The latest women’s football match against Brazil

Four Nations Tournament - Ren Guixin contributed 10 Chinese women's football team 1-4 Brazil

Sina Sports News At 8:00 on December 19th, Beijing time, the Brazilian Four Nations Women's Football Invitational Tournament entered the third round. The Chinese women's football team lost 1-4 to Brazil, ranked sixth in the world, and missed the final. The Brazilian team led by Marta scored two goals in each half. Gu Yasha was sent off with a red card in the 59th minute, and Ren Guixin scored a point at the buzzer. The Chinese team will compete with Argentina for third place in this tournament.

The Chinese women’s football team performed well in this invitational tournament. They drew 1-1 with the world’s number one American team in their first match thanks to Han Peng’s stunning goal. In the second game, thanks to midfielder Zhang Rui's hat trick within 5 minutes and goals from Wang Shuang, Tang Jiali and Gu Yasha, Argentina was swept 6-0. In the final round of the round robin, the Chinese team only needs to draw with the host Brazil to get the right to the finals. Due to two consecutive heavy rains in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, the China-Brazil battle had to be postponed to today.

The Chinese team lost 0-3 and 0-4 in the past two games against Brazil respectively. There is a clear gap in strength between the two teams. After the start of this campaign, the Brazilian team quickly took advantage of the field. In the 12th minute, goalkeeper Wang Fei, who had just joined the German women's football team Potsdam, made a major mistake and conceded the ball. When Wang Fei received the pass on the right side of the penalty area, he handled the ball and pushed it up. He made a mistake in stopping the ball and was intercepted. Beater Liz intercepted the ball and then passed the ball across. Wu Haiyan failed to block it. Darlene stopped the ball at the edge of the small penalty area and pushed the ball into the empty goal, 0-1.

In the 20th minute, Wang Fei lifted Beatrice's lob from the left rib of the frontcourt over the crossbar. In the 24th minute, the Chinese team conceded another goal - the Brazilian team seized the free kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area. Andresinia took the penalty and hit the goal directly. The ball flew around the wall and flew into the net, giving the Brazilian team a 2-0 lead.

In the second half, the game changed sides and the Chinese team suffered another heavy blow. Gu Yasha received a red card and was sent off. The Brazilian team, which had one more player to fight, became more and more courageous after that. In the 61st minute, Brunia broke through Li Dongna's defense and passed the ball across. Debinia got the ball on the right side of the penalty area and easily got rid of Wang Shanshan, then pushed the ball into the lower left corner of the goal and succeeded, 0- 3. In the 65th minute, the Chinese team fouled in the penalty area and Alves made a penalty kick to expand the score to 4-0. Then Tang Jiali and Wang Fei were replaced by Lou Jiahui and Zhang Yue. In the 85th minute, the Brazilian team shot a low shot from the front of the penalty area to the post, but the assistant referee raised the flag to indicate offside. In the 88th minute, the Brazilian team found a single shot but was saved by Zhang Yue. Marta followed up with a follow-up shot and was resolved by Zhang Yue who reacted quickly. In the last minute of stoppage time, the Chinese team made a pass from the right, and Ren Guixin jumped high and hit the goal with a head shake, making the score 1-4.

The game ended immediately after the kick-off in the center circle. In the end, the Chinese women's football team lost 1-4 to the Brazilian team. In the game that ended early, the United States beat Argentina 7-0, with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in three games, with a goal difference of 4 points and 6 goals. The Chinese team also scored 4 points in 3 games, but only had a goal difference of 3. They ranked third in the round-robin and missed the final. They will compete with Argentina for third place in this tournament.

Chinese women’s football starting lineup: (4-2-3-1) 12-Wang Fei; 2-Liu Shanshan, 5-Wu Haiyan, 8-Li Dongna, 3-Wang Shanshan; 19-Tan Ruyin, 23- Ren Guixin; 15-Wang Shuang, 25-Zhang Rui, 18-Han Peng; 24-Tang Jiali

(Tai Xiaopeng)