Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 3 In the early morning of December 3, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team lost 0:3 to the United States women's football team in an international football friendly match in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
In this game, the U.S. women's football team had obvious advantages in individual skills, physical confrontation and team cooperation, and in the opening 8 minutes, Smith took the lead in breaking the Chinese team. Throughout the first half, the U.S. team had many good chances to score, and the Chinese goalkeeper Xu Huan performed well and made many wonderful saves. In the second half, Horan and Rodman scored two more goals to help the United States seal the victory.
This game is the first warm-up match for the Chinese women's football team to train in the United States. After Shui Qingxia left office, the coaching staff of the Chinese team composed of Wang Jun, Cedric Ethes, Li Zhigao and Zang Haili led the team to complete the task of participating in the competition. However, the Chinese team suffered a lot of injuries and attrition during this trip, Yang Lina, Wu Chengshu, and Chen Qiaozhu were unable to go to the United States due to injuries, and the team could only temporarily recruit Liu Yanqiu and Shen Menglu to replace them. After arriving in the United States, two young players who joined the team for the first time, Wang Aifang and Gao Jingyao, suffered from the flu again. The team has only 18 players available for this game.
According to the arrangement, the Chinese women's football team will play the second warm-up match with the United States team on December 6, Beijing time. (ENDS).