July 21, the Olympic stage of the women's football battle is about to kick off, China's women's football will compete with Brazil, the Netherlands, Zambia in the same group, for the Group F promotion places to fight. As early as July 15, the official website of the AFC posted an article on the front page, looking forward to the Olympic prospects of the Chinese women's football team, the article revealed that the Chinese women's football team has gone through twists and turns to advance to the Olympics, the goal is at least the group breakthrough.
Reports indicate that 11,000 athletes overcame many obstacles for this special Olympics, and the Chinese women's soccer team's journey was even more bumpy. Originally planned to participate in the Olympic preliminaries at home due to the epidemic moved to Australia, the players were forced to isolate, only in the hotel training, even the core players Wang Frost were not able to travel with the team. Despite the setbacks, the Chinese women's soccer team still fought bravely in Sydney, Sydney's last-minute goal made the Chinese women's soccer team has no chance with Tokyo, but their fighting spirit won the praise of many fans.
Looking back at the Chinese women's soccer team's path to qualification, the AFC's official website mentions that they won back-to-back qualifying matches against tough opponents, defeating Chinese Taipei 5-0, Thailand Women's Soccer 6-1, and almost snatching three points from the hosts despite being tied 1-1 at Australia, which earned them a lot of support from their fans. They then went on to play a two-legged home-and-away play-off against the South Korean women's soccer team, the completion of which was postponed until April this year due to an epidemic. For Chinese fans, it was like a Hollywood blockbuster ending, with Wang Frost helping the Chinese women's soccer team advance to the Olympics with a thrilling 4-3 aggregate score in extra time.
The AFC's official website also looks at the Chinese women's Olympic roster, noting that only seven of the starting 11 against South Korea were named to the Olympic roster, with Tang Jiali and Ma Jun unfortunately dropping out. Head coach Jia Xiuquan put his trust in some promising young players, with 10 of the 22 having less than five games of international experience.
The article goes on to review the Chinese women's soccer team's Olympic journey, pointing out that they have a great track record among Asian countries, reaching the knockout stage in three of the past five Olympics, and reaching the last eight in both the Beijing and Rio Olympics, making a group appearance a goal for China's women's soccer team at the Tokyo Olympics. The article also mentions that former Paris Saint-Germain player Wang Frost is the leader of the Chinese women's soccer team, Wang Shanshan is the team's key one-two punch, and young goalkeeper Peng Shimeng has unlimited potential and is expected to be the future starting goalkeeper of the Chinese women's soccer team.
Finally, the official website of the AFC analyzed the opponents of the Chinese women's football team, admitting that none of the matches at the Olympics will be easy, with the opening match of the group stage against South American champions Brazil as well as the final match against Euro 2017 winners and 2019 World Cup runners-up Holland being particularly tough, while the match against Zambia is a great opportunity for the Chinese women to win.
