At one point, the Chinese team led 2-0
Reporter Chen Qingyang Weifang reported that "if the men's football team loses a few to Japan, the women's football team will win back a few." When the U16 Chinese women's football team led the Japanese team 2-0 and continued to launch an offensive frenzy, people once thought that they could use the women's football team to satirize the U16 Chinese men's football team that had defeated Japan 0-4 the day before. But the Japanese team's No. 14 Tomoko Tanaka soon "punched in the face" with this senseless "revenge theory". 2-2, U16 China Women's National Junior finally equalized by Japan in the second match of the Weifang Cup.
"The Chinese team is a very difficult team to deal with, and we also lost to the Chinese team here last year. Through this tournament, our players also got a very good experience. After the game, Japanese coach Ueki Nanase took the initiative to mention last year's loss to China. At that time, the Chinese women's football team Guo Shao, who had no chance of qualifying for the World Junior Championship, defeated the later World Championship runner-up Japan 1-0 with the brave performance of goalkeeper Xu Huan and the header of captain Tu Linli. At that time, Gao Hong commented that the women's football team at all levels of the national brand name can defeat the Japanese team, is "a breakthrough".
This year, the same Weifang Cup, the same against the Japanese team, the Chinese women's football team Guo Shao originally had the opportunity to change this breakthrough from quantitative change to qualitative change. Although they failed to gain a foothold in the first ten minutes of the opening and their possession rate was not as good as Japan's, the gradually calming Chinese team created more scoring opportunities on the field than the Japanese team. In the 25th minute of the game, Chinese back Jin Jing took advantage of a direct free kick opportunity to break the deadlock first. This free kick, the Japanese team sent a seven-person human wall, still pierced by Jin Jing's kick.
At present, this U16 women's football national junior high school, Jin Jing is the first set-piece player, almost all of the free kicks. Usually, she often deliberately practices free kicks in various positions, mainly playing in the near corner. Before taking the free kick, Jin Jing also aimed at the near corner: "As soon as I saw that it was a near angle, I felt that I could definitely score." My teammates also told me to believe in yourself. Then the ball went in. ”
Yang Qian
Coach Gao Hong also said after the game that due to the limited basic strength of the team and the hasty preparation time, he has been consciously spending some effort on set-pieces. China's second goal also came from a set-piece. In the 55th minute, Jin Jing scored consecutive corners, although she was released by the Japanese defenders, she sent a straight plug after the second organization of the attack, assisting Yang Qian to turn around and shoot at the goal. This is also Yang Qian's two consecutive goals in the Weifang Cup, before the first game, she also specially wrote a small note "must score", and the result was indeed a goal. Before this corner kick cooperation, Yang Qian also deliberately told Jin Jing loudly, "Just punish like this, a little farther." Gao Hong commented that the players did a relatively good job in the tactical execution of set-pieces and achieved certain results.
However, after taking a 2-0 lead, the Chinese women's soccer team, which continued to strengthen its offensive attack, was seized by Japan's Tomoko Tanaka to pull two goals in a row within four minutes. Ueki Nanse attributed Japan's counterattack to the team's stepped-up high pressing. Throughout the game, japan has been holding on to the gap left by the chinese full-back assist, especially the right side (japan's left side). "If it's just for this game, I can arrange for four defenders not to attack out and keep the score even. But this game is a rare exercise for them, and they still have to implement their own tactics. So tactically, I encouraged them to continue to be involved in the offense. Gao Hong admitted that after taking the lead by two goals, the team still had the idea of attacking, which also led to greater pressure and challenge on both full-backs.
Zhang Linyan
In addition, physical fitness is still a major problem that limits the chinese women's football team to go further. Despite making as many as four adjustments in personnel, there are still players such as Yang Qian and Han Huimin who have cramps. After the game, Zhang Linyan, Shen Mengyu and other players also admitted in an interview that the physical problem was the main reason why the team was equalized. "Still lack of experience in international competitions. After being pulled back a ball, everyone panicked and quickly scored another goal. Zhang Linyan said.
"No matter what happened today, my players were able to hold this score and not lose the game in the face of extreme physical decline, and I am still very happy for them. Especially in the second half, the team's fighting style was very tenacious. After the game, Gao Hong concluded.
When analyzing the situation between the Chinese and Japanese teams last year and this year, Nanse Ueki said that this year's Chinese women's football team has better technology, while the Japanese team is a newly formed team, and there is still a big gap between the team that finally finished second in the World Junior Championship last year. But in fact, this Chinese women's football team also has a lot of gaps with last year's national junior team born in 1999 and 2000. This year's national junior team, which is mainly based on the 2001 and 02 age groups, is not the age group of the National Games, and the selection area is very small, with less than 200 people. In this team, the captain Shen Mengyu, as well as the two good players on the side, Yang Qian and Zhang Linyan, are from the previous batch of national teenagers.
Captain Shen Mengyu
Gao Hong said that with the current strength of this team, there is still a long way to go to enter the World Junior Championships to start in September, but there is not much time left for the team. In the main force of this team, 7 or 8 players will return to their respective local teams to represent the team in the U18 age group of the National Games. They need to wait until the end of the National Games, in the last two or three weeks before the start of the Asian Junior Championship, finally have another training camp, and then go directly to Thailand to participate in the Asian Junior Championship.
"No matter how difficult it is, no matter how many challenges, we are determined to get a ticket to the World Junior Championship. Participating in international competitions is very important for our players, and it is also very important for the future construction of the Chinese women's national team echelon and talent supplementation. So we're going to get this ticket. Gao Hong said.
China U-16 Women's Team Lineup: 1- He Peibin, 3- Zhou Mengqing, 4- Zhou Shasha (34th minute 2- Wang Yumeng), 5- Han Huimin, 6- Jin Jing (65th minute 25 - Zhou Xinyu), 7- Yang Qian (76th minute 19-Huang Xiaoxu), 8-Ou Yiyao (30' yellow card), 9-Shen Mengyu, 10-Tang Han (58th minute 20-Li Yuehua), 11-Zhang Linyan, 14-Li Yinghua
Japan U-16 Women's Team Lineup: 1- Rina Yamashita (46th minute 18 - Ōba Chuba), 3- Miyuki Arai (22' yellow card), 6 - Atsushi Matsuda, 8-Sairo Ito, 11- Haruhana Osawa, 13-Rin Watanabe, 14-Tomoko Tanaka, 15-Nana Watanabe (62nd minute 2 -Ibuki Ōe), 16 -Yuzuki Yamamoto (78th minute 4-Chizu tofumi), 17-Momoko Yamashita, 20-Ito (62nd minute 7-Nakao)