The Beijing women's soccer team faced a life-and-death battle on the brink of elimination after losing 0-2 to the Shandong women's soccer team in the adult women's soccer division of the Shaanxi National Games, which kicked off today. The Chinese women's soccer team, which had been competing in the Tokyo Olympics, debuted as a combined team and beat host Shaanxi by just one goal.
Despite the sponsorship problems that put the Beijing women's soccer team in a difficult situation, they still broke out of the "Group of Death" and won the ticket to Shaanxi. In the first round of the group stage against Shandong Women's Football Team, Beijing scored twice in the 17th and 43rd minutes due to the opponents' use of set-pieces.
After the game, head coach Yu Yun said that the two goals lost points some surprise, he halftime to encourage players to dare to fight. Veteran Gu Yasha also said that the Shandong team did not completely crack the Beijing team's defense, "If we can slightly grasp, the result may be completely different."
This year's Games every game has a showdown necessary, a draw in 90 minutes directly into the penalty shootout. The group needs two wins to advance to the top four, if the early successive wins or consecutive losses, the third game will be canceled to prevent the phenomenon of "tacit understanding ball".
Therefore, for Beijing women's soccer team, the next game will be the key battle of "victory is life, defeat is death". Yu Yun said to quickly adjust the mentality, "the players should put down the lost points, go all out, break the boat." Gu Yasha also said that the whole team will not give up lightly.
An assist from Wang Frost (in the white No. 7 jersey) helped United to a narrow win. Photo by Wang Fei, NJB.
Meanwhile, the match between the United and the host team Shaanxi was also played in parallel, and the United finally won 1-0 thanks to the goal scored by No. 8 Wang Yan. The game attracted the attention of dozens of media outlets, with assisting star Wang Frost becoming a hotspot for interviews, and the interview area was filled to capacity ten minutes before the end of the game.
However, despite two attempts by the district's press liaison to communicate with Union, no one eventually came forward for an interview.
