{"id":17834,"date":"2019-06-09T15:40:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T06:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=17834"},"modified":"2019-06-09T15:40:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T06:40:20","slug":"china-push-germany-but-fall-short-in-hard-fought-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/06\/09\/china-push-germany-but-fall-short-in-hard-fought-match\/","title":{"rendered":"China Push Germany but Fall Short in Hard Fought Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steven Danis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Women’s World Cup Correspondent<\/p>\n

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On the second day of the 2019 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, two women\u2019s football giants of the 90s era, Germany and China, met in Rennes. After a goalless in the first 45 minutes, the <\/span>Die Nationalelf <\/span><\/i>finally grabbed a win by thanks to a goal from 19-year-old midfielder, Giulia Gwinn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Germany had a lot of changes and looks like a completely different team when compared with the previous World Cup, which was played in Canada back in 2015. Lead by a new coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, there are several new faces who will be making their senior World Cup debuts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, China\u2019s first eleven is far more similar to the side that played in Canada, with strikers such as Wang Shanshan or Gu Yasha. But unfortunately, the Chinese rising starlet, PSG’s 24 years old midfielder Wang Shuang, was left out of the team for the first half.<\/span><\/p>\n

Germany opened the game with a serious threat in the third minute, but unfortunately Sara Daebritz\u2019s shot went just wide of Peng Shimeng\u2019s goal. However, the Asian side also showed their goalscoring threat. W<\/span>hen Sara Doorsoun made an incomplete pass in Germany defending area, Gu Yasha stole the ball and slipped it through to Yang Li. However, she was unable to find the net after Doorsoun made a redeeming challenge by blocking Yang\u2019s shoot.<\/span><\/p>\n

China’s Lou Jiahui was injured at the 33<\/span>rd<\/span> minute but was replaced by another senior player Tan Ruyin. Once again, the <\/span>Steel Roses<\/span><\/i> had another big chance before the half time whistle blew as Yang Li fired a shot into Almuth Schult\u2019s far post, only for the ball to hit the bar and deny China\u2019s goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seeking a chance, China\u2019s coach, Jia Xiuquan, make another quick substitute at the beginning of the second half as their new idol, Wang Shuang came in replaced Yao Wei, shifting the side’s formation <\/span>from a 4-4-2 into 4-3-3.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, it would be Germany who would go on to<\/span> grab the win in the 66<\/span>th<\/span> minute, after Giulia Gwinn burst a long shot from outside China\u2019s penalty box. Gwinn has now scored a goal in every international level since 2015 with the U-17 team.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Gwinn\u2019s goal, China went looking for an equalizer. They were able to threaten the European side from corner kicks and a long pass into Germany\u2019s penalty box, but their attempts were easily cleared by defensive duo Marina Hegering and Sara Doorsoun.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other Results<\/b><\/p>\n

A surprise in another Group B matches as South Africa took the lead against Spain after 25 minutes, thanks to a goal from Thembi Kgatlana<\/span>. The striker signed for Chinese club Beijing BG Phoenix this season from American side Houston Dash. For Dash last season, she scored two goals from 16 appearances and has now scored the first ever <\/span>Banyana Banyana<\/span><\/i> goal in World Cup history. The result stood still until the half time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel the pressure, Spain coach Jorge Vilda made a quick substitution at the beginning of the second half as two youngsters, Aitana Bonmati and Lucia Garcia, came on from the bench replacing two senior players, Barcelona\u2019s midfielder Vicky Losada and Atletico Madrid\u2019s winger Amanda Sampedro.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spain finally scored the equalizer at the 70<\/span>th<\/span> minutes after South Africa captain, Janine van Wyk, was penalized for a handball. Jennifer Hermoso successfully fired the ball beyond goalkeeper Andile Dlamini from the spot, who had been outstanding so far. Four minutes later, Virginia Torrecilla shocked the <\/span>Banyana Banyana<\/span><\/i>\u2019s defending line after heading the ball towards Dlamini\u2019s net, but the referee judged that she was in an offside position.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Spain finally stole the win with another penalty in the 82<\/span>nd<\/span> minute, after Lucia Garcia fouled by Nothando Vilakazi, who send-off by the referee after getting her second yellow card. Jenni Hermoso completed her brace before Lucia Garcia completed <\/span>La Roja<\/span><\/i>\u2019s victory at the 89<\/span>th<\/span> minutes after getting a through pass from the middle and finish off the game with a low shot into <\/span>Banyana Banyana<\/span><\/i>\u2019s net.<\/span><\/p>\n

South Africa will face China in Paris in their next game. Meanwhile, a big match between Germany and Spain will pit the two heroines in last year U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup – Giulia Gwinn and Lucia Garcia – against each other for the first time at the senior level.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another African representative, Nigeria, also got a negative result after losing 3-0 against Norway. Guro Reiten and Lisa-Marie Utland score in the first 35 minutes, before an own goal meant that Martin Sj\u00f6gren\u2019s side effectively sealed the win in the first half. Norway now sits on the second place of the Group A will meet France in their next game while Nigeria and South Korea will face off in search of their first points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steven Danis Women’s World Cup Correspondent   On the second day of the 2019 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, two women\u2019s football giants of the 90s era, Germany and China, met in Rennes. After a goalless in the first 45 minutes, the Die Nationalelf finally grabbed a win by thanks to a goal from 19-year-old midfielder, Giulia Gwinn. Germany had a lot of changes and looks like a completely different team when compared with the previous World Cup, which was played in Canada back in 2015. Lead by a new coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, there are several new faces who will be making their senior World Cup debuts. Meanwhile, China\u2019s first eleven … Continue reading “China Push Germany but Fall Short in Hard Fought Match”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":17835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1633],"tags":[95],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}