Xinhua News Agency, Paris, May 31 (reporter Su Bin) the Chinese team, who prepared for the final World Cup for women’s football, played a warm-up match with the World Cup host France on May 31 in the suburbs of Paris Créteil. The result was 1:2, but from the process of playing tricks with strong teams, the players have built confidence.
“Compared with strong teams, as long as we are good at ourselves, we are no worse than our opponents. The World Cup is coming soon. The group match (the first battle) is against Germany. We are looking forward to this and will do our best.” Wang Shanshan, the striker who scored for the Chinese team, said.
This contest is the last warm-up match before the World Cup. At the end of the half time, the Chinese team fell behind. In the second half, Wang Frost helped Wang Shanshan to equalize the score. However, Diani’s “World Wave” helped the French team ranked fourth in the world to laugh to the end.
Jia Xiuquan, head coach of Chinese women’s football team, discharged 442 formation, Peng Shimeng served as the starting goalkeeper, two central defenders were Wu Haiyan and Lin Yuping, beside Liu Shanshan and Wang Ying, and the four midfield members were Guya sand, tan Ruyin, Yao Wei and Lou Jiahui, Wang Shanshan and Yang Li were arranged on the bench before the breakthrough.
The French team made the first threatening offensive in the audience in the 11th minute. The bottom of tolant’s right side was handed down, and Gowan was thrown out by Peng Shimeng at close range heading in. In nearly half an hour after the opening, the Chinese women’s football team did not fall down in front of powerful opponents. However, a defensive mistake still made them be attacked goal.
In the 30th minute, the defensive players of the Chinese team were not far away, but tolant’s power shot formed an assist. The ball fell in front of Govan. She shot with one foot, and the ball hit the bottom of the beam and drilled into the net nest.
Wang Yan came on the bench in the second half. She passed it to Wang Shanshan in the 52th minute. The latter was calmly shot by buhadi, the attacking goalkeeper, and the “Wang bomb group” joined hands to equalize the score for the Chinese team.
Under the gaze of more than ten thousand fans at the scene, the French team exceeded the score again six minutes later. Wang Frost’s team-mate Diani in Paris Saint Germain passed the defensive player in a row, and then shot vigorously outside the penalty area. Peng Shimeng failed to prevent the ball from flying into the net nest, and finally the French team won by 2:1.
After the game, Lou Jiahui said that he didn’t let the opponent get a particularly good chance in the first half. However, after the opponent scored a goal, the team made many improvements in attack in the second half and played their own things, he also scored goals and played well as a whole.
China’s ambassador to France Zhai Juan kicked off for the game. He wished the Chinese women’s football team a good result and a high level in the World Cup in France. Zhai Juan said that sports exchanges are an important part of Sino-French exchanges, and the two countries have great potential and good prospects to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in sports.
The former french president hollande who watched the match on the spot said that he hoped that the chinese and french teams would achieve good results in the world cup so that more young people would like to join the women’s football team and devote themselves to this sport.
The women’s football World Cup will be held at the Prince Park stadium in Paris on June 7. The opening battle will be played by France against South Korea. The Chinese team in Group B will welcome the first rival German team in the group match in Rennes on June 8th.