But it must be a great victory, 10 against 11! Narrowly won 1-0! This is not the most exciting match of Chinese women's football, Zhang Linyan | Chinese women's football | Victory
This is a game with no way out, it was a game that once plunged people into despair, but the Chinese women's football team managed to hold on! We won!
At 7pm Beijing time on July 28th, the Chinese women's football team faced the second opponent of this World Cup, Haiti, at the Adelaide Hindemarsh Stadium. If they lose, they will go home, and even if they draw, there is almost no hope of advancing. In the end, the Chinese women's football team, with one less player, defeated their opponents 1-0 with Wang Shuang's penalty kick. The resounding rose once again embodies the spirit of perseverance and never giving up in sports. In the next match, the Chinese women's football team will face the European champions, the English women's football team.
In the first group stage match, the Chinese women's football team lost 0-1 to the Danish women's football team, while the Haitian women's football team lost 0-1 to the English women's football team. According to FIFA rankings, the Chinese women's football team ranks 14th, far higher than Haiti, which ranks 53rd. In this life and death battle, the losing side will be eliminated early and miss the knockout stage. The Chinese women's football team has formed a 442 formation, with Lou Jiahui and Wu Chengshu partnering as dual forwards.
At the beginning, the Chinese women's football team took the initiative on the court. Both the number of shots and the possession rate were much higher than those of their opponents. Just as the situation was improving, an accident occurred in the 28th minute of the match: Zhang Rui raised his right foot to pedal Haiti's No. 9 Redi's knee during the fight. The referee warned Zhang Rui with a yellow card for the first time. VAR intervenes, suggesting that Zhang Rui's foul may be enough to get a red card. After watching the video replay, the referee changed the yellow card to a red card, with the Chinese women's football team playing 11 out of 10.
This red card has disrupted the tactical deployment of the Chinese women's football team. In the 36th minute, the Chinese women's football team was forced to switch players, and Zhang Xin came on to replace Lou Jiahui.
Yi Bian fought again, and Wang Shuang replaced Wu Chengshu. The Haitian women's football team changed into a big killer, and Di Monet, who just joined the Lyon women's football team. Di Monet came out and the Haitian women's football team began to exert force. In the 53rd minute, Di Monet grabbed the point at close range and Zhu Yu struggled to block the ball. In the 71st minute, Zhang Linyan burst into the restricted area and the Haitian defender tripped Zhang Linyan. The referee immediately decided that the Chinese women's football goal was offside. Fortunately, VAR intervened and decided that Zhang Linyan was not offside. The referee blew a penalty. Wang Shuang took a penalty kick, pushed his left foot to deceive the goalkeeper, the ball went into the net, and the Chinese women's football team led 1-0. This is the first goal of the Chinese women's football World Cup! Wang Shuang roared to celebrate and the whole team hugged together.
In fact, in the 71st minute of the game, the Chinese women's football team still had hope to expand their advantage. Zhang Linyan scored a beautiful goal in the penalty area, but the opposing defender knocked her down after being out of position. However, the referee ruled that Zhang Linyan was offside first. From the slow motion camera, it was seen that Zhang Linyan was not offside. VAR intervened again and saw that the referee did not make a change in the judgment for such an obvious foul.
VAR also played a positive role in the fair judgment in this game. At the end of the game, the referee once punished the Chinese team players for a header foul in the penalty area and gave the opponent a penalty kick. Fortunately, VAR intervened to give the Chinese team justice.
In the desperate situation of 10 to 11, the women's football girl never gave up. She fought hard and ran to the last minute. Zhang Linyan even had cramps. This was not the most exciting game, but a great victory.
