In the first round of the 2022 U17 Women's World Cup in India, Group C, China's U17 women's football team with a score of 2-1 reversed to beat the previous runner-up Mexico, realizing the tournament's "opening red".
This victory not only gave our team a good start, but also demonstrated the strength of our young women's soccer team. It is worth mentioning that there are 3 Shanghai players in the starting 11 of our team, which is the highest ratio in Group C matches.
In this game, our goalkeeper Huang Jiaxin's suspected handball in the penalty area was ruled as a foul by VAR, but in fact her arm did not make an open movement. In the second half, Huang Jiaxin won a valuable penalty kick with her outstanding individual ability, and captain Qiao Ruiqi hit the penalty kick to open the first record for our team.
It is worth mentioning that the four Shanghai youngsters in the U17 our women's soccer team all had a good performance. Among them, Huang Jiaxin, Lu Jiayu and Yin Lihong all made their debuts, while Sun Yajie came on as a substitute.
The U17 Women's World Cup was held in India from October 11 to 30 with 16 teams participating. In order to better prepare for this World Cup, our U17 women's soccer team had participated in the domestic women's first league against adult teams to improve their strength.
In this U17 our women's soccer team, there are four players registered from Shanghai Football Association such as defender Huang Jiaxin, forwards Lu Jiayu and Sun Yajie, and striker Yin Lihong. They all showed excellent performance in the game and won the victory for our team.
It is worth mentioning that Yin Lihong is the only player in this U17 our women's soccer team who plays in the first team of the Women's Super League and scores goals. Through the training in the top domestic women's soccer league, she also showed her strength on the stage of the U17 World Cup.
Shanghai has always been the town of China's women's soccer team, which has cultivated Sun Wen, the world's soccer lady. Now, China's women's soccer team has 10 players to stay in Europe and the United States league, including as many as 5 players from the Shanghai Shengli Football Salon Farmers and Merchants Bank team, occupying half of the river mountain.
The first team of Shanghai Women's Football Team is willing to sacrifice some results for the time being and pay more attention to the team's rejuvenation and training to select young players. At the beginning of this year, 12 young players in the 2003-2004 age group joined the first team of the Shanghai Women's Football Team, all of whom were members of the Shanghai U18 Women's Football Team that won the championship at the Shaanxi National Games.
Shanghai women's soccer team has done a good job of combining sports and education, in addition to the famous Putuo women's soccer team, Jinshan women's soccer team is now also entering the harvest period. A source from the Shanghai Football Association said, "We expect that Shanghai women's soccer will continue to cultivate more good seedlings for the country in the future."
