In the East Asia Cup on July 25, the Chinese women's soccer team was undefeated with one win and one draw, but its performance obviously failed to meet expectations. Although the team could make up for its shortcomings with other advantages when playing against the slightly weaker Chinese Taipei women's soccer team, the challenge is even tougher when facing such a strong team as the South Korean women's soccer team.
As the gold medalists of the last Asian Cup, the Chinese women's soccer team carries extremely high expectations. However, in the latest round of the World Cup cycle, the team's problem of replacing the old with the new has gradually come to the forefront. From the first two rounds of the East Asian Cup, the team is still rusty on the technical level and lacks tacit understanding in passing and receiving.
However, what is more worrying is the lack of aggressiveness of the Chinese women's soccer team in both offense and defense. Defensive end of the opponent's handling of the ball is too much space, not enough pressing; offensive end of the ball, once the opponent to impose pressure and stealing, the Chinese women's football team will appear to be busy, technical shortcomings exposed.
In the match with the Korean women's soccer team, the opponent's high press made it difficult for the Chinese women's soccer team to cooperate with each other, coupled with the opponent's intention to cut off the passing line, resulting in frequent ball breaks or mistakes by the Chinese women's soccer team. This kind of problem has already appeared in the first round against Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team, but due to the limited strength of the opponent, the problem has not been fully magnified.
