The 1/8 finals of the women’s football World Cup have all ended, and all the teams entering the top eight have come into being. Of course, the Chinese women’s football team has been out of the group, but the elimination stage of the World Cup is still wonderful, not to mention the group competition is not only beautiful and energetic policewoman!
Second in the world + first in South America, stop the group match
This year’s women’s football World Cup can really be said to be unpopular. The biggest cold door is the German women’s football team, which ranks second in the world. It even stopped the group match!
Figure note: The German women’s football team failed to beat South Korea in the final round, and both of them were out.
In fact, the grouping of the German team is good. The same group of opponents include Colombia, South Korea and Morocco. There are no European rivals. The highest ranked Columbia women’s football team ranks only 25th in the world. Their start was also excellent, in the first round, 6-0 swept Morocco and made a good start.
However, in the second round, Germany’s 1-2 cold was no match for Colombia and suffered the first defeat. In the case that the third round of winning can still be promoted, they were forced to draw 1-1 by South Korea, and finally ranked third in the group. They missed the World Cup elimination match for the first time in young pioneer team history!
Another strong team out of the cold is the Tokyo Olympic women’s football champion Canadian women’s football, the seventh in the world. Their first round of 0-0 draw Nigeria, the second round of 2-1 Rick Ireland, was expected to be out of the line, but the last round of 0-4 was defeated at the foot of the 10th Australia in the world, also ranked third in the group! However, 40-year-old legendary singer Sinclair failed to become the first player in history to score goals in the six World Cups.
The legendary Brazilian star Mata also failed to complete this great achievement. As the eighth in the world and the first in South America, the Brazilian women’s football team took Panama lightly in the first round of 4-0. It was not unexpected to lose to the fifth France in the world in the second round of 1-2, but the last round was unexpectedly leveled by Jamaica 0-0, which really surprised many people, you should know that the latter ranks 43rd in the world. Finally, Jamaica and France joined hands to advance.
The world’s number one, missed three successive championships
Coming to the 1/8 final, the cold door continued. It was the first American team in the world who had finished the World Cup two consecutive championships. Before the match, they were regarded as the biggest hit to win the championship, but the performance in the group match was flat. In addition to the 3-0 victory over Vietnam, they drew with Holland and Portugal, and only scored one goal in two games.
Figure note: Defending champion American women’s football team failed to reach the top eight
In the face of another European team and the world’s third Swedish women’s football team, the US team once again fell into the crisis of difficult goals. The whole game scored 22 shots and 11 shots, but unexpectedly failed to score one goal!
120 minutes or 0-0, had to enter the brutal penalty kick war. In the end, the legendary superstar lapinoe was fined penalty kick, so he could not stop at the top eight! As a result, the US team failed to become the first three successive championships team in the history of the women’s football World Cup, and they did not update in time and relied too much on the veteran, which paid a price.
Asian glory, stunning Japanese women’s football
If the World Cup is the most amazing team so far, the Japanese women’s football team is definitely one. They beat Zambia 5-0 in the first round and Costa Rica in the second round 2-0. Possession percentage of them were around 60%, shooting more than 20 times, and the advantage was very obvious.
Figure note: the performance of Japanese women’s football is amazing
In the last round against Spain, the Japanese team played a quick counterattack with only 23 percent of possession percentage. They scored 4 goals in 7 shots, and they still beat Spain 4-0!
In three group matches, the Japanese women’s football team scored 11 goals, the most in all teams, and 0 goals were lost. In the 1/8 final, facing the European team Norway, they won another 3-1 victory and advanced strongly to the top eight, which really made us very envious.
African women’s football team, strong rise
There is no doubt that there are many dark horse teams in this World Cup. African teams have undoubtedly become forces that cannot be ignored, even if they are all out in the next 1/8 finals. The Nigerian women’s football team had no fear in facing the two giants of the Australian women’s football team and the Canadian women’s football team in the group match. Especially in the second group match with the host Australia, the 3-2 victory over the opponent laid the foundation for the team to qualify. In the 1/8 final, in the face of the powerful England women’s football team, the Nigerian women’s football team also performed well, and only lost in the final penalty kick decisive battle.
Also outstanding are the Moroccan women’s football team and the South African women’s football team. They were originally recognized as weak brigades, but they finally scored the top 16 with excellent performance. We have reason to believe that there will be a place for African women’s football in the future world’s women’s football football.
The world is changing, and the Chinese women’s football team should also change.
The final eight came into being, and the situation in the quarter-finals was immediately revealed: Spain VS Holland, Japan VS Sweden, England VS Colombia, France VS Australia.
There are no North American teams in it. European teams occupy 5 seats, more than half of the country, and their world rankings are within the top 10, which is also a hot spot to win the championship, which exactly reflects the development trend of today’s world soccer field.
Relying on the foundation and institutional advantages of men’s football, women’s football has developed rapidly in Europe and the football population has increased rapidly. The professional league is booming, and men’s football giants have also begun to make efforts to invest in women’s football teams, so as to continuously cultivate new talents; European players have physical advantages, fast speed and strong confrontation ability, plus higher level of competition exercise and advanced tactical concepts, naturally, it has become the mainstream force in today’s football world, and it also dominates the trend of “male women’s football” with equal emphasis on body, technology and tactics.
What about teams in other regions? We also have to keep up with the trend. Taking Haiti in the same group as the Chinese women’s football team as an example, physical advantage and French experience have caused us a lot of trouble. The Japanese women’s football team is not an advantage, but the technology is good enough, the tactics are strong, and many players play in Europe, which is the advantage of the Japanese men’s football team.
If the Chinese women’s football team wants to get out of the haze of the World Cup group, it must keep up with the world development trend. On the one hand, it should speed up the professionalization of the Women’s Super League and the construction of the youth training system, on the other hand, let more women’s football players go to Europe to play football, receive exercise and edification. In this way, I believe that the Chinese women’s football team will return to its peak in the near future.