Xinhua News Agency, Guangzhou, January 17 (Reporter Jing huaiqiao) the Wuhua International Women’s Football Championship in Meizhou officially started on the 17th. The Chinese women’s football team faced the Nigerian women’s football team in the first battle. With the goals of Zhang Rui and Li Ying, the Chinese team won the opponent by 3:0 and made a good start.
This game is the first official game of Chinese women’s football team in 2019. At the press conference before the match, Jia Xiuquan, the female football coach, said that he hoped to find out his own shortcomings or advantages through communication with the three teams and make better preparations for the World Cup. Since the Chinese team and the South African team were in the same group in the women’s football World Cup, the Nigeria team that defeated the South African women’s football team in the African Cup final not long ago also became the touchstone for women’s football training.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese women’s football team took control of the situation on the court and established a leading edge in less than 10 minutes. In the ninth minute, the Chinese team got a free kick. In the chaos of Nigeria’s restricted area, Zhang Rui seized the opportunity to break the door and helped the Chinese women’s football team get the lead at 1:0 while giving himself a birthday gift.
Later, although the Chinese team had many good opportunities to break the door, the Nigerian team strengthened its defense by relying on physical advantages. In addition, the opponent’s goalkeeper made many wonderful saves, and the Chinese team has not been able to continue to expand its leading edge.
In this competition, the Chinese women’s football team called up Wang Frost who played for the French Paris Saint-German, but she did not appear in the starting list. It was not until the second half that Wang Frost officially appeared. In the second half, Li Ying was very active, but her many shots failed to turn into goals. It was not until the 64th minute that Wang Frost was inclined in the front court and helped Li Ying to shoot well that the score was expanded to 2:0.
During the period when the injury was stopped and repaired, Li Ying took over from his teammates and shot him well. Get the second goal and lock the score to 3:0. In the end, the Chinese women’s football team defeated its opponent at home and made a good start in 2019.
Zhang Rui said after the game that he was very happy to score goals on his birthday, but the most important thing was that the team won. This competition is also a test of Australian training. Playing with African teams can accumulate experience for the World Cup.
In another match, Korea Repubilc women team defeated Romania 3:0 and won the final with the Chinese women’s football team. The two sides will compete for the championship on the 20th.