Women's football qualifying situation: life and death after 3 days! If they win, South Korea still has hope, but if they don't, they won't qualify for the Paris Olympics
In the second round of the second group stage of the Paris Olympics qualifiers, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Thai women's football team 3-0 and won the first victory! The final round against the South Korean women's football team will be a life-and-death battle related to whether to qualify or not!
In the first round of the game, the Chinese women's football team lost 1-2 to the North Korean women's football team, and the qualifying situation fell into passivity, but in the face of the weaker Thai team, they did not let the upset happen, with Yan Jinjin, Chen Qiaozhu and Uri Gumula's goals, or defeated the opponent again after the Asian Games, and won the first victory in the preliminary round of this Olympic Games.
As a result, the Chinese women's football team has 3 points with 1 win and 1 loss in 2 rounds, ranking third in the group, and the Thai women's football team is at the bottom with 0 points. North Korea and South Korea have drawn 0-0, with 1 win and 1 draw with 4 points, with the latter topping the table with a goal difference of 8. According to the rules, only the first of 3 groups and the second place of 1 group with the best results can qualify and participate in the knockout round of the third stage of the Olympic preliminaries.
Three days later, at 19:35 on November 1, the Chinese women's football team will welcome the last opponent, the South Korean women's football team, which is undoubtedly a battle of life and death. In the same round, the North Korean women's football team will play against the Thai women's football team, given the disparity in strength between the two teams, the former should not have a problem with all 3 points, and will eventually win 2 and draw 1 to accumulate 7 points.
Then there are three scenarios:
First, if the Chinese women's football team defeats the South Korean women's football team, then 2 wins and 1 loss will accumulate 6 points and will become the second in the group, and it must be PK with the second of the other two groups.
Only one of the three group runners-up will qualify and will most likely need to compete for a goal difference, compared to two after the first two rounds! Unless we can beat South Korea by a big score, I am afraid that we will be at a disadvantage.
Second, if the Chinese women's football team draws with the South Korean women's football team, then 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss will accumulate 4 points, and will be ranked third in the group after South Korea, which has 5 points, and will not qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Third, if the Chinese women's football team loses to the South Korean women's football team, then 1 win and 2 losses will only accumulate 3 points, and they will miss the top two in the group, and they will also bid farewell to the Paris Olympics completely.