Tokyo Olympic stage, China's women's soccer team is about to meet a severe test. Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News: April 21, Canberra News
In the international women's soccer in recent years, under the same situation, the 21st announced the Tokyo Olympic grouping results were announced, no matter "on the sign" or "group of death", because each group of the top of the fight are full of suspense, the road to promotion is equally difficult. Therefore, in the Asian game to fight for the Olympic seat of our women's soccer team, the next challenge will be more serious.
Our team, as the third-ranked team, was placed in Group F with European champions Holland, veteran powerhouse Brazil and newcomers Zambia. Comparing to other groups, Group E, where host Japan, traditional powerhouse Canada and Premier League-influenced Great Britain are located, as well as Group G, where the U.S. women's soccer team, which has the most Olympic gold medals, Sweden, the previous runner-up, and Australia, the No. 1-ranked team in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), are located, all of them are full of powerhouses. As a result, the groupings are not significantly better or worse for the 12 top teams from each continent.
According to the schedule, our women's soccer team will play Brazil for the first time in their second participation in the Olympic history. In the Rio Olympics, our team faced host pressure and lost 0:3. Our team is also at a disadvantage in terms of historical record. Coupled with the problem of "slow burn" that often occurs in the first game of a major tournament, this could be the toughest game in the group stage.
Regardless of the outcome of the first match, our team has full confidence in Zambia, who are making their Olympic debut, and are determined to pick up the necessary three points to be in top form for the Netherlands, who are the highest ranked team in the group stage.
The Dutch women's soccer team has made amazing progress in the past cycle.At the 2015 World Cup in Canada, our team played against the Netherlands, with players such as Wu Haiyan and Tang Jiali in the lineup at that time, and our team controlled the game with 60% of the ball possession, and the number of shots on goal was ahead of the opponents by 27:8, and eventually won the game. But when it came to the 2019 World Cup, the Netherlands kept refreshing the team's record and eventually finished as the runner-up.
This time again, although our team ranking and recent record is not as good as the Netherlands, there is also a gap in the attack, but in the Olympic Games in the face of the first time to participate in the rival, our team has more experience, psychological should have an advantage.
According to the rules, the top two teams in each group and the two best third-place finishers advance to the quarterfinals. Although the overall strength of our team is behind Holland and Brazil, after two rounds of the Olympic Preliminary Round play-offs, the team's cohesion, tactical execution and psychological resistance to pressure have been significantly improved, and the group out of the group is the result they have the confidence and ability to fight for.
Since winning the best silver medal in team history at the 1996 Olympics, the country's women's soccer team has suffered a downturn, with the best record in recent Olympics being advancement to the Round of 8.
In the context of the rapid development of international women's football, our team has fought under the pressure of the Olympic qualifiers to secure a valuable place in the tournament, and continued to participate in the competition, allowing a group of players to grow in the experience, has been a considerable progress.
Unlike in the past, the Olympic Games under the epidemic has affected all the participating teams to different degrees, which indicates that the clinical performance and psychological state may be more critical than before. Therefore, in the stage that the whole team is striving for, the outside world should give more understanding and support to the girls, help them put down the pressure of performance, focus on their own performance, and show a new generation of "rose" style.
