Japan U17 Women's Football Team 4-0 China U17 Semifinal China Failed to Avoid North Korea

Japan U17 Women's Football Team 4-0 China U17 Semifinal China Failed to Avoid North Korea

   Source: Xiao Nan, Beiqing Sports

The last round of Group B competition of the U17 Women's Asian Cup group match was held in Bali, Indonesia, on the afternoon of May 13, Beijing time. The Chinese U17 women's football team made every effort to defeat the Japanese U17 women's football team by 0 to 4 because of their poor skills, thus locking the second place in the group. The Japanese team won the first place in the group by three consecutive victories. This also means that the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team has to meet the top team in Group A in the semi-finals, and the powerful Korean U17 Women's Football Team will be more difficult to compete for tickets to the U17 Women's World Cup.

In the first two rounds of the group match, the Chinese and Japanese teams won the Australian U17 Women's Football Team and the Thai U17 Women's Football Team respectively, thus locking two qualification places in Group B in advance. However, because the Korean U17 Women's Football Team in Group A won three consecutive games, scored 22 goals, and did not lose a goal, both Chinese and Japanese teams did not want to encounter this opponent in advance in the semi-finals. Therefore, even if both teams have reached the knockout stage, the Chinese and Japanese teams also hope to be able to overcome their opponents at the end of the group game and win the first place in Group B.

It has to be said that the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team showed tenacity in the match on the 13th. Under the leadership of Australian coach Van Egmond, the team also pursues technical cooperation. However, in the face of the Japanese U17 women's football team with more outstanding technical ability, the performance of the Chinese U17 women's football team is obviously inferior.

According to the official data of the Asian Football Association, the ball control rate of the Japanese U17 women's football team reached 53%, 6 percentage points more than that of the Chinese U17 women's football team. However, compared with the opponent's threatening control of the ball, the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team's control of the ball mostly comes from the cross pass and return pass. In terms of attack, the Chinese U17 women's football team was comprehensively suppressed by the opponent.

The Japanese U17 women's football team scored 24 times this game, six times more than the Chinese U17 women's football team's four times. The Japanese U17 women's football team had 9 corners, which was also much higher than the Chinese U17 women's football team's 2 corners. This proves that there is a huge gap between the technical capabilities of both sides.

The Japanese U17 Women's Football Team used the right side to attack in the first nine minutes, and Fukushima Wangai made up the shot to break the goal. Then Chrysanthemum ground spent two times in the 73rd minute and 85th minute to "kill" the game. At the last minute of stoppage time, Reiri Genzu used a corner kick to head into the fourth goal of the Japanese U17 Women's Football Team. In the end, the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team was defeated by the other team 4 - 0, and finally ranked second in the group. In the other match in the same group, the Thai U17 Women's Football Team won the Australian U17 Women's Football Team 3-1, thus winning the third place in the group, and the Australian U17 Women's Football Team ranked the bottom in points.

In order to strengthen the preparation quality of the national famous women's football team, the Chinese Football Association specially invited the Australian coach Van Egmund with rich experience to coach the Chinese U17 women's football team. From the situation of this U17 group game, this team has a certain overall combat ability, and has players with outstanding individual abilities such as Li Yuhan, Song Yu and Zhou Xinyi. However, compared with the Japanese U17 women's football team, the gap between Chinese women's football team in terms of technology or football foundation is obvious. Only relying on hiring high-level foreign teachers can not significantly improve the international competitiveness of the team in a short period of time.

The schedule shows that the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team will meet the North Korean U17 Women's Football Team in the semi-final on the evening of 16th Beijing time, and the winner will directly advance to the U17 World Cup. The losers in this game can still compete for the last ticket to the U17 World Cup by winning the losers in another semi-final in the third round.

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