The U17 Asian Cup continues, and the Chinese women's football team ushered in the final match of the group, the opponent is the Asian No. 1 Japanese team, both sides have won 2 consecutive victories and qualified ahead of schedule. The Chinese team first won the Australian team by 3 goals, and then won the Thai team 3-0, but the Japanese team won the Japanese team and the Australian team 4-0 and 3-0 respectively, with a goal difference of 1, which means that in the final round of the showdown, the Japanese team can get the first place in the group as long as it does not lose, and occupies a favorable position in the knockout round.
In the starting lineup, the Chinese team used a 361 formation, Hou Shulin guarded the city, Wei Xuanxuan, Chen Rui, Yang Yifan partnered with three central defenders, Yuan Chenjie and Song Yu formed a double back, Zhang Kecan, Lin Yuyan, Li Yuhan, Zhou Xinyi sat in the midfield, Zhang Jie single arrow on the front line, No. 10 core Xiao Jiaqi sat on the bench, the Chinese team still has a back hand, the opponent is strong, or to stabilize the defense first, through the defensive counterattack to find shooting opportunities, in addition, in the midfield to arrange 6 players, but also hope to pass the defensive density, Limit the opponent's midfield passing.
After the start of the game, the Japanese team quickly occupied the midfield advantage, possession of more than 60%, while the front of the high pressing, the Chinese team once more difficult to play, in the 8th minute, the Japanese team broke through on the right side of the cross, Fukushima Wangai grabbed a cushion of his right foot in front of Hou Shulin, the ball flew straight into the lower left corner of the goal into the net, Japan 1 goal lead, a dream start. In the 28th minute, Lin Yuyan got a long-range shot opportunity, which was not strong and difficult to form a threat, and was easily confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper, and at halftime, the Japanese team continued to have a 1-0 advantage.
Yibian fought again, the Chinese team replaced Xiao Jiaqi and Zhong Yuxin, strengthened the attack, let go of the fight, the two sides entered the attack mode, each other attacked and defended, in the 74th minute, the Japanese team made a long pass in the backfield, Hana Kikuchi got a single chance, although the defense stepped forward to block, but hit the near corner to break the goal, the Japanese team expanded the advantage to 2 goals. Only 4 minutes later, Hana Kikuchi scored another goal to complete the "brace". In stoppage time, Japan scored another goal from a corner.
In the end, the Chinese team lost 0-4, the first defeat in this tournament, and the first defeat of the U17 women's football team in this year's competition, finishing second in the group and will face the North Korean team, the leader of Group A, who won 3 consecutive group games, scored 22 goals and did not concede 1 goal, and was strong. According to the rules, the top three in this tournament will enter the U17 Women's World Cup starting in mid-October, and if the Chinese team wants to advance, it needs to defeat the North Korean team in the semi-finals, which is not easy.