At noon on July 17, Beijing time, the Chinese women's soccer team held its second warm-up match in Australia against the Colombian women's soccer team. This warm-up match was also the last warm-up match for the Chinese women's soccer team to prepare for the World Cup. Head Coach Shui Qingxia also emphasized that this match will put all Chinese women's soccer players in the best condition. It was good to practice tactics. The whole match was closed. In the end, the Chinese women's soccer team drew with the Colombian women's soccer team with a score of 2-2, thanks to Zhang Xin's two assisted goals and Wu Chengshu's two goals.
As a matter of fact, we did a very good job in applying our tactical formation in this warm-up match between the Chinese women's soccer team and the Colombian women's soccer team. One of the two goals lost was caused by a Chinese women's oolong, and the other was a foul on our defense that gave the opponent a penalty kick opportunity. It can be said that the two lost goals were caused by our mistakes. The goals scored by the Chinese women's soccer team were completely won by our truest strength, and we are not bad at all.
In this match between the Chinese women's soccer team and the Colombian women's soccer team, the Chinese women's soccer team made a mistake in the 20th minute, which led to an uncontested goal. But soon launched a counterattack and scored within two minutes. Zhang Xin provided the assist and Wu Chengshu scored. Nine minutes after Wu Chengshu's goal, the teamwork of Zhang Xin and Wu Chengshu paid off again. Wu Chengshu scored twice to give the Chinese women a 2-1 lead. However, it is worth noting that the Colombian women's soccer team was awarded a penalty kick in the first half of injury time, resulting in a 2-2 draw.
Overall, the warm-up match between the Chinese women's soccer team and the Colombian women's soccer team also reflected our true level of not losing to the Colombian women's soccer team. The Colombian women's soccer team is currently the second ranked team in South America and the 25th ranked team in the world. Our warm-up match with this team allowed the Chinese women's soccer team to better adjust to the game and gain confidence. Shui Qingxia's coaching staff arranged for the team to play two warm-up matches in Australia against Brazilian and Colombian women's soccer teams in order to practice tactics, not to get good results. We do our best to get the best result in the World Cup.
Outstanding domestic women's soccer player Zhang Xin and Wu Chengshu, who studied in Australia, were the contributors to the Colombian women's soccer team. However, for the Chinese women's soccer team, the 2-2 draw against the Colombian women's soccer team also gave us confidence. We saw the gaps and strengths we have against the strong US team. We focus on the mistakes in the Chinese women's defense. This includes defenses that allow opponents to have penalty kick opportunities and oops. Fortunately, this happened in a warm-up game and not an official World Cup match. We will also focus on the defense. This is to prepare for the World Cup.
Next, the Chinese women's soccer team will stop warm-up matches before the World Cup. We will also make the best physical adjustment and physical recovery. Players such as Zhang Linyan, Wang Frost, Wu Chengshu and Tang Jiali will also do their best in the next World Cup. As long as we make sure that we will not lose the match against Denmark Women's Football Team, our hope of getting out of the group will be greatly increased.
