In the first match of the Olympic Games, our women's soccer team faced the Brazilian powerhouse and lost 0:5.
On the afternoon of July 21, China's women's soccer team faced Brazil's women's soccer team in the first round of Group F in the highlight match. In the first half, Brazil's 35-year-old legend Marta scored the first goal in the 9th minute and then added another in the 22nd minute. In the second half, Wang Shanshan and her teammates hit the goal frame consecutively, but failed to convert into goals. Marta scored twice in the 74th minute before Wang Shuang and Uzhigumura hit back-to-back goals. Andressa scored on a penalty kick in the 80th minute and Beatriz sealed the win. Despite the fact that our women's soccer team was the first to play in this year's Olympics, they were unlucky to open the tournament with a 0:5 defeat against Brazil.
In the Olympic qualifiers, China's women's soccer team performed strongly, all the way through, and finally relied on Wang Frost's overtime kill in the final to successfully advance to the Olympics. In this year's Olympics, our women's soccer team is in Group G with Brazil, the Netherlands and Zambia, and it will be difficult to advance to the knockout stage. However, in addition to the top two in the group, the third in the group with the best results also has a chance to advance.
In this match, our team captain Wu Haiyan was absent due to injury. In the first half, Brazil managed to break through in the 5th minute by picking up a pass from the left, and Marta helped Brazil extend the score in the 9th minute. In the 22nd minute, Brazil added another goal, Debinha's supplementary shot helped the team to take a 2:0 lead.
In the second half, Wang Shanshan and her teammates continuously created threats, but failed to break through the goal. In the 74th minute, Marta scored again to increase the score to 3:0, then Andressa and Beatriz scored respectively, and finally Brazil beat our women's soccer team 5:0.
China Women's Football Team: 12-Peng Shimeng, 2-Li Mengwen, 16-Wang Xiaoxue, 17-Luo Guiping, 4-Li Qingtong, 6-Zhang Xin, 8-Wang Yan (33'18-Uri Gumura), 9-Musi Wen (83'14-Liu Jing), 7-Wang Shuang, 13-Yang Lina, 11-Wang Shanshan
Brazilian Women's Soccer: 1-Barbara, 3-Erica, 4-Rafael, 6-Tamirez, 13-Bruna Benitez, 8-Fumiga, 17-Andresinha, 7-Duda (59'21-Andresa), 16-Biatrice, 10-Matta, 9-Debinha
