On August 4, Beijing time, the women's football team of the 2024 Paris Olympics ended the 1/4 finals, United States advanced in extra time, Spain advanced on penalties, Germany advanced on penalties, as long as it enters overtime or penalties, the probability is that the strong team advances, back to the previous knockout round, there are many similarities, which may be the meaning of the existence of overtime and penalty shootouts.
Spain conceded two goals in a row, then Salma assisted Hermoso to break the goal, blowing the horn of counterattack, and in the 97th minute, Salma assisted Paredes to score, 2-2 whistle equaliser!
After extra time, it went into a penalty shootout, Mariona hit the first penalty, Kata saved the opponent's shot, Salma hit the third penalty, and finally Aitana scored the winning penalty, and Spain advanced to the last four!
Colombia women's football team almost worked a miracle! Facing the world's No. 1 Spain women's football team, relying on defensive counterattacks, with a mere 23% possession, once leading 2:0, and even had a chance to score a third goal.
World No. 2 hosts France Women's Football Team and reigning Olympic champions Canada were not so lucky, with the former being beaten by Brazil Women at the end of the match and the latter being eliminated by Germany Women on penalties.
France, ranked second in the world and the hosts, are naturally the favored side, and the suspension of Brazil's core Marta makes it even more difficult. However, in the first half, France won a penalty opportunity, Calshawi missed the penalty, and France also hit the woodwork twice, but could not score, but Brazil scored a stunning goal in the 82nd minute, Portillo, and Brazil blocked France 1-0 from the last four.
Canada as the defending champion, 120 minutes, the two teams drew 0-0, in the penalty shootout, Berg scored the winning penalty for the fifth time, such an important penalty shootout, the goalkeeper is indeed rare. Germany eliminated Canada 4-2 on penalties.
The Asian women's football team was the only representative of Japan in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games, and after 120 minutes of hard fighting, they still lost to the United States women's football team. In the last three Olympic Games, only the Asian women's football team at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics Australia women's football team has successfully entered the semi-finals, and the overall status of world football has continued to decline.
Judging from the whole game, the skills and cooperation of the Japan women's football team have been perfected, and the tactical play is also very advanced, but unfortunately the physical disadvantage limits the ceiling.
Therefore, the difficulty of the Chinese women's football team returning to the top is very huge, the technology is not as good as Japan, and the body is not as good as Europe and the United States. Trinity · Rodman, who scored the winning goal, is the daughter of former NBA superstar Rodman
The next semi-finals
United States vs Germany
Brazil vs Spain