Win first, draw and then overtake! The women s football team almost lost Jingzhou, defeated Taipei 4-2, temporarily reaching the top

At 15:30 pm on July 13, the Chinese women's football team ushered in the second round of the 2025 East Asian Cup, with the opponent being the Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team. In the previous first round of the match, the Chinese women's football team conceded a goal at the last moment and unfortunately drew 2-2 with the Korean women's football team, while the Chinese Taipei women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team 0-4. The Chinese Taipei team has a clear gap in strength compared with the national team. After 90 minutes of competition between the two teams, the Chinese women's football team Shao Ziqin and Shen Mengyu scored two goals in the first half, and were equalized by the Chinese Taipei team in the second half. In the 82nd minute, Wang Yanwen scored a long shot. Shao Ziqin scored twice in stoppage time. In the end, the national women's football team defeated the Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team with a score of 4-2. After the start of the game, the girls of the national team implemented a radical tactic of tightening the frontcourt, which was very effective. In the 7th minute, No. 6 Zhang Wei passed the ball into the penalty area on the right side of the frontcourt. No. 20 Shao Ziqin grabbed the landing point and headed the ball. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the field. Shao Ziqin was alert to shoot with his right foot into the net. The national team led the Chinese Taipei team 1-0. Three minutes later, Shao Ziqin reciprocated her favor. She knocked back in the penalty area, and Zhang Xin pulled her feet and shot high. In the 16th minute, the national women's team got a corner kick from the right, and No. 7 Wang Shuang swung directly towards the goal. Chinese Taipei team goalkeeper Wang Yuting broke the ball out of the baseline. National women's team midfielder Zhang Xin sent a corner kick from the left. After the ball was drawn, the opponent cleared the ball to the middle of the penalty area. No. 22 Chen Qiaozhu headed the ball, and No. 17 Zhijie touched it. Shen Mengyu, No. 9 on the right side of the penalty area, got the ball. She pulled her feet and shot diagonally. The ball rushed into the far corner goal. The national women's team led 2-0.

The Chinese Taipei women's team has limited strength and it is difficult to pose a threat to the national team in the first half. The game is basically half-court offense and defense. The provincial team finally got a one-on-one opportunity in the 33rd minute, but was misjudged as offside by the linebacker. In the 39th minute, Zhang Xin received a pass from her teammate in the penalty area, turned around and wiped the defensive player, took a strong shot, hitting the goalkeeper's mind. In the 41st minute, the national women's team played a smooth cross-cutting match in the left front court. Zhang Xin moved to the left. No. 14 Huo Yuexin pulled her feet and shot angrily. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the field. Zhang Xin got the ball into the inside and shot again. Wang Yuting made a key save. In the 43rd minute, Wang Shuang used her personal ability to change direction and attacked, and went to the frontcourt and made a cross. Shao Ziqin in the penalty area failed to remove the football. The national women's team missed another opportunity.

Technical statistics from the two teams in the first half showed that the game was one-sided: the Chinese Taipei team's possession rate was only 19%, with zero corner kicks and zero shots; the national women's team had 6 corner kicks and 10 shots, including 4 shots, and two goals were scored. After the intermission, the National Women's Football Team made personnel adjustments, and No. 25 Lu Yatong and No. 2 Song Duan appeared, replacing Chen Qiaozhu and Zhijie.

In the 54th minute, Lu Yatong made a foul in the frontcourt, and the Chinese Taipei team made a set piece in the backcourt. Chen Yinghui, No. 20, drove the ball to the frontcourt. No. 19, Su Yuxuan took advantage of the relaxed defense of the national women's team and ran forward quickly. She took Dou Jiaxing one step ahead of him to control the football, and then cut across Dou Jiaxing's defense. She scored a goal in the penalty area.

In the 61st minute, Song Duan took a long shot from the left side of the frontcourt. The ball drew a beautiful arc and flew towards the goal. Wang Yuting flew over and saved the ball from the baseline. The ball shot beautifully and wonderfully.

In the 67th minute, Shao Ziqin broke through in the frontcourt and was pulled down by Su Xinyun, No. 3 of the Chinese Taipei team, and Zhang Xin directly attacked and hit the ball high. One minute later, the Chinese Taipei women's football team launched a quick counterattack. No. 17 Chen Yanwen got rid of the three national women's players' back-chasing and intercepting, entered the penalty area and passed the ball across the goal. No. 21 Chen Yu'an, who was unguarded, pushed the empty goal into the net, and the Chinese Taipei women's team miraculously equalized the score. The national women's team's defense line has many loopholes. After the

was equalized, the national women's team launched a full-scale attack. In the 79th minute, Lu Duan shot hard from the right side of the penalty area, and Wang Yuting saved it hard; in the 81st minute, Shao Ziqin shot from the outside, and Wang Yuting made another save; there were repeated, no more and more, in the 82nd minute, No. 10 Wang Yanwen also pulled her feet out of the penalty area, and the ball rushed into the net like a shell, and Wang Yuting didn't even react! The national women's football team once again surpassed the score. In the last moment, Shao Ziqin scored twice and killed the game. After the

, the women's football team scored 3 points without any danger. In this game, the national women's team's back line was still terrifying. In this state, it would be difficult to win against the Japanese women's football team.