Source: Sports Weekly
After defeating the strongest Japanese women's ice skater in this group, the Chinese team is in full swing, but the result of that game cannot be decisive for China to advance to the quarterfinals. With Denmark beating the Czech Republic earlier, the form of Group B became even more chaotic. In order to lock up a place in the quarterfinals, the Chinese women's ice must defeat Sweden in this battle.
In terms of objective strength, Chinese women's ice has a lineup that does not lose to their opponents, but Sweden is a more established team, they are now ranked 9th in the world, higher than Denmark, and won bronze and silver medals in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. At the same time, yesterday's penalty shootout also made the Chinese girl consume a lot.
The Chinese women's ice team made an ideal start, and Kang Mulan of the three groups scored for the Chinese team at 5 minutes and 16 seconds.
Entering the second set with a 1-0 advantage, the Chinese female ice was suddenly overwhelmed by the momentum of the other side. When the game was 5 minutes and 14 seconds long, the Swedish player found a one-handed opportunity, and although Chinese goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying blocked the opponent's goal, the referee found China foul and awarded Sweden a penalty. In the end, No. 24 Felicia Wikner Sinsevic singled out Zhou Jiaying to hit the ball and equalize.
After the score was rewritten, Sweden's morale was boosted, and they relied on a long-range shot by Josephine Bowen 2 minutes later to penetrate the Chinese defense, Sweden 2-1. For most of the ensuing half of the set, China was suppressed by the other side, and the two sides' shots in this set were 6-15 (China was behind).
In the last set, the Chinese girl tried to attack, and in the last 2 minutes of the game, China directly withdrew the goalkeeper to launch a 6-on-5 siege in front of the field, but several shots passed by the goal. In the end, the Chinese women's ice lost 1-2 to their opponents and fell into a very passive situation.
At present, the Chinese women's ice has played all the group stages and is currently accumulating 5 points, followed by Sweden and Denmark with 3 points each. Tomorrow Sweden and Denmark will have a head-on dialogue, the regular time winner will get another 3 points to directly advance, and Sweden can accumulate 5 points to win in overtime to force China to advance (facing China has a win-loss advantage). In other words, China has only one possibility to qualify: Denmark beat Sweden after dragging in overtime.
Group B
1.Japan 2 wins, 1 loss 7 points (1 point in overtime)
2. Czech Republic 2 wins, 1 loss 6 points
3.China 2 wins, 2 losses 5 points (2 points for overtime wins)
4. Sweden 1 win, 2 losses 3 points