China's women's soccer team suffers from the pain of reversal in the fierce battle against the United States and the West
On December 6, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. sharp, the Chinese Women's Soccer Team welcomed the second warm-up match with the U.S. Women's Soccer Team at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, the famous city in the Western United States. In this intense match, although the Chinese women's soccer team only had one shot on goal in the whole match, they finally suffered their second loss in this trip to the United States with a score of 1-2.
The turning point of the game came in the first minute of half-time extra time. After Shen Mengyu missed a good chance, Coffey quickly equalized in the 62nd minute. However, an angled shot by Xiao in the 79th minute put the score over the top and sealed the win for the U.S. women's soccer team. On this trip to the United States, the Chinese women's soccer team was winless in two warm-up matches.
Recall that previously, the Chinese women's soccer team conducted intense training at the Xianghe National Soccer Training Base from November 25 to 28, and then traveled to the United States to participate in an invitational tournament from November 29 to December 8.On December 3 and 6, the Chinese women's soccer team played two warm-up matches with the U.S. women's soccer team, but both ended in a loss. Since 1956, China and the U.S. women's soccer teams have met 59 times in international A-level matches, with China's women's soccer team having a slightly less impressive record of 9 wins, 13 draws and 37 losses.
It is worth mentioning that after the Olympic preliminaries, the original head coach Shui Qingxia left her post, and during this visit to the United States, the Chinese women's soccer team was led by a temporary coaching staff. Nonetheless, the Chinese women's soccer team retained 13 players for the tournament, including Tang Jiali and seven others who were selected, while players such as Zhu Yu, Liu Yu, Wang Li, Zhang, Wang Lin, Dou Lin and Dou Lin also contributed.
Review of the highlights
The wonderful moments in the game is unforgettable: 20 minutes, Hatch arc top arc ball shot, Xu Huan single palm will be the ball out of the crossbar; 22nd minute, Kofi arc top front edge of the low shot, Xu Huan easily confiscate the ball; 30th minute, Neswanger arc top left shot, Xu Huan pounced on the ball after the ball quickly pressed the ball underneath the body; the first minute of the halftime extra time, Yan Jin left near the bottom of the line of the free kick to the back of the point, Wang Sichen small area right Header ferry, Shen Mengyu goal line in front of the ball easily into the empty goal, China women's soccer team took the lead.
However, the game did not go well. In the 51st minute, Shaw arc top kick shot, Xu Huan confiscated the ball; in the 62nd minute, Neswanger right corner low pass front point, Jin Kun small penalty area left corner clearance kick empty, Shen Mengyu penalty area after the middle of the ball after the clearance kick, Sunnyside kick the right side of the ball after the ball knocked, Coffey penalty area arc ball to break the deadlock, the U.S. women's soccer team equalized the score; in the 66th minute, Shaw right ribbed pass, Holland small penalty area at the forefront of the fish leaps to the top of the goal, but the offside first. Offside in the first, the goal is invalid; the 79th minute, Naiswanger arc top of the free kick shot was blocked by the wall, Smith penalty area right header back swing, Shaw penalty area oblique shot to the lower left corner of the goal success, the U.S. Women's Soccer over the score.
In the end, the Chinese women's soccer team lost 1-2 to the U.S. women's soccer team in extra time, despite their tenacious resistance.
Lineups
USA (4231): 18 Kingsbury; 13 Nyswanger, 12 Davey, 15 Gilmar, 23 Fox (46'9 Purser); 14 Sonnett, 4 Coffey (69'25 Moultrie); 6 Williams (58'8 Rodman), ten Holland (69'27 Abbott), 26 Shaw (86'17 Thompson); 7. Hatch (46'11-Smith);
Substitutes: 1 Murphy, 2 Dahl, 5 Cook, 16 Lavelle, 20 Kruger, 22 De Mello.
China (541): 12-Xu Huan; 18-Shen Menglu, 25-Wang Siqian, 8-Yao Wei, 2-Li Mengwen, 24-Jin Kun (68'26-Li Yingge); 19-Zhang Linyan (80'20-Uri Gumura), Huo Yuexin (87'11-Wang Shanshan); 27, 9-Shen Mengyu, 17-Yan Jinjin (46'7-Wang Yanwen); 23-Tang Jiali;
