Lineup adjustment! Tonight's women's football team faces a "life and death battle" group stage | World Cup | lineup
At 7pm Beijing time on July 28th, the Chinese women's football team will face Haiti in the second round of the World Cup group stage. For the Chinese women's football team, who suffered a defeat in the first round of the match, this is already a life and death battle. Despite winning, they can still retain their hope of advancing to the group stage. If they lose, advancing will be in vain.
The Chinese women's football team lost to Denmark in the first match of the World Cup
On the evening of July 22nd Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team welcomed the first match of the 2023 Women's World Cup.
In the match against the Danish women's football team, the girls of the Chinese women's football team fought fiercely for 90 minutes, but were ultimately defeated 0-1 by the opponent's header before the end of the game.
Zhang Linyan broke through Longtan alone and was caught in the goal.
Danish women's football team's header ultimate.
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It is worth noting that after the game, a large number of Chinese fans who came to the scene did not leave. Instead, they encouraged the girls to continue fighting with slogans such as "Go China" during the Chinese women's football team's farewell.
Chinese women's football team faces a "life and death battle" tonight
Adjusting the lineup
Before the match, Chinese women's football head coach Shui Qingxia stated that she would make adjustments to the starting lineup. "On the World Cup stage, the strength of a team cannot be measured by world rankings. In the group stage, no opponent is relatively weak, and each team has its own characteristics. After losing against Denmark, this game was crucial, and the whole team also conducted some exercises on how to defend against the opponent's fast attack. The opponent's players have strong personal abilities, and the game can also be stressful. The team needs to reduce the opponent's attacking opportunities while controlling the ball well. The team's starting lineup needs to be adjusted, and certain changes will be made in personnel, including the position of captain Wang Shanshan."
The group stage of this year's Women's World Cup has expanded to 32 teams, resulting in many new faces, and Haiti's women's football team is one of them. At present, Haiti's women's football team ranks 53rd in the world, with a certain gap compared to China's women's football team, which ranks 15th in the world. However, this does not mean that the Chinese women's football team will effortlessly win the game.
In the previous round of matches, facing the European Championship champions, the English women's football team, the Haitian women's football team showed very strong resilience. In the first half, the English women's football team used a penalty opportunity to score the only goal. Throughout the game, the Haitian women's football team not only failed to give their opponents a chance to score in sports matches, but also frequently threatened the opponent's goal.
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However, the Haitian women's football team has also paid a price, as the main defender Limoge was injured during the game and will miss the match against the Chinese team. Regarding this, Shui Qingxia said, "The team will not consider how to adjust the opponent's main defender after being injured. What we are concerned about is that the Haitian team has 5 Ligue 1 players who have strong attacking abilities and are different from the types of players we have faced in the past. I hope to find the opponent's weaknesses through preparation and make use of them. We will not make some preparations based on the opponent's player injuries, but will make targeted deployments according to the overall technical and tactical characteristics of the Haitian team."
When it comes to expectations for women's football, Shui Qingxia said, "The Asian Cup championship has become a thing of the past. Now is the World Cup, and we start from scratch. Chinese women's football needs a process of moving forward again, and although we may not have made much progress in our generation, we hope that generation after generation will work hard to make Chinese women's football rise again in world competitions."
Believing in the Chinese women's football players, we strive to display the spirit of women's football in the upcoming matches, win against Haiti and England, and fight for qualification in the knockout stage.
Let's work together
Cheer up for the Chinese women's football girls!