Zhang Linyan has left the team early and will report to Tottenham Hotspur Women as soon as possible. Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin
Beijing News (Reporter Zhou Xiao) At 15 o'clock on October 6, the Chinese women's football team will usher in the final match of the Hangzhou Asian Games - the women's bronze medal match with Uzbekistan. After being eliminated 4-3 by Japan in the semi-finals, the Chinese women's team's only goal is to win.
In the women's semifinals on the evening of October 3, the Chinese women's football team, which was 1-4 down in the first half, failed to create a miracle, and was finally eliminated 3-4 by Japan, which was led by the national youth team, and did not qualify for the final. The team's Asian Games mission does not end there, and the Chinese women's football team, who reached the last four, will compete with Uzbekistan for a bronze medal.
During these two days of preparation, the personnel in the team quietly changed. On the morning of the 5th, Shen Mengyu and Zhang Linyan, two players who stayed in the ocean, ended their Asian Games journey ahead of schedule and left the team. Shen Mengyu will race against time to try to catch the sixth round of the Scottish Women's Super League make-up match between Celtic and Grass City. Zhang Linyan, who officially joined the Tottenham Hotspur Women's football team before the Asian Games, should report to the new team as soon as possible to participate in a physical examination and get acquainted with her teammates. The Premier League Women's Football League has begun, and judging from the schedule, "Pippi" is expected to miss the second round of the 8th, and may get a chance in the third round of the league on the 11th.
After missing the Asian Games final, the most important task for the Chinese women's football team now is to win the bronze medal match. Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin
Despite the lack of two offensive players, the Chinese women's team will not have much difficulty winning the bronze medal match at the Asian Games due to their superiority, with the team attracting the most attention from the team in Group B of the second stage of the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympics that began in Xiamen on October 26. The Chinese women's football team is in the same group as North Korea, South Korea and Thailand, and will face North Korea, which has a strong performance at the Asian Games, in the first round.
According to the preparation plan, the "sonorous rose" will be disbanded on the spot after the battle with Uzbekistan and will be on vacation for a few days. After October 10, the Chinese women's football team will regroup in Xiamen and officially prepare for the Olympic preliminary rounds.
Another big task for Shui and her coaching team is to keep a good eye on their Olympic opponents, North Korea, in the upcoming Asian Games final. Photo by Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin
The World Cup group stage and the Asian Games did not qualify for the final, and the first two competitions of the "three major competitions" of the Chinese women's football team failed to achieve ideal results, and the team must go all out to play the Olympic preliminary round. Coach Shui Qingxia said after the defeat to Japan, "We will try to adjust our mental state and physical condition during this time. For me, it is more necessary to be calm. ”
The bronze medal match of the Asian Games of the Chinese women's football team is only 20 days away from the Olympic preliminary round, and whether it can adjust its state in a short period of time will be the key for the team to play well in the Olympic preliminary round. In addition, North Korea and Japan will compete for the gold medal of the Asian Games women's football team on the evening of the 6th, and the coaching staff will take this opportunity to fully understand the technical and tactical characteristics of the Korean women's football team.
Edited by Wang Chunqiu
Proofreader Wu Xingfa