2024年4月25日发(作者：12月手机新机发布)

China wins incredible feat in AFC Women’s Asian Cup, beats SK in dramatic

final

China beat South Korea 3-2 from two goals down in the dramatic final of the

AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Sunday night and won its record-extending 9th title

since the last championship in 2006.

“If faith has a color, it must be China red!” The Chinese Football Association

said as it congratulated the soccer girls over their epic (艰苦卓绝的) game,

nicknaming them “steel roses, the pride of China,” as countless soccer fans shed

tears behind the scenes for the incredible feat that the Chinese women’s soccer

team delivered on the night.

Despite being two goals behind South Korea in the first half, the Chinese

women’s national football team scored three in the second half with two goals

scored in just five minutes.

Winning the championship for the ninth time 16 years later, the team beat

twice-defending champions Japan 4-3 in a penalty shootout and entered the final,

for which it hadn’t qualified since 2008.

It was the first time for the South Korean women’s national football team to

enter the final and their solid defense was believed to be the key that secured their

entering the showdown.

Media reported that head coach Shui Qingxia said at a press conference before

the game that “the whole team is adjusting physically and mentally to prepare for

all kinds of difficulties in the final.”

Shui admitted that as a formidable (难对付的) adversary (对手), South Korea has

many excellent players who played quite flexibly on the ground.

“But the most important is our attitude and mental status, especially how you

face difficulties during the game, given the various changes of the match,” Shui

emphasized. Shui encouraged her team to have firm faith and more confidence,

and to be brave in showing themselves, caring less about the previous games with

South Korea.

She burst into tears at the team’s victory, and was nicknamed by netizens as

“eternal God” after boldly (大胆地) replacing the experienced but injured player

Wang Shuang with the young player Zhang Linyan in the second half. Zhang scored

the second goal for the team 11 minutes after the replacement.

“Despite being two goals behind in the first half, we kept encouraging

ourselves to attack and attack because we know we can win them back. We have

grown into a completely new team after going through so many things last year.

We came here to seek the championship with full confidence and we did this!”

said Zhang Linyan with tears in her eyes.

The team held the Champion Trophy (奖杯) at the award ceremony of the AFC

Women’s Asian Cup in Mumbai, India with laughter, tears and a combination of

complex feelings.

After claiming the championship, the women’s soccer team is expected to

acquire a large bonus as high as 10 million yuan ($1.6 million). The team is expected

to depart (离开) Mumbai on Monday, and will be placed under quarantine after

arriving in Shanghai,

the Beijing Youth Daily

reported.

The topic occupied hashtags ranking from top to eight on China’s Twitter-like

Sina Weibo, with more than several hundred million views and comments as of

press time. Countless thrilled netizens commented that “The whole team is

worthy of every praise.”

“This is also what the men’s team should do! I ask the sponsors to pay higher

wages and the public to give much more of their attention to the ladies!” some

netizens commented, as they felt disappointed and frustrated on men’s team,

especially after the Chinese men’s national football team was defeated by

Vietnam on Tuesday in the World Cup 2022 qualification.

“We all know how exhausting it is for the Chinese soccer girls, who were in

the 120-minute hard-fought battle with Japan; and we all know how much pain it

is to play with injury; and we all know how difficult it was to achieve a two-goal

comeback in 45 minutes … but, more than that, we can always believe in Chinese

women’s soccer! The epic reversal (反转) has brought China back to the top of

Asia in the field, and these girls deserve all the praise they can get!” commented

the

People’s Daily

.

On Sina Weibo, on WeChat, or on any other social media platform used by

Chinese people, were tearful comments and excitement for the epic gold.

“Only the faithful soccer fans in China know how incredibly long we have

waited for such a moment,” said a 38-year-old soccer fan surnamed Chen.