The second round of the U20 Women's Asian Cup group stage is in full swing, and the Group A event has a blockbuster result! The South Korean women's national football team in the showdown with the Chinese Taipei team, with a devastating momentum, swept the opponent with 6 goals, with the victory of this campaign, the South Korean team surpassed Australia in one fell swoop by virtue of goal difference, temporarily ranked first in Group A. The Chinese women's football team, which is in the fierce competition in Group B, drew with the traditional powerhouse North Korea in the first game with the help of Huo Yuexin's key world wave, and is currently ranked second in the group.
After losing to Australia in the first game, South Korea showed strong dominance against the weaker Chinese Taipei, scoring two goals in the first half alone, and adding four more cities in the second half, and finally won 6-0 to temporarily top the table. However, their first place position is not secure, and Australia's performance will have a direct impact on the rankings.
In the final game, the South Korean women's football team will face the bottom team of this group, Uzbekistan, while the Chinese Taipei team will need to face the Australian team. Given the current situation, South Korea and Australia in Group A are expected to secure the top two spots and go straight to the knockout stage of the semi-finals.
It is worth noting that the top four teams in the U20 Women's Asian Cup will win a ticket to the 2025 Women's World Cup in Colombia. This means that once the South Korean team retains their place in the semi-finals, they will lock in the World Cup journey in advance, showing their luck and strength.
Compared with the smooth sailing South Korean team, the challenge faced by the Chinese women's football team is particularly severe. In Group B, which can be called the "Group of Death", the Chinese girls had to compete against the two strong opponents of the North Korean team and the Japanese team, and the road to promotion was full of thorns. In the first game of the group stage, the Chinese team relied on Huo Yuexin's wonderful goal in stoppage time to draw with the North Korean team, and is currently ranked second in the group by one point.
In the next key battle, the Chinese women's football team will face the Japanese team, the seeded player in Group B. The Japanese women's football team showed their terrifying attacking power with a 10-0 thrashing of Vietnam in their opening match. This contest is undoubtedly a severe test for the Chinese women's football team, and it is related to the fate of qualifying from the group.
According to the analysis of Group B points, if the Chinese women's football team wants to advance to the semi-finals, it must not only strive to win the match against Japan, but also need to score as many goals as possible against Vietnam in the final round to ensure that it has an advantage in goal difference. If they lose to Japan, the initiative to advance will be left to others, and the final fate will be determined by the result of the North Korean team against the Japanese team.