Under the gaze of more than 20,000 fans in the game, the Chinese team defeated South Africa at 1:0 and won the first victory in this competition. Forward Li Ying scored the only goal in the first half.
(Women’s World Cup)(3) football-Group B: Chinese team beats South Africa
Xinhua News Agency, Paris, June 13 (Reporter Wei Hua, Su Bin) on the 13th, the Chinese women’s football team welcomed the second group match of the 2019 French women’s football World Cup at the Prince Park stadium in Paris. Under the gaze of more than 20,000 fans in the game, the Chinese team defeated South Africa at 1:0 and won the first victory in this competition. Forward Li Ying scored the only goal in the first half.
This is the first World Cup tour of South Africa. The Chinese team and the South African team had played four times before. The Chinese team scored 28 goals and did not lose a goal. The last match between the two teams was at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Chinese team won 2:0.
In the first round of the game, the Chinese team lost to Germany at 0:1, and the South African team was reversed by the Spanish three goals in the case of an advanced goal. Compared with the first game, the Chinese team made three adjustments to starting line-up, with Wang Frost, Li Ying and Wang Yan joining the starting line.
After the opening, the Chinese team played actively, but the overall cooperation was not good, and it did not create a good scoring opportunity for a long time. Although the South African team did not take advantage of the possession percentage, they also played several threatening counterattacks by taking advantage of the speed advantage. In the 40th minute, the Chinese team finally scored a goal. Zhang Rui passed the precise guidance outside the penalty area. Li Ying rushed to the defensive player and put the ball pad into the net. Two minutes later, the Chinese team nearly expanded its advantage. Wang Shanshan corner in the heading in attack. The ball hit the door frame and hit the door line. Throughout the first half, the Chinese team had 12 goals and the South African team had only one attack.
Yi will fight again. The two sides are entangled in the midfield for more time, and there are not many wonderful scenes. In the final stage, the Chinese team continuously created threatening attacks. In the 85th minute, Han Peng’s header was thrown out by the opponent’s goalkeeper Swat. 5 minutes later, Yang Li’s close-range left foot shot was again resolved by Swat’s single Palm. Finally, the score of 1:0 was held to the end.
At present, the German team has 6 points to lead in Group B, Spain and China have 3 points, and the Chinese team ranks third due to the disadvantage of winning the ball. The Chinese team will play against Spain in the final round of group matches on the 17th, and South Africa will play against Germany.