Lost to the US Women’s Football Team 0-3. The upgrading of the Chinese women’s football team started with playing against the masters – Sports – China Engineering Network

Original title: Lost to the U.S. Women’s Football Team 0-3 in the warm-up match (quote)

The renewal of the Chinese women’s football team begins with playing against the masters (theme)

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Nan

Yesterday, Beijing time, at the Luckhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the Chinese women’s football team, with the old and new players trying their best, lost to the US women’s football team 0-3 due to lack of strength. This result was actually expected by the Chinese Football Association and the team’s interim coaching staff. In their view, the Chinese women’s football team needs to calm down and consolidate its foundation in order to get out of the trough. From this perspective, the Chinese women’s football team, which is in the process of upgrading, can afford to lose. It needs to further recognize the huge gap in technical capabilities and practical experience accumulation between itself and strong teams through high-quality international warm-up matches. Yesterday, the Chinese women’s football team left Miami and moved to Dallas to prepare for the second international warm-up match against the US women’s football team on the morning of the 6th, Beijing time.

The temporary coaching staff leads the team to prepare for the game

After the Paris Olympic Games ended in early November, the Chinese women’s football team fell into the embarrassing situation of having no major competitions to play in the next two years. The Chinese women’s football team, which has experienced labor pains, has to start preparations for the next competition cycle in advance. With many veterans about to fade out, a new round of upgrading of the Chinese women’s football team is imperative. At exactly this time, they ushered in two warm-up matches against the veteran U.S. Women’s Football Team. Warming up with such a team with the aura of world champion, the challenge facing the Chinese women’s football team is huge. Of course, from another perspective, such a high-quality international warm-up match is also a practical training opportunity needed in the reorganization process of the Chinese women’s football team.

It is precisely because of focusing on the future that the Chinese women’s football team went to the United States this time and chose a lineup composed of new and old players. After confirming that the contract with the original head coach Shui Qingxia would not be renewed, the Chinese Football Association, in order to balance the “blood renewal” of the Chinese women’s football team and the preparations for the U20 National Youth Women’s Football Competition, specially selected the current U20 National Youth Women’s Football Team coach Wang Jun to lead the temporary coaching staff to lead the Chinese women’s football team to the competition. The United States participated in the competition and recruited 4 main players of the U20 National Youth Women’s Football Team.

The veteran team members are mainly supplemented by young people

In this game, Wang Jun selected a starting lineup composed mainly of veteran players and supplemented by young players. Among them, Tang Jiali, an attacker who missed the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Paris Olympic preliminaries and currently plays for a La Liga club, started the game. Also included in the team’s starting lineup are 6 players who have participated in this year’s World Cup, including Zhang Linyan. Wang Siqian, one of the starting central defenders and the main player of the U20 National Youth Team, represented the Chinese women’s football team in an official match for the first time.

In fact, the U.S. women’s football team is also facing a new cycle of upgrading after being hit by not being able to reach the top eight of the 2023 Women’s World Cup. For example, Niswanger and Moultrie, who came on as substitutes in this game, both represented the US team for the first time. However, relatively speaking, the personal technical abilities of the US women’s football team, both veterans and newcomers, are obviously more advantageous.

Without goalkeeper Xu Huan will concede more goals

The overall situation of the game was as commented by the U.S. Soccer Association on its official website after the game: “It only took the U.S. team 8 minutes to find a way to break through the Chinese women’s football defense.” As the best defender in the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League, Gilma played on the left After making a long pass, Rodman broke in at high speed from the left side of his team’s offense and then assisted Smith to score.

Statistics from the U.S. Soccer Association’s official website show that the shooting ratio between the Chinese and American teams is 2 to 20, and the Chinese women’s football team has a ball possession rate of only 37%. These two key statistics are enough to show the huge technical gap between the two teams. Horan and Rodman scored for the U.S. women’s football team in the 52nd and 77th minutes respectively. In addition, the US team also missed many good opportunities to score goals. In this regard, the US Football Association also commented: “Without the heroic performance of the Chinese team goalkeeper Xu Huan, Smith could have scored two more goals soon. Xu Huan was in the Chinese team Two high-quality shots from the USWNT Golden Boot winner were saved within 10 minutes of conceding the first goal, and similar situations occurred one after another throughout the game.”

Coordinator/Du Rui