Original title: How did the Chinese women’s football team beat European champions England?They have holes on the left
The Paper reporter Pu Yaolei and intern Sun Yicheng
At 19:00 on August 1, the Chinese women’s football team will usher in the last match of the World Cup group stage in Adelaide. The opponent is the strongest English women’s football team in the group.
In the previous 1-0 victory over the Haitian women’s football team, the Chinese women’s football team managed to survive adversity, but the team needs a miracle to advance to the knockout round.
In the current Group D standings, the England women’s football team has 6 points, the Danish women’s football team has 3 points, the Chinese women’s football team has 3 points, and the Haiti women’s football team has 0 points.
The England women’s football team just won the European Cup last year, and it is also a favorite to win the Women’s World Cup this year. Facing a strong opponent, can the Chinese women’s football team come back against the wind?
New European champions aim to lift World Cup
The England women’s football team has performed well in recent years. They defeated the German women’s football team 2-1 in the 2022 Women’s European Cup final and won the first women’s European Cup championship at home.
What’s more worth mentioning is that throughout 2022, the England women’s football team has not lost a single game.
This year, they won the European Cup with all victories, including the 8-0 defeat of the Norwegian women’s football team and the 4-0 victory over the Swedish women’s football team.
In friendly matches, the England women’s football team also defeated the last World Cup champions and runners-up – the US women’s football team and the Dutch women’s football team – 2-1 and 5-1.
At the beginning of this year, the England women’s football team won the Arnold Clarke Cup and the Finalissima Cup, winning South Korea, Italy, Belgium and Brazil successively.
In the history of the World Cup, the England women’s football team participated in six of the nine World Cups and reached the semi-finals of nearly two World Cups.
In the world preliminaries, the England women’s football team also showed terrifying dominance-winning 10 games, blasting 80 goals without conceding a goal.
“We want to win everything, but we don’t put (too much) pressure on ourselves. The most important thing is to make the country proud and enjoy the game.” Ira Toon, who plays for Manchester United Women’s Football, said.
The England women’s football team has shown great cohesion under coach Sarina Wegman – who takes over from Manchester United legend Phil Neville in 2021.
Previously, she served as the head coach of the Dutch women’s football team from 2017 to 2020, helping the Dutch women’s football team win the 2017 Women’s European Cup and the 2019 Women’s World Cup runner-up.
Many players are injured, not the strongest lineup
England’s women’s football team is star-studded. Of the 23 players on the list, 20 players play for women’s Premier League teams, and the other three players play for Barcelona Women’s and Bayern Munich Women’s Football Teams, all of which play in Europe’s top five leagues.
However, the England women’s football team has suffered serious injury problems in this World Cup.
The core of helping the England women’s football team win the European Cup last year-the European Cup scorer and assist king Meade and captain Williamson suffered anterior cruciate ligament tears successively and had to leave the stadium for a while. The team’s midfielder Kirby also suffered from knee injuries Surgery missed the World Cup.
Mead was previously named UEFA Player of the Year and was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire this year. The Arsenal Women’s winger also broke Jimmy Greaves’ 61-year-old England record for goals scored in a single season last year.
Defender Williamson was hailed by the British media as “Maldini of England Women’s Football”. He completed 56 receptions and 472 passes in the 2022 European Cup, ranking first among all players.
Kirby has won the 2018 PFA Women’s Football Player of the Year and other awards, and she is also the top scorer in the Chelsea women’s football team.
What is even more unfortunate is that in the group stage of the England women’s football team’s 1-0 victory over the Danish women’s football team in this World Cup, the team’s midfielder Keira Walsh was seriously injured and was carried off the field on a stretcher-the 26-year-old Walsh Ersh played for the Barcelona women’s football team that won the Champions League last year.
But the team coach Wegman expressed his confidence in an interview, “We are not disturbed. Of course it is not a good thing for players to leave in this way, but we also know that various things will happen on the court. We have to keep going. Now that we are in the World Cup, of course we want to win.”
Standing against the wall, the Chinese women’s football team has no way out
The Chinese women’s football team has had 5 confrontations with the English women’s football team in history. The Chinese team has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
But the last time the Chinese women’s football team played against the English women’s football team was at the Yongchuan International Invitational Tournament in 2015. At that time, the Chinese women’s football team won 2-1.
In this match, the England women’s football team is no longer the same team as it was back then-this direct dialogue between the Asian champions and the European champions will also determine the place for qualifying in Group D.
Under Wegman, the England women’s football team is better at the 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation. According to the situation in the first two group matches, the England women’s football team is more likely to form a 4-3-3 formation. big.
In terms of midfield personnel, the young players of the England women’s football team have good strength, but the biggest hidden danger of the England team is the defense. In the absence of Williamson, who will form a central defender partner with the current captain Bright has become a problem .
As for the left-back position, since Daly, the main left-back in the European Cup, switched to playing forward, among the current left-back options, Greenwood is slower, while Carter and Charles have average defensive abilities.
In the previous game, the counterattack of the Haitian women’s football team caused trouble for the England women’s football defense. Relying on the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Earps, the England team was able to hold the victory…
Therefore, if the Chinese women’s football team wants to win, they must make full use of Zhang Linyan and Wang Shuang, take advantage of the loopholes in the England women’s football team as much as possible, and strive for goals with all their strength.
2023-08-01 03:20:00
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