper of the Chinese women's ice hockey team is Zhou Jiaying. In the last game against Denmark, Zhou Jiaying made 22 effective saves, allowing the opponent to score only once. Against Japan, Zhou Jiaying made 32 effective saves, and in the final penalty shootout, Zhou Jiaying simply saved all five shots of the opponent!
Although the penalty mode of ice hockey is not equivalent to football, the penalty shooting rate of completely zero goals indicates that the Japanese team is in a complete defeat when facing Zhou Jiaying!
Zhou Jiaying from Canada (whose mother is Chinese) actually won the world championship in the youth category for Canada in 2013. And her father is also an ice hockey goalkeeper, and her excellent genes have been passed down.
The goalkeeper of the women's football team is Zhu Yu, who was also voted the best goalkeeper of the Asian Cup after the game. In the group stage, the Chinese opponent was too weak, and the goalkeeper position could not be seen.
But against Japan and South Korea, Zhu Yu's ability was confirmed, and against Japan, he contributed four saves, especially two penalties in a penalty shootout. In the final against South Korea, Zhu Yu made several effective saves in the second half, especially the last one before the final game, which shattered the South Korean team's attempt to overturn the game.
Zhu Yu's save, using an adjective that only a boy has: brave and fierce.
The goalkeeper saved, and after the high-altitude vacated sideways jump, his feet jumped in mid-air, his body and the ground remained parallel, and his arms were fully open. Female goalkeepers can do this, rarely, Zhu Yu can do it.
Although he entered the national team a few years ago, Zhu Yu did not get any opportunities to play. Fortunately, in this Asian Cup, we finally saw a top goalkeeper of Chinese women's football with masculine technical ability.