The 2024 U17 Women's Asian Cup continues in Indonesia, on the evening of May 16, Beijing time, the semifinals of the U17 Women's Asian Cup began, and the Chinese women's football team faced the North Korean women's football team. Yibian fought again, and the two sides attacked and defended each other, but both failed to break the goal. In the end, China U17 women's football team 0-1 North Korea U17 women's football team. The Chinese team will compete with South Korea for the third place and the ticket to the World Junior Championships, and the North Korean team will advance to the final against the Japanese team.
The Chinese women's football team is the third place in the last U17 Women's Asian Cup, directly qualified for the U17 Women's Asian Cup, in the group draw, the Chinese women's football team was divided into the group of death, the same group has the last champion Japan women's football team, the fourth Australian women's football team and the Thai women's football team, and finally the Chinese women's football team defeated the Australian women's football team and the Thai women's football team with a score of 3-0, but lost 0-4 to the Japanese women's football team, and advanced to the semifinals as the second in the group.
The North Korean women's football team lost to the Japanese women's football team in the final of the last U17 Women's Asian Cup and won the runner-up, and the South Korean women's football team, the Indonesian women's football team, and the Philippine women's football team were in the same group as the South Korean women's football team, the Indonesian women's football team, and the Philippine women's football team won the three games in the group stage, 7-0 swept the South Korean women's football team, defeated the Philippine women's football team 6-0, and bloodied the Indonesian women's football team 9-0, won all three games, won 22 goals, and advanced to the semifinals as the group leader.
In the game, in the 10th minute, the North Korean team's continuous short passes in the front court were matched to do back, Choi Yishan shot low flat at the top of the arc, Hou Shulin made a mistake and the ball slowly rolled into the net, and the Chinese U17 women's football team fell behind the North Korean U17 women's football team 0-1. In the 30th minute, the opponent's corner kick on the right side was driven into the penalty area, and goalkeeper Hou Shulin attacked to pick up the ball and almost gave a gift again. In the 38th minute, the defenders of the Chinese team were stuck in the penalty area to protect the ball, and goalkeeper Hou Shulin was too hesitant to attack and was almost shot by the opponent. In the 45th minute, the opponent's low flat ball on the right side swept in front of the goal, and Cui Yishan's close-range outflanking in front of the goal was unexpectedly missed. The Chinese women's football team escaped.
In the second half, in the 49th minute, Cui Yishan's small-angle shot after a false swing in the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 82nd minute, the defenders of the Chinese team passed back and almost gave gifts, but fortunately, goalkeeper Hou Shulin attacked in time to control the ball. In the end, the Chinese women's football team lost 0-1 to the North Korean women's football team and missed the final. Judging from the data after the game, the Chinese women's football team had 45% possession, and only 3 shots on goal and 1 shot on target in the whole game. On the other hand, the North Korean women's football team had 55% possession, 20 shots and 7 shots on target.
The other semi-final was played by the Japanese women's football team against the South Korean women's football team, in the game, Japan had an absolute advantage, the possession rate was 67%, 27 shots, 13 shots on target, and finally the sincere Miharu scored twice, and the Japanese women's football team defeated the South Korean women's football team 3-0. South Korea's women's football team managed just 33% possession and had 3 shots on target from 6 attempts.
The North Korean women's football team won all four games, scoring 23 goals without conceding one, and reached the final of the U17 Women's Asian Cup for two consecutive years. The Japanese women's football team has won all four games in the same way, but the Japanese women's football team has only scored 15 goals and conceded one. The final will be held on the evening of May 19, Beijing time. The Japanese women's football team and the North Korean women's football team have met in the finals of the U17 Asian Cup for two consecutive years, and the last U17 Women's Asian Cup was won by the Japanese women's football team defeated the North Korean women's football team.
At 15 o'clock in the afternoon of May 19, Beijing time, the U17 Women's Asian Cup third and fourth place finals, the Chinese women's football team will play against the South Korean women's football team, both teams are 2 wins and 2 losses in this U17 Women's Asian Cup, and the Chinese women's football team defeated the Australian women's football team in the third and fourth place finals in the last U17 Women's Asian Cup and won the third place. The top three teams in this year's U17 Women's Asian Cup will participate in the 2024 U17 Women's World Cup, and the Chinese women's football team is aiming for third place and participating in the U17 Women's World Cup.