Women's World Cup Day 3 Roundup: The United States, Japan and Britain all won penalties + Sokai! China has opened its doors for three consecutive times
On July 22, Beijing time, the 2023 Women's World Cup ended four matches in Group C, Group D and Group E on the third matchday. favourites England and the United States beat rivals Haiti and Vietnam respectively, while former tournament champions Japan beat Zambia 5-0 and three World Cup newcomers Vietnam, Zambia and Haiti all lost. In the close match between the Chinese women's football team and Denmark, the Chinese women's football team was defeated 0-1 in the final moment. This is the third consecutive time that the girls have lost the first game of the World Cup.
Group D England 1-0 Haiti
In the 25th minute, Bad Cheba-Louis handball in the box was awarded a penalty after watching the replay.
Steinway's shot was cleared by Tyyu Kelly, but the referee decided that the goalkeeper would advance the line, and Steinway again took the penalty to hit a steady shot, and England broke the deadlock.
Haiti played tenaciously in the second half, threatening England with multiple counter-attacks, but neither side scored again. In the end, after four minutes of stoppage time, England beat World Cup newcomer Haiti by one goal.
Group D China 0-1 Denmark
In the 8th minute, the Chinese team made a steal in front, Zhang Linyan fake moved past the Danish women's footballer, facing the 6-man defense with a low shot, which was saved by the goalkeeper.
In the 49th minute, substitute Wang Shuang shot straight into the goal, and was eventually held by the Danish goalkeeper.
In the 70th minute, Denmark's free kick in front of the goal, Wang Shanshan almost scored an own goal with a header, and the Danish player kicked away from the back point!
In the 89th minute, Denmark scored from a corner kick and substitute Wansgaard scored.
After the first round of the group, England and Denmark each took three points to tie for the top spot, while the Chinese women's team and Haiti were bottom with 0 points.
In the second round of the group stage, the Chinese women's football team will face Haiti, while England will face Denmark in the "European civil war".
Group C Japan 5-0 Zambia
In the 42nd minute, in front of Aoba Fujino's low cross from the right, Hinata Miyazawa crashed into the goal to help the Japanese women's team break the deadlock.
In the 54th minute, Jun Endo successfully reversed the offside and crossed from the bottom, and Tanami Minami fell to the ground to tackle and scored, extending the Japanese women's team's lead.
In the 61st minute, Tanami rushed in a cross before the ball went out of bounds, and Miyazawa Hinata outflanked it, and the score was changed to 3-0.
In the 70th minute, Jun Endo inserted a calm volley into the box at high speed to seal the victory with a 4-0 lead for Japan.
In the 97th minute, Riko Ueki went into the box for offside and tripped over Musunda, and the referee awarded a penalty and sent Musunda off! Eriko Ueki missed the first penalty, but the Zambian goalkeeper moved early to violate it, and Oriko Ueki again scored the ball to open the game with a 5-0 victory over Zambia by the Japanese women's team.
Group C has now completed all the first rounds, with Japan and Spain respectively topping the list, with Japan temporarily topping the table with goal difference. Costa Rica and Zambia ranked 3rd and 4th respectively.
In the second round of the group stage, Japan will play Costa Rica, while Spain will play Zambia. If Spain and Japan can beat their respective opponents by then, the two teams will join hands one round earlier.
Group E USA 3-0 Vietnam
In the 14th minute, the U.S. women's team broke the deadlock when Morgan crossed the ball from behind her back in the middle of the arc to the box and Sophia Smith inserted a push to score.
In the 39th minute, the United States won a penalty, Rodman was brought down by Huang Thi Luan on the right side of the penalty area and the referee did not indicate it, and then after the VAR prompt, the penalty was saved by Chen Thi Kim Ching, and the subsequent supplementary shot was also deflected.
In the 47th minute, the United States crossed from the right to the box and the goalkeeper hit the first point, Smith volleyed the second point, and then the referee blew the penalty for offside, but VAR suggested that the goal was effective, and the United States extended the advantage to 2 goals.
In the 77th minute, Smith forced Tran Thi Qiu on the right to give a penalty spot, and Holland pushed the shot, and finally the United States beat Vietnam by three goals.
After the victory, the United States led with 3 points, and Vietnam finished bottom with 0 points. The Netherlands and Portugal, the other two teams in the same group who did not play, are temporarily tied for second place with 0 points.