At 19:30 Beijing time on July 27th, China's women's soccer team faced the strong Dutch women's soccer team in the 3rd round of the Tokyo Olympics Women's Soccer Group Stage in a decisive battle. In the first half, the game was uneventful, Van der Sanden broke the deadlock first, Wang Shanshan quickly equalized the score, however, Berenstain scored two goals; in the second half, Martens and substitute Miedema scored two goals each, Wang Yanwen saved a point for our team, but Pelova's shot once again for the Netherlands to lock the game. In the end, China's women's soccer team was defeated by the Netherlands with a score of 2-8, and at the same time, it also set a new record for the team's history of conceding goals in a single game at the Olympics.
In the first two rounds of matches between the two teams, the performance of our women's soccer team could be described as fluctuating. In the first match, they encountered the strong attack of Brazil, and in the second round, although they were once ahead by two goals, they only drew 1-1 with Zambia, the newcomer to the Olympic Games, and only gained one point. The Netherlands, on the other hand, showed amazing attacking power, scoring 13 goals in the first two rounds of matches, leading the attacking list, in which the former Champions League Golden Boot winner Viviane Miedema even scored six goals in two matches, and Zambia's youngster Banda tied for first place on the list of top scorers.
In the first half, in the 7th minute, our team won the front left positioning ball, Zhang Xin penalty kick to the penalty area, goalkeeper Van Fernedal directly out of the ball. In the 11th minute, our team again obtained the front left corner kick, Zhang Xin penalty kick to the penalty area, the ball directly hit the post, then the counterattack, the Netherlands broke the deadlock, the Netherlands right low ball diagonal pass to the penalty area, Peng Shimeng counterattack a little hesitant, van der Sanden inserted the ball shook the counterattacking Peng Shimeng, will be the ball into the empty goal, the Netherlands team 1-0 lead our team.
In the 27th minute, Zhang Xin peripheral distribution to the top of the arc, Xiao Yuyi made the ball knocked, Zhang Xin followed up the right-footed arc ball hit high. In the 28th minute, China's team equalized the score, China's foreground constitutes a second attack, Wang Shuang arc top after taking the ball into the middle of the penalty area to the right side of the body, Wang Shanshan stopped the ball after the disk with two steps, the front of the penalty area, left-footed shot, China's team 1-1 Netherlands. Then Lin Yuping scrambled for a foul and received a yellow card. In the 35th minute, Van der Sanden got the ball in the penalty area and divided it to the left, Martens got the ball and rolled it to the back of the point, the ball rubbed the post out of the bottom line. Then Wang Shanshan left triangle to the top of the arc, Wang Shuang followed up with a shot off.
In the second half, in the 46th minute, the Dutch team gave a pass after the right side of the set, Martens pressed the defenders to score a header, the Netherlands 4-1 lead our team. In the 52nd minute, our team won the positional ball on the left side of the field, Zhang Xin took the penalty and drove to the penalty area, and the ball was cleared out of the sideline after hitting the defenders. In the 56th minute, Van Der Donk's right-footed ball from the outside of the penalty area was cleared off the line by a defender. Then Berenstain's cross from the right side to the back point, Pelovar was left undefended to stop the ball and bounced off the line, losing the opportunity to shoot.
In the 65th minute, Midmar got the ball in front of the penalty area and burst into the middle of the penalty area, changed to the left foot shot, the ball hit the legs of the defense players refraction into the net, our team 1-5 behind the Netherlands. In the 68th minute, China's team back to a city, Wang Shuang curated an attack arc top ball to the left side of the penalty area, Liu Jing inserted cross knocking the middle of the penalty area, Wang Yanwen pushed the goal, China's team 2-5 behind the Netherlands. In the 70th minute, the right side of the penalty area, Miedema low cross ball, Martens meet the ball pushed shot through the Peng Simeng small door into the net, China 2-6 behind the Netherlands. Then Pelovar broke the ball in the middle of the field and brought it to the top of the arc, flashing away from the defense to shoot a right-footed shot into the goal, our team is 2-7 behind. In the 76th minute, the Netherlands right corner kick to the penalty area, Miedema unguarded in front of the goal cushion shot to break the goal, our team 2-8 behind the Netherlands. Finally, the match ended with our team losing 2-8 to the Netherlands.
China Women's Football Team: 12-Peng Shimeng, 2-Li Mengwen, 3-Lin Yuping, 16-Wang Xiaoxue, 17-Luo Guiping (27'19-Wang Ying), 6-Zhang Xin, 8-Wang Yan (58'14-Liu Jing), 13-Yang Lina, 7-Wang Shuang, 11-Wang Shanshan, 20-Shao Yuyi (58 '10-Wang Yanwen)
Netherlands women's soccer team: 1-van Fernedal, 2 Willems, 4 Noven, 5 van Dongen, 17 Dominique Jansen, 6 Rode, 10 van der Donk (61'9 Miedema), 14 Groen, 7 van der Sanden, 11 Martens, 18 Berenstern
