Reporter Wang Wei reports In the second round of Group B of the U17 Women's Asian Cup, the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team defeated Thailand 3-0. After two rounds of war, they scored 6 goals and one goal without losing, and advanced to the last four ahead of schedule. In the final round of the group match, they will compete for the first place in the group with the Japanese U17 women's football team, which also advanced, and then try to avoid the Korean U17 women's football team, which is the first place in Group A, in the semi-final. The match against Japan and the subsequent semi-finals are the real big test. Will the budding Chinese flowers really blossom?
This game is the second group match that the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team participated in. Since there are only three days between the first round and the first round, the Chinese Women's Football Team has made fine adjustments to the first 11 players - goalkeeper: Hou Shumei; Guards: Yang Yifan, Chen Rui, Wei Xuanxuan; Midfield: Song Yu, Yuan Chenjie, Chen Ziyi, Xiao Jiaqi, Zhang Kecan, Zhou Xinyi; Forward: Zhang Jie. Among them, Wei Xuanxuan, Chen Ziyi and Xiao Jiaqi were included in the starting list, and Liu Jingwen, Li Yuhan and Zhong Yuxin from the last start were included in the bench.
In the face of the Thai women's football team, which lost in the first round, the Chinese U17 women's football team took the initiative at the beginning of the game and frequently created shooting opportunities by pressing on the attack. Twenty five minutes before the first half of the game, the Chinese team completed seven shots. Among them, Xiao Jiaqi's long-range shot hit the doorframe in the 17th minute, just a little short of the goal. In the 38th minute of the game, the Thai U17 Women's Football Team almost knocked on the goal of the Chinese team.
In the second half of the game, the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team made a replacement adjustment, sending Li Yuhan, a fast horse who played an important role in the left road in the last round, to play. She replaced Xiao Jiaqi and Zhong Yuxin replaced Chen Ziyi. The very fast Li Yuhan changed the rhythm of the game after coming on as a substitute. In the 53rd minute, she created a good opportunity for her teammates and almost broke the goal.
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Then Li Yuhan used speed to create opportunities on the left road. In the 58th minute of the game, the Chinese women's football team broke the deadlock by Song Yu with the opportunity of set pieces, leading Thailand 1-0. Then Song Yu had a chance to score in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, the ball had gone out of the bottom line at the moment when his teammate passed the ball, and the goal was rejected.
At the end of the game, the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team had a small climax. In the 89th minute of the game, Zhang Kecan on the 16th changed the score to 2-0 with a long shot from the ground. In the 92nd minute of the game, Chen Rui, the central defender, scored the third goal in the Thai restricted area. In the end, the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team defeated Thailand 3-0 for two consecutive wins.
The three goals of Song Yu, Zhang Kecan and Chen Rui in this game are very special, reflecting the multiple technical characteristics of this Chinese U17 female soccer player. Before the game, the head coach of the Chinese U17 women's football team Van Egmund said that many of the team's players with distinctive characteristics, such as Song Yu and Zhang Kecan's organization and shooting in the middle and front court, are powerful tools for the team. At the same time, Li Yuhan's speed makes the Chinese team have a great impact on the left road.
After the game, the head coach of the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team, Van Egmund, summed up the game: "The team created a lot of opportunities. In the first half of the game, we played more anxiously. We made some adjustments at half-time. In the second half of the game, we began to use speed to open up the situation in two flanks." It is worth noting that the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team once again won zero opponents in this game, Van Egmund was also pleased to keep clean sheets for two consecutive games.
After the Chinese U17 Women's Football Match, the Japanese U17 Women's Football Team then defeated the Australian U17 Women's Football Team, the second opponent in the group match, 4-1. Both the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team and the Japanese U17 Women's Football Team won two consecutive victories, and both teams entered the semi-finals one round ahead of schedule.
After the two rounds of competition, the Japanese U17 Women's Football Team ranked first in the group and second in China's U17 Women's Football Team, relying on the advantage of goals and goal difference, with the two teams scoring 6 points at the same time.
On the previous match day, after two matches in Group A, the North Korean U17 women's football team beat the Philippines 6-0, and the South Korean U17 women's football team beat Indonesia 12-0.
So far, China's U17 Women's Football Team, Japan's U17 Women's Football Team and North Korea's U17 Women's Football Team have locked the top four seats in advance. The second place in Group A will be between South Korea's U17 Women's Football Team and the Philippines' U17 Women's Football Team, and the two teams will compete directly in the last round.
According to the regulations, the top three players of this tournament will be eligible for the 2024 U17 Women's World Cup in Dominica from October 16 to November 3, 2024. At present, whether the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team can reach the final, or even win the championship, is the key to the final round of the group. The match against the Japanese U17 Women's Football Team at 4:00 p.m. on May 13 is the most important. Only by defeating the Japanese U17 Women's Football Team and winning the first place in Group B, can the semi-final avoid the Korean U17 Women's Football Team, which is the first in Group A, and then the hope of reaching the final will be greatly increased.
The performance of the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team in the first two rounds of the competition made the world shine. Under the guidance of the Australian coach Van Egmund's coaching team, this team has distinctive technical and tactical characteristics, and dares to take me as the dominant player in the competition.
At present, the assistant teaching team of U17 Women's Football Team includes coaches who are former professional players. For example, teaching assistants Wang Hongliang and Sun Xiaoxuan have played in professional leagues for many years. Teaching assistant Dong Meijun was a member of Shaanxi women's football team and has long served as the coach of Shaanxi women's football echelon. As representatives of the transformation coaches of the young generation of players, they, like this group of young women's football girls, strive to achieve outstanding results in international competitions through their efforts to improve themselves.
