Chinanews client, April 13th (Bian Liqun) The women's Olympic preliminaries, which lasted more than a year, finally came to an end with the cheers of more than 13,000 fans in Suzhou.

  In the second round of the Olympic preliminaries on the 13th, the Chinese women's football team returned to the home court to withstand the pressure, defeating South Korea with a total score of 4:3, and successfully entered the Tokyo Olympics!

  This is the sixth time that the Chinese women's football team has successfully entered the Olympic Games since the women's football team entered the Olympics in 1996.

The Chinese women's football team is in the game.

Image source: Visual China

Looking back at the women's Olympic preliminaries, the road is long and difficult.

  Because of the sudden epidemic in 2020, the women's football girls who originally played at home were forced to go to Australia to compete.

Wang Shuang became the hero of this battle between China and Korea.

Picture source: Oriental IC

  After losing the home court advantage, the difficulties brought by objective conditions followed one after another.

The team's core Wang Shuang, as well as players such as Yao Wei, Lu Yueyun, and Li Mengwen, were unable to travel due to the epidemic prevention and control.

  After arriving in Australia, the Chinese women's football team was quarantined in a hotel for another eight days, and was able to conduct normal ball training the day before the first match of the Olympic preliminaries.

Data map: On February 10, 2020, in the women's Olympic preliminaries, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Chinese Taipei women's football team 5:0.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency.

  But under such unfavorable conditions, the Chinese women's football girls still showed brilliant performance. They beat the Thai women's football 6:1 in the first game, and swept Chinese Taipei 5:0 in the second game, qualifying ahead of schedule.

  Facing the world's strong Australian team at home, the Chinese women's football team did not lose the wind. In the case of a 1-goal lead, they were eventually tied by their opponents due to physical overdraft and ranked second in the group.

Data map: Chinese women's football team in the 2020 Australia Women's Football Olympic preliminaries.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tao Shelan

  And because of the epidemic, the Olympic preliminaries play-offs with the Korean women's football team were twists and turns.

The double-round match originally scheduled for March 6th and 11th last year was postponed a total of 4 times, and it was not possible until April 8th this year.

  In the first round of the Olympic preliminaries with the Korean women's football team, the women's football girls who appeared again after 420 days lived up to expectations. They defeated their opponents 2:1 in the away game and grabbed Olympic tickets to compete for the opportunity. At the same time, they also started Chinese football in 2021. .

The Chinese women's football starting lineup for the second round of the Olympic preliminaries.

  In this round of competition, the Chinese women's football team is still difficult. As the captain of the defense core Wu Haiyan was suspended because of accumulated yellow cards and missed this crucial battle. Jia Xiuquan chose Luo Guiping to make up for the vacancy, and Li Mengwen was the full-back.

The remaining starting positions are consistent with the first round.

  The South Korean women's football team made a lot of adjustments. The three European international footballers Chi Xiaoran, Zhao Zhaoxian and Li Jinwen all started in the second round, adopting a 5-3-2 formation, and adjusted the wing to a certain extent.

The ups and downs of this competition also laid the groundwork for the tortuous process of this game.

Long-lost fans were greeted at the scene.

  In the opening stage of the game, the two sides fell into a midfield fight. The Chinese women's football team, which led the total score, was not too conservative, but frequently pushed up and made frontcourt presses.

Did not give the South Korean team eager to equalize too many opportunities.

  Instead, in the 22nd minute, Zhang Xin actively grabbed and almost succeeded in stealing the South Korean goalkeeper, who hurriedly cleared the sideline.

Tang Jiali's long shot was slightly wide.

  In the 25th minute, the Chinese women's football team successfully intercepted the ball through the frontcourt. Tang Jiali shot a long shot from the outside of the penalty area and shot a threatening shot from both sides.

In the 27th minute, the Chinese team made a threat again. Wang Shuang tried a long shot outside the penalty area, but was saved by the South Korean goalkeeper.

The South Korean women's football team scored a goal.

  In the 30th minute, the situation on the court suddenly changed. When the Chinese team started to attack, the South Korean team scored a goal instead, and the total score was tied to 2:2.

Since then, the overall rhythm of the Chinese women's football has fallen into chaos and lost the initiative on the court.

The South Korean team scored another goal.

  In this out-of-control rhythm, the South Korean team scored another goal in the chaos in the 44th minute, and the South Korean team led by 3:2.

  In the 68th minute, the Chinese women's football equalized the total score!

Wang Shuang scored directly from a free kick.

The Chinese team equalized the total score!

  In the regular time, the two sides tied 3:3 and entered overtime.

After a fight with the opponent, until the 103rd minute of the game, Wang Shuang got the ball from the front of the penalty area and volleyed directly into the net!

The total score of the Chinese team is 4:3 ahead!

In the end, the women's football girls kept the score until the end of the game, winning the Tokyo Olympic tickets as they wished!

  After the game, Wang Shuang, who scored twice in the China-South Korea war, said in an interview: "Whether it’s 90 minutes or 120 minutes, we never thought of giving up. Even if we are behind 0:2 in the first half, we believe it. You can pull it back. This has not disappointed our more than 100 days of training, more than 10,000 meters per day, we just think so, even if we use running, we will crush them."

The Chinese team leads again.

  Women's football rushed into the Tokyo Olympics as hoped, and it is considered a success to start the first major battle of Chinese football in 2021.

After this, Chinese football will enter the league mode, and the new season of the Super League will kick off on April 20.

  After the fifth round of the league, Chinese football will once again enter the national team mode. The national football team will return to the international arena on May 30 after a lapse of one and a half years, and will be based in Suzhou for the 4 games of the second half of the top 40 world preliminaries.

At that time, they will face Guam, Maldives, the Philippines and Syria in turn, and as long as they win a full victory, they will be guaranteed to advance to the top 12.

Data map: The National Football Team will be training in Shanghai in March.

Photo by Zhang Hengwei

  For Li Tie and his national team, the top 40 matches are the lowest score.

The ultimate goal is to break through to the World Cup in the top 12 and start the second battle of Chinese football throughout the year. This is also the most important battle.

  For the changing Chinese football, victory at the competition level is indeed needed to motivate practitioners and fans and build confidence.

  The four world preliminaries of the top 40 games are all held at home, and all aspects have provided the national football with the best objective conditions. I hope that this "geographical advantage" can also be exchanged for "time" and "time" like the Chinese women's football team. People and".

  Congratulations to the Chinese women's football team, today is a long-lost good day for Chinese football.

(Finish)