On the eve of the Qatar World Cup, women's national teams from all over the world are also busy warming up matches to hone players and prepare for next year's Women's World Cup. Among them, England and Denmark, who are in the same group as the Chinese women's football team, have played two high-quality warm-up matches. England swept Japan 4-0, while Denmark beat the Netherlands 2-0. Judging from the defeat of the Danish team, although their ranking is comparable to the Chinese women's football team, I am afraid that they are also a "pseudo-strong team" whose ranking does not match their strength! If the Chinese women's football team prepares for the World Cup, Shui Qingxia can take points from Denmark in the first round of the group stage, and even defeat her opponent, which is very promising.
However, for Chinese women's football coach Shui Qingxia, there is also a more helpless reality in front of her, that is, the Chinese women's football team may not be able to play warm-up games normally like other teams at least this year. According to the preparations for the past few World Cups, the Chinese women's football team has already invited other national teams to play warm-up matches during this period to test the actual combat situation of the teams by means of competitions. Nowadays, there are no warm-up matches to play, and the specific status quo of China's women's football team cannot be fully evaluated. This will bring a huge test to Shui Qingxia's preparations.
Back to this warm-up match between Denmark and the Netherlands. As Denmark is in the same group as China at next year's Women's World Cup, it is also our main opponent for the right to qualify. Therefore, both Shui Qingxia and the staff of the Chinese women's football team paid very much attention to this match. From the perspective of the whole game, the advantage of the Danish team is still relatively strong physical fitness. This is also a common advantage for European teams.
In addition to the physical advantage, the Danish team actually has relatively large holes in the offensive end and the back line. When faced with close watching, their players also panic, resulting in offensive mistakes. In the face of rapid counter-attacks and ground penetration, their defenders will mess with themselves. Almost all of the two goals scored by the Dutch team were scored by a quick advance. The Danish defenders were completely spoiled.
This game may bring some tactical inspiration to Shui Qingxia, such as when we face the Danish team, can we play more counterattacks while standing on defense? Although the tactics are old-fashioned, if you interpret this trick to the extreme, it is actually a victory. In terms of counter-attack, we have Zhang Linyan and Xiao Yuyi, who are excellent in speed and foot technique. On the defensive end, Tang Jiali and others will have to take on the heavy responsibility, as long as they give the Danish team enough defensive pressure, they can't do anything.
In general, as long as the Chinese women's football team beats Denmark in the first game, the probability of advancing to the round of 16 will be as high as 90%. Conversely, the risk of exit increases sharply. That's the main reason why we see the first game against Denmark as a life-and-death battle to qualify.