At 18 o'clock on May 10, Beijing time, in the just-concluded U17 Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team won again with a score of 3-0, defeating the Thai women's football team, winning two consecutive wins in the group stage and advancing to the top 4 in advance.
This year's Chinese U17 women's football team is led by foreign coach Gary van Egmund, who just took over the team in January this year, which has brought great changes to the team. In this Asian Cup, the Chinese team, Japan, Australia, and Thailand are in Group B, while Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, and the Philippines are in Group B.
Two teams from each team in the group stage qualified and advanced to the top 4. In the end, the top 3 teams in the tournament will qualify for the 2024 Women's World Junior Championship. The group stage of the Chinese women's football team is not easy to play, especially the Japanese team and the Australian team.
In the last round, the Chinese women's football team defeated the powerful Australian women's football team 3-0, and defeated the Thai team 3-0 again in this round, with only 6 goals in the two rounds, giving Chinese fans a big surprise. Let's take a look at the six best goals from the two games.
First, the process of the competition
China 3-0 Australia:
In the 5th minute of the first half, the Chinese women's football team crossed from the left, and China's No. 21 player Zhou Xinyi scored a World Cup goal, and the Chinese team scored 1-0 Australia.
In the 63rd minute of the second half, it was another world wave, scored by Chinese player Xiao Jiaqi, and the Chinese team 2-0 Australia.
In the 77th minute of the second half, China's No. 16 player Zhang Kecan, taking advantage of the coordination mistakes of the Australian team's goalkeeper and defenders, seized the opportunity to score a goal, and the Chinese team scored 3-0 Australia.
China 3-0 Thailand:
In the 58th minute of the second half, the Chinese team took advantage of the set-piece opportunity, and the No. 22 teenager Zhong Yuxin hoisted the ball into the penalty area, and the No. 4 teenager Song Yu scored a wonderful goal, and the Chinese team 1-0 Thailand.
In the 89th minute, Zhang Kecan, No. 16 of the Chinese team, kicked a far-reaching world wave outside the big penalty area and scored a goal close to the ground, and the Chinese team 2-0 Thailand.
In the 92nd minute, the Chinese team took advantage of the opportunity of a corner kick and scored with a header from No. 8 Chen Rui near the small penalty area, and the Chinese team 3-0 Thailand.
2. Mushuang Sports Viewpoint
In the first game against the tall Australian team, the Chinese women's football team did not have a physical advantage, but relied on technical advantages and tactics to achieve a big victory.
In this round of facing the small and fast Thai team, the Chinese women's football team adopted new tactics and was able to give full play to its physical advantages. The Chinese women's football team played very well on the field, whether it was offensive or defensive, whether it was fighting technology or body, they all had the absolute upper hand. The most brilliant thing is the counter-robbery in the frontcourt, and the Thai team has no temper.
In the face of different opponents, we used different tactics, and all of them achieved good results. It is worth mentioning that Gary van Egmund has led the team for only 3 months, and the women's football girls have not participated in any official international competitions, and they can achieve such good results in their first appearance on the international stage, and they really have to praise the coaching team and the women's football girls.
Another commendable point is that the 6 goals of the Chinese team were scored by 5 players, Zhang Kecan scored 2 goals, Zhou Xinyi, Xiao Jiaqi, Song Yu, and Chen Rui scored one goal each, and the Chinese team scored a lot of points. At the same time, the 6 goals include headers, ultra-far world waves, set-pieces, and scoring methods are also diversified, China's group of girls under the age of 17 have a promising future!
After this game, the Chinese women's football team has qualified one round ahead of schedule, and the goal difference has surpassed Japan's first place. It's one step closer to the World Junior Championships. Congratulations to the Chinese women's football team, who is the pride of the Chinese people. The best result of the Chinese women's football team in the U17 Asian Cup is the runner-up in 2005, and I look forward to this year's U17 women's football team can break the 20-year-old record.
3. The hope of the Chinese men's football team
Chinese football, in the short term, we have to look at the Chinese women's football team. Of course, with the Chinese U23 head coach Cheng Yaodong led by the Chinese Olympic Games, after the group stage of the Asian Cup and missed the Olympic Games. The Chinese Football Association also launched the plan to change the coach in time on May 9, 2024, and began to recruit a new round of U21 head coaches to replace Cheng Yaodong to guide and lead the next National Olympic team, as shown in the figure below:
It is especially worth noting that the U21 men's football head coach will be recommended by the selection expert group, and then organize candidate interviews, a combination of online interviews + offline interviews, which is great!
With the departure of Cheng Yaodong and the selection of foreign coaches for the Chinese Olympic Games, the four national teams of our Chinese men's football team, the National Olympic Games, the National Youth League, and the National Youth will all use foreign coaches, and we also very much expect the Chinese men's football team to regain its vigor in the new round of reform, return to the top of Asia, and go to the world! Chinese football, ignite new hope, come on!