At dawn on July 17, China's elite women's soccer team embarked on their journey, departing from the national soccer training camp in Xianghe, Hebei province, to their destination, the Capital International Airport. Upon arrival in Japan, they officially kicked off the Tokyo
the Olympics
The prologue. This is the sixth time that the Chinese women's soccer team has embarked on the Olympic journey, and so far they are the Asian team with the most number of Olympic appearances
women's soccer
Team. Recalling the thrilling reversal of South Korea in the Olympic play-offs in April, Wang Frost led the Chinese
women's soccer
One must take hold of the rudder of one's destiny with an equally brilliant performance.
Atlanta, 1996
the Olympics
For the first time, women's soccer was an Olympic sport. China's women's soccer team surprised the world on their first trip to the Olympics, defeating Sweden and Denmark, drawing with the United States, and then reversing Brazil to reach the final, losing to the United States, but collecting a silver medal. The original goal of "entering the top three international teams in 1999" was realized three years ahead of schedule. Subsequently five international cup, China women's soccer team twice out of the group stage, but all in the eight rounds of the defeat.
Currently, Guangzhou is playing with a full Chinese squad, but the team's strength is at the top of the Chinese Super League, with five naturalized players. Domestic players such as Yang Liyu, Gao Junyi and Wei Shihao are gradually picking up their form, and in the last game, the whole team scored goals. The performance of both offense and defense is quite outstanding, the combination of inside and outside of the attacking end of Eckerson, Wei Shihao, etc., make the opponent headache, scoring 10 goals in six games. The performance of Jiang Guangtai and Liu Dangzai on the defense side is also worthy of recognition.
In comparison, Qingdao's lineup is a bit thin, with two foreigners, Popovic and Vucevic, leaving only Alexandrini and Radonic as foreigners. Domestic players are unstable due to unpaid wages, player Ba Li even clashed with a masseuse, shocking fans, and other players' fighting spirit is not high.
Observing the performance of the two teams since the start of the tournament, Guangzhou is stronger, with a current record of three wins, two draws and one loss, and an undefeated rate of 80%, ranking second. Qingdao, on the other hand, has only won two, drawn one and lost three, ranking fifth. Obviously, Qingdao's problems are mainly on the defensive end, with a 0-2 defeat against Henan Songshan Longmen in their last match, while Guangzhou beat Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic 3-1. In this matchup, our guess is whether Guangzhou can make it two wins in a row? Feel free to discuss in the comments section!
