At noon on July 20, the first round of the 8th Women's East Asian Cup 2022, China's women's soccer team and China's Taipei team duel was passionately staged at the Toyota Soccer Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
[Our women's soccer team]
In the history of our women's soccer team in the East Asia Cup, the results are not ideal, had 7 times to participate but never won the trophy, only 1 time to win the second place, 3 times among the third place, more 3 times to the fourth place. Compared to the 23-man lineup of the Asian Cup, the 26-man list of the East Asian Cup retained 19 players, including Wu Haiyan, Wang Linlin, Lv Yueyun, Song Duan, He Zhaofen, Pan Hongyan, Wan Jiayao, etc., while Ma Jun, Wang Yanwen, Li Ying, Zhao Lina, etc. is regrettably out of the selection. After the Asian Cup, China's women's soccer team has not been involved in the official competition, the first game of the East Asian Cup against China Taipei, is undoubtedly a practical exercise for the team.
In the pre-match press conference, Shui Qingxia said: "We are very happy to be able to come to Japan to participate in the East Asian Cup. We hope to learn from our opponents through this tournament, and we also hope that our young players can get training through the tournament to prepare for the World Cup next year. Facing three powerful opponents, we participate in this tournament precisely to get improvement in psychology and technical and tactical skills, discover our strengths and weaknesses, and hope that our young players can play well and achieve good results."
[Our Taipei]
In the Asian Cup, our Taipei team finished 6th and is expected to qualify for the World Cup through a cross-continental play-off. In the history of the East Asian Cup, our Taipei team has participated in 2010 and 2019, but the result was 6 consecutive defeats, scoring 0 goals and conceding a whopping 23 goals. In this East Asian Cup, facing strong teams like China, Japan and South Korea, our Taipei team aims to at least make a breakthrough of 0 goals scored.
[Historical encounter]
In the international A-level matches between China's women's soccer team and Chinese Taipei, the two sides have met 19 times, and China's women's soccer team has achieved a full victory, scoring as many as 58 goals, and has not conceded a single goal.
[Projected debut]
China's women's soccer starting lineup: 1-Ju Yu; 8-Yao Wei, 11-Wang Shanshan, 3-Wang Xiao Xue, 14-Lou Jiahui; 6-Zhang Xin, 16-Yao Lingwei, 23-Gao Chen, 15-Wu Chengshu; 7-Wang Frost, 18-Tang Jiali.
