In the third round of the women's football group of the 14th Shaanxi National Games held this afternoon, Beijing and Shaanxi defeated their respective opponents to advance to the semifinals of the group, of which the united team will meet Beijing and Shaanxi will meet Shanghai.
The host Shaanxi team against Jiangsu, led by former international Liu Huana, was staged at the Shaanxi Provincial Stadium, where Jiangsu once led by Wu Chengshu, but in the last minute of second-half stoppage time, Shaanxi first replaced the goalkeeper Liu Qing, who saved three penalties in the penalty shootout, and then used the corner kick opportunity to equalize with Chen Xia, who was exchanged by Shanghai.
In the penalty shootout, Liu Qing saved two penalties again and Shaanxi won 4-3 to advance to the semi-finals, which was also the second consecutive victory of Shaanxi in the penalty shootout.
It is worth mentioning that Yan Jinjin in the semi-finals of the Shaanxi team on the 23rd is the sister of Yan Yingying, who came from Shanghai to communicate with the team, so there may be a scene of sisters competing on behalf of different teams in the semifinals. In this match, Yan Yingying and another player from Shanghai, Yang Qian, scored a penalty in the penalty shootout on behalf of Shaanxi.
Another showdown took place between Beijing and Shandong, with two new and old internationals Ma Xiaoxu and Zhang Linyan scoring in the first and second halves to help Beijing, who owns former internationals Wang Fei, Gu Yasha and Zhao Rong, to reach the semi-finals 2-1 and face United.
(Editor: Yao Fan)