China's women's soccer team's dilemma and reflection on the tragic loss of the Olympic women's soccer team
In the recently concluded Olympic
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In the group stage, our
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A heartbreaking 2-8 loss left the Netherlands
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The triumphs seem to shine through. Our
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The team suffered elimination in the group stage, losing all three matches, conceding 17 goals, accumulating only one point and netting a loss of 11 goals. At one point in time, the country
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The brilliant results are still the shroud of our soccer, however, as the level of women's football in the world has risen, our country
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It seems to be following in the footsteps of our men's soccer team.
Today's game is a great opportunity for my country.
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For them, victory is the only way out, and only by defeating their opponents can they have a chance to get out of the group. However, against the previous
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Runner-up to the Netherlands, who beat Zambia 10-3 in the group stage.
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Most of our fans thought before the game that it would be a good idea to leave our country
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The chances are not many. Even if undefeated, perhaps just reducing the number of goals conceded is already considered a relatively realistic expectation.
At the start of the match, the Netherlands, who had already secured their place in the group
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Then the onslaught began, and our
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The fragile backline was virtually invulnerable to the attack. The first half ended with our
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Already down 1-3, the second half was even more uninspiring. In the end, our
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suffered elimination with a heartbreaking 2-8 loss. The loss was the culmination of our
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Since the Athens Olympics 0-8 defeat Germany
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since, the worst in all competitions in the last 17 years. Our
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The poor performance of conceding 8 goals in a single game also tied the record of conceding goals in a single game for our adult soccer representative team. In addition to the 0-8 defeat against Germany in the Athens Olympics, China's men's soccer team had also lost 0-8 to Brazil in a warm-up match.
There was a time when the poor performance of our men's soccer team left our fans doubly frustrated, and the country's
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The rise of the world has given us great hope. Our country's
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We won a silver medal in our first Olympic Games and became the pride of our soccer. However, this Tokyo Olympics, our
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The performance was disappointing, as if recreating the image of our men's soccer team. To paraphrase a phrase often given to our men's soccer team, if we don't work hard enough to leave our country
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The time is running out.
Extended Reading
25 years! Shame on history! 17 goals conceded in 3 games, my country.
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Setting an Olympic record for goals conceded
our country
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2-8 against the Netherlands, ending the journey of the current Olympic Games in Tokyo. 25 years and six times to fight in the Olympic Games, China's
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Suffered a historic humiliation, conceding a total of 17 goals in 3 group games.
At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, our
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Made their Olympic debut and finished as runners-up. Conceded only five goals in five games in Atlanta, and only four in the semifinals against Brazil and the final against the United States.
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, our
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The group failed to qualify, conceding 4 goals in 3 games.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, our
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Again the group failed to qualify, losing 0-8 against Germany and drawing 1-1 with Mexico.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, our
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Playing at home, they only made it to the last 8. 4 matches in, our
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4 goals conceded.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, our
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Once again, our country has made it to the last eight.
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Conceded 4 goals, losing only 0-3 to Brazil in the first game and 0-1 to Germany in the quarterfinals.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics, our
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The group failed to qualify, with the backline being held by the Netherlands
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Beaten to a pulp! We lost 0-5 to Brazil in the first match, drew 4-4 with Zambia in the second match, and lost 2-8 to Holland tonight in 3 matches.
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A total of 17 were conceded, setting a record for goals conceded at the Olympics.
