Reporter Wang Wei reported that in the second round of the U17 Women's Asian Cup Group B, the Chinese U17 women's football team defeated Thailand 3-0, scored 6 goals and 1 goal in the two rounds without conceding, and advanced to the semifinals in advance. In the final round of the group stage, they will face Japan U17 women's football team who also qualified for the top spot in the group, and then try to avoid North Korea's U17 women's team in Group A in the semi-finals. The match against Japan and the subsequent semi-finals are the real big test, and at that time, can the Chinese flowers with buds and calyxes usher in real bloom?
This game is the second group stage in which the Chinese U17 women's football team participated, and because there were only three days between the first round of the game, the Chinese women's football team made minor adjustments to the starting 11 - goalkeeper: Hou Shulin; Defenders: Yang Yifan, Chen Rui, Wei Xuanxuan; Midfielders: Song Yu, Yuan Chenjie, Chen Ziyi, Xiao Jiaqi, Zhang Kecan, Zhou Xinyi; Forward: Zhang Jie. Among them, Wei Xuanxuan, Chen Ziyi, and Xiao Jiaqi entered the starting list, and Liu Jingwen, Li Yuhan, and Zhong Yuxin, who started in the last game, entered the bench.
Facing the Thai women's football team, which lost in the first round, the Chinese U17 women's football team took the initiative at the beginning of this game, and frequently created shooting opportunities by pressing on the attack. In the first 25 minutes of the first half, the Chinese team completed 7 shots on goal. Among them, Xiao Jiaqi's long-range shot in the 17th minute hit the goal frame, and it was only a little short of a goal. In the 38th minute of the game, a counterattack by the Thai U17 women's football team almost knocked on the goal of the Chinese team.
In the second half of the game, the Chinese U17 women's football team made substitution adjustments, and sent Li Yuhan, a fast horse who played an important role on the left side in the previous round of the game, to the field, she replaced Xiao Jiaqi, and Zhong Yuxin replaced Chen Ziyi. The very fast Li Yuhan came off the bench to change the tempo of the game, creating a good chance for her team-mate in the 53rd minute and almost scoring the goal.
Li then used his speed on the left to create consecutive chances. In the 58th minute of the game, the Chinese women's football team broke the deadlock on the field by Song Yu by virtue of the opportunity of a set-piece, leading the Thai team 1-0. Then Song Yu had a chance to score in the 80th minute, but unfortunately, the ball was out of the bottom line at the moment of his teammate's pass, and the goal was blown invalid.
The game came to an end, and the Chinese U17 women's football team played a small climax. In the 89th minute of the game, No. 16 Zhang Kecan used a long-range shot to rewrite the score to 2-0. In the 92nd minute of the game, central defender Chen Rui scored in the Thai team's penalty area, and the Chinese U17 women's football team scored the third goal. In the end, the Chinese U17 women's football team defeated the Thai team 3-0 to win two consecutive victories.
Song Yu, Zhang Kecan, Chen Rui's three goals in this game are very distinctive, reflecting the multiple technical characteristics of the Chinese U17 women's football players, before the game, the Chinese U17 women's football coach Van Egmund has said that the team has many distinctive players, including Song Yu, Zhang Kecan's organization and shooting in the midfield is the team's weapon, at the same time, Li Yuhan's speed makes the Chinese team on the left side of the impact is great.
After the game, the head coach of China's Under-17 women's football team, Van Egmund, summed up the game: "The team created a lot of chances, the first half was a bit more anxious, we made some adjustments at half-time, and at the beginning of the second half we used our speed to open up the situation on both wings. It is worth noting that the Chinese U17 women's football team once again kept a clean sheet against the opponent in this game, keeping a clean sheet in two consecutive games, which is also what makes Van Egmund happy.
After the China U17 women's football match, Japan U17 women's football team then defeated the second opponent of the group stage, Australia U17 women's football team, 4-1. China's U17 women's football team and Japan's U17 women's football team both won two consecutive victories, and both entered the semi-finals one round earlier.
After two rounds of matches, China and Japan are tied on 6 points, with the Japanese U17 women's football team ranking first in the group and the Chinese U17 women's football team ranking second by virtue of goals and goal difference.
On the previous matchday, the two matches in Group A ended with North Korea U17 beating the Philippines 6-0 and South Korea U17 beating Indonesia 12-0.
So far, China's U17 women's football team, Japan's U17 women's football team, and North Korea's U17 women's football team have locked the semi-finals in advance, and the second place in Group A will be produced between South Korea's U17 women's football team and the Philippines' U17 women's football team, and the two teams will play directly in the final round.
According to the regulations, the top three finishers of this tournament qualify for the 2024 Women's World Cup in Dominica from October 16 to November 3, 2024. At present, whether the Chinese U17 women's football team can rush to the finals, and even finally win the championship, the final round of the group, May 13 at 4 pm against the Japanese U17 women's football team The game is the most critical, only by defeating the Japanese U17 women's football team to win the first place in Group B, the semi-finals can avoid the North Korean U17 women's football team that is the first in Group A, and then the hope of advancing to the final will be greatly increased.
The performance of the Chinese U17 women's football team in the first two rounds of the game has made the outside world shine, this team under the guidance of the Australian coach Van Egmund coaching staff, the technical and tactical characteristics are distinct, and dare to dominate the game with me as the main player.
Currently, the U17 women's team of assistant coaches includes a number of former professional players. For example, assistant coaches Wang Hongliang and Sun Xiaoxuan have played in professional leagues for many years, and assistant coach Dong Meijun was a member of the Shaanxi women's football team and has been the coach of the Shaanxi women's football team for a long time. As representatives of the younger generation of players who have turned coaches, they, like this group of young women's football girls, strive to improve themselves and strive to achieve excellent results in international competitions.