Lost to North Korea and missed the final! Chinese Women's Coach Coach: The goal is clear, that is, to qualify for the World Junior Championships

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2024-05-17 12:28Posted on the official account of Guangdong Football News

Reporter Wang Wei reported that on the evening of May 16, in the semifinals of the U17 Women's Asian Cup (hereinafter referred to as the Women's Asian Junior Championship) in Bali, Indonesia, the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team (hereinafter referred to as the Women's Youth) lost 0-1 to North Korea and missed the final. For the Chinese girls, the next goal is to finish third and qualify for the World Junior Championships.

In the last round of the group stage, the women's youth lost 0-4 at the foot of Japan, and advanced to the semifinals with the second place in Group B, and the opponent was North Korea, which won all three games in the group stage and scored 22 goals and did not concede a goal. Junior coach Van Egmund admitted before the game: "The game against North Korea was very important and it was difficult. It's a rare opportunity for the team and the players to play in the Junior World Championships and we have to fight for it. The top three in the Asian Junior Championship can qualify, and now, we have a chance to qualify early, and we have to seize it. ”

Van Egmund said that after the group stage, the team reviewed three games and found the strengths and weaknesses: "It helps the players to understand themselves, for young players it is difficult to play every three days, but we have prepared well. North Korea performed well in the group stage, they were very physical, and the game strategy was very straightforward. In this game, we have to be brave, lose the ball and quickly come back to fight for more possession. ”

Van Egmund wanted the team to keep the ball, but judging from the game, it was North Korea who took the initiative, and the women were mostly in passive defense.

In this game, Van Egmund made a number of personnel adjustments, and in the final round of the group stage, Zhang Jie, Song Yu, Yuan Chenjie, Wei Xuanxuan, Yang Yifan, Zhou Xinyi and other 6 players who started in Japan were all substituted, and Cheng Haitang, Wang Dantong, Liu Zeyu, Sun Mengyue, Dong Yujie, and Zhong Yuxin took their place.

After the start of the game, the North Korean players showed good individual skills and good physical fitness, and they formed a siege on the women's goal. In the 11th minute, Choi Yishan took the ball with his back in the penalty area and passed back, and Choi Yanya scored with a low shot, which was difficult, but it still slowly rolled into the goal.

After that, North Korea continued to press, and throughout the game, they led 20-3 in shots on goal, and the women's youth only had one shot on target.

After the match, Van Egmund said he was not happy to lose the semi-finals, "Our goal in this tournament is to win the championship, but North Korea is very strong, including individual ability, and we are under a lot of pressure. He believes that the girls actually had a few chances in the second half, "If you take it, the scene and the result may be different."

Next, the women's goal is to finish third, "We have a clear goal, which is to qualify for the World Junior Championships, and we have to recover as soon as possible and prepare for the competition." Van Egmund said.

The women's opponent is South Korea, who lost 3-0 to Japan in the other semi-final that ended earlier. According to the schedule, the third-place match will be played at 3 p.m. on May 19, and the final will be played at 7 p.m.

FIFA has decided that from 2025, the men's and women's World Junior Championships will be changed to an annual edition, in addition, the men's football team will be expanded from 24 teams to 48 teams, the women's football team will be expanded from 16 teams to 24 teams, and the women's Asian qualification quota will be increased from 3 to 4. From 2025 to 2029, the men's World Junior Championship will be played in Qatar, and the women's football team will be in Morocco.

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