Next year s Asian Cup is facing real test

This newspaper (reporter Gu Ying) Yesterday afternoon and evening, the final round of the East Asian Cup Women's Football Team was held, with the Chinese women's football team dating 0:0 with the Japanese women's football team, and the Korean women's football team defeating the Chinese Taipei women's football team 2:0. So far, the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea all had 1 win, 2 draws and 5 points. The Korean women's football team scored 3 goals in the confrontation between the three teams, the Chinese women's football team scored two goals, and the Japanese women's football team scored one goal, thus determining the ranking. The Korean women's football team won the championship, the Chinese women's football team won the runner-up, and the Japanese women's football team ranked third.

Yesterday's game was affected by the rainy weather, and the overall feeling of the Chinese and Japanese women's football team was not fierce. The Japanese women's football team scored an offside goal in 8 minutes at the beginning of the game. After that, neither side had any absolute chances to score goals, and some chances ended in a missed or high. After the game, Japanese women's football coach Nelson said that in the last 15 minutes of the game, the team put some pressure on the Chinese women's football defense line, but unfortunately they failed to score a goal, otherwise the Japanese women's football team would win and win the championship. Chinese women's football coach Milicic emphasized that it was very regrettable that he was tied by his opponent's goal in his first match against the Korean women's football team at the end of the game, otherwise the Chinese women's football team would also win the championship for the first time in history.

From 2005 to the present 20 years, the Chinese women's football team has participated in 9 East Asian Cups, with three runner-ups, three third-place finishes and three palace champions. They have never won the championship. This is probably also a difficult point for Milicic to settle. If the victory against the Korean women's football team is maintained in the first game, then the championship means a breakthrough and a glorious goal for him to lead the team personally. In addition, it must be admitted that the East Asian Cup has participated in 9 competitions and 9 confronted the Japanese women's football team. The Chinese women's football team has never scored 3 draws and 6 losses. This embarrassment is also the most objective reflection of the gap in strength between the two sides.

Although there was no loss in 1 win, 2 draws, but the intuitive feeling brought to the outside world by the Chinese women's football team three games is still hard to say, or there is no clear highlight of Milicic's leadership of the team for more than a year, and the old and new will be replaced. In this regard, Milicic emphasized that 25 players registered and 23 of them received playing time. The girls can only improve through more games, and everyone must be patient with them. In addition, Milicic also mentioned the Asian Cup in March next year, which is his real first competition since taking office: "After this year's National Games, the Chinese women's football team can have more time to invest in overall planning and training. I think it can lead a strong team to participate in the Asian Cup by then."

According to the plan, the Chinese women's football team will organize training camps or overseas training in September, October and November this year. The "more time" that Milicic said should start from this time, but from September to March next year, how much improvement the team can make will still be achieved.