At 19:30 GMT on July 27, the women's soccer group stage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics entered the third round, with a much-anticipated matchup between China's women's soccer team and the Netherlands' women's soccer team.
The match was a make-or-break battle for our women's soccer team. Previously, China's women's soccer team first 0-5 defeated the Brazilian women's soccer team, and then in the good situation and Zambia into a 4-4 draw. The match against the Netherlands women's soccer team is directly related to whether our women's soccer team can continue to stay in the Tokyo Olympics soccer field. Observing the performance of the Dutch women's soccer team, the first round of the game with 10-3 victory over Zambia, the second round of the game with 3-3 draw Brazil, obviously has advanced. Facing such an opponent, if our women's soccer team can avoid a big loss, it is already considered a victory.
In the first half, China's women's soccer team conceded a goal in the 11th minute due to a defense error, which was also the 10th time China's women's soccer team conceded a goal in this Olympics, setting a record for conceding a goal in a group game. Fortunately, Wang Shuang then assisted Wang Shanshan to equalize the score. However, our women's soccer team fell behind by two consecutive goals in the 37th minute and 45+2 minutes, ending the first half 1-3 behind the Dutch women's soccer team.
In the second half, our women's soccer team lost the ball at the beginning of the game, which made people wonder whether the players were playing serious defense. The defense was so bad that the offense was also suppressed by the Dutch women's soccer team, which once rushed under the goal. In the second half, our women's soccer team lost 5 goals in a row, and finally lost 2-8 to the Netherlands women's soccer team, with two losses and one draw in the group, regretting to go out.
Our women's soccer team lost two and drew one in three matches, conceding 17 goals to set an embarrassing record, and also set a new record for goals conceded by a team participating in the Olympics.
Our women's soccer starting lineup:
Goalkeeper: Peng Shimeng
Defenders: 2 - Li Mengwen, 16 - Wang Xiaoxue, 3 - Lin Yuping, 17 - Luo Guiping
Midfield: 6 - Zhang Xin, 7 - Wang Frost, 13 - Yang Lina, 8 - Wang Yan
Forward: 11 - Wang Shanshan, 20 - Xiao Yuyi
Our women's soccer substitutes:
9-Mu Shiwen, 10-Wang Yanwen, 15-Yang Man, 14-Liu Jing, 18-Uri Gumura, 19-Wang Ying, 22-Ding Xuan
Dutch women's soccer starting lineup:
Goalkeeper: 1 - Van Fernedal
Backs: 2-Wilms, 4-Novan, 5-Van Dongen, 17-Dominic Jansen
Midfielders: 6-Rhodes, 10-Vanderdonk, 14-Groon
Forwards: 7 Van der Sanden, 11 Martens, 18 Berenstern
