Hangzhou Asian Games Women's Football Bronze Medal Match: China lost to South Korea 0:1 and ranked fourth

China News Service, Shizuoka, Japan, October 2 (Reporter Guo Xuan) In the women's football bronze medal match at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games held in Shizuoka, Japan, on October 2, local time, the Chinese team lost the ball shortly after the opening and eventually lost to the South Korean team 0:1. They missed the Asian Games medal and ranked fourth.

Compared with the match against North Korea in the semi-finals, the Chinese team's starting lineup has undergone two changes: Wang Yanwen returned from the ban, and Li Qingtong, who missed the last game due to injury, returned to the starting lineup.

In the 4th minute of the first half, the South Korean team launched a free kick attack. Noh Jung-young scored with a header and the South Korean team led 1:0. In the 17th minute, Wang Yanwen made a cross from the penalty area and Shao Ziqin hit the goal over the crossbar. The Chinese team missed the opportunity to score. After halftime, the Chinese team had 0 shots on target and its ball possession rate was 41%, which was lower than the South Korean team's 59%.

After changing sides and fighting again, both sides created many scoring opportunities, but failed to convert them into goals. The Chinese team finally lost 0:1 and ended the Asian Games journey in fourth place. South Korea won the bronze medal.

This is the third time in the history of the Asian Games that the Chinese women's football team has missed the podium after the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

Wu Haiyan, captain of the Chinese women's football team, said after the game that set pieces often determine the outcome of the game, and the Chinese team did not perform well in handling the details of set pieces in this Asian Games and will need to make targeted adjustments in the future.

Chinese team coach Milicic said that the opening goal made the Chinese team's situation difficult, but the team performed better in the second half and created enough opportunities. "The players gave their all but luck was not on our side today."

He also said that whether it is men's or women's football, to improve the competitive level of the national team, it needs the support of high-quality and high-intensity domestic leagues. "If the high-intensity model can be replicated in the club's daily training and matches, it will greatly assist the development of the national team."