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Recently, the final of the 2022 Indian Women's Asian Cup came to an end, and the Chinese women's football team defeated the South Korean women's football team 3-2 to regain the Asian Cup championship after 16 years.
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Looking back at the previously concluded 2022 Indian Women's Asian Cup, a semi-final focus battle, Shui Qingxia 1 battled to seal the gods, leading the Chinese women's football team to eliminate the defending champion Japan women's football team 6-5 on aggregate. The defending champion was out of the cold, and after the game, The Japanese women's football coach Ikeda was a little confused and was very surprised by the tenacious performance of the Chinese women's football team in this game!
The First Expansion of the Asian Cup of Indian Women's Football for 12 teams, the Japanese women's football team, the Australian women's football team and the Chinese women's football team directly entered the main tournament as the last champion and runner-up. According to the format, the teams that eventually finish in the top five of the Asian Cup (except Australia) will directly advance to the 2023 Women's World Cup.
Originally, it was thought that the Japanese women's football team and the Australian women's football team would become the biggest rivals of the Chinese women's football team in the future! Unexpectedly, in the quarter-finals, the South Korean women's football team eliminated the strong Australian women's football team 1-0. After all, Shui Qingxia has not been in office for a long time, can the Chinese women's football team beat the defending champion Japanese women's football team in the semi-finals?
And a bad situation at that time was that Wang Shuang accidentally sprained his ankle before preparing for the match with the Japanese women's football team and did not have the opportunity to appear. At that time, as soon as this news came out, I believe that many fans were not optimistic that the Chinese women's football team could eventually defeat the Japanese women's football team to advance to the final.
Look back at that semi-final pinnacle showdown! The Chinese women's football team twice fell behind twice to equalize, the two sides fought for 120 minutes to a 2-2 draw, penalty shootout, goalkeeper Zhu Yushen played to save two penalties for the Japanese team, and finally the Chinese women's team was 4-3, the total score was 6-5 to eliminate the defending champion Japan women's football team after 14 years to return to the Final of the Asian Cup.
After the Tokyo Olympics, the Japanese women's football team actually experienced various twists and turns, first Takakura Asako was dismissed, the new coach Ikeda Tai took office, and then the team experienced a major change of lineup. At this Asian Cup, there are many new faces in the Japanese women's football team, many of the players are the disciples of Tai Ikeda when he coached the national youth team, including the Japanese player Riko Ueki who scored twice against the Chinese women's football team in the semi-finals.
Judging from the many remarks before the game, Tai Ikeda actually has considerable confidence in this Japanese women's football team, which was fully reflected in the semi-final of the Asian Cup with the Chinese women's football team. In addition, there are drawbacks to the excessive use of new people in the starting lineup of the Japanese women's football team, such as Jina Iwasaki, who performed well during the game, and was inexplicably replaced by a new person in the middle of the way. The Japanese women's football coach was suspected of being a light enemy before the game.
The middle road lacked penetration, and the Japanese women's football team gradually lost control of the game in the second half. In addition, in the second half, Shui Qingxia's divine substitution adjustment once again received miraculous results, Zhang Rui and Xiao Yuyi came on as substitutes to replace Ma Jun and Zhang Linyan. Just 1 minute into the opening of the second half, near the bottom line on the left side of the front, Xiao Yuyi crossed the assist Wu Chengshu volley pad to break the goal, and the Chinese women's football team equalized 1-1, and morale was greatly increased.
In addition, the position of captain Wang Shanshan has moved backwards to bring significant improvements to the overall backline of the Chinese women's football team. From the perspective of commanding the formation on the spot and making good use of people, Shui Qingxia can really be said to have achieved the ultimate! Of course, some situations have sudden changes that are also due to luck.
In terms of hard power, the Chinese women's football team and the current Japanese women's football team can not be compared, but if it is to talk about the new coach's appointment to bring significant improvements to the overall morale of the team, Shui Qingxia wants to beat Tai Ikeda in this regard.
After the game, for the tenacious performance of the Chinese women's football team throughout the game, the Japanese women's football coach Ikeda was a little confused and very surprised: "First of all, congratulations to the Chinese women's football team. I was amazed at how the opponents performed, especially in the absence of a main force, they performed well and tenaciously. ”
Obviously, the Chinese women's football team as a whole has shown great surprise to Ikeda! It's also easy to think that the Japanese women's soccer team should be deficient in terms of pre-match preparation. On the contrary, Shui Qingxia was resolute and resolute in adjusting the employment of personnel on the one hand, and secondly, she was prepared to deal with all difficulties before the game.
In the end, the defending champion Japan women's football team was out of the cold, and the Chinese women's football team returned to the final of the Asian Cup after 14 years, and Shui Qingxia was a god! What will fans say about this?