Pointing to the AFC Champions League! The Wuhan women's football team, which has won all the domestic championships, is looking forward to climbing to new heights

Special correspondent said the report On May 21, the first women's AFC Champions League finals started in Wuhan, and the Wuhan Chegujiang University Women's Football Team (hereinafter referred to as Wuhan Women's Football Team) lived up to expectations, defeating the Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Team of Vietnam 2-0 and successfully advancing to the final, the opponent was the Melbourne City Women's Football Team in Australia. The Wuhan women's football team, which has won all the domestic championships, is looking forward to scaling new heights in the Asian arena!

In late March, the Wuhan women's football team, which traveled to Japan as a mourning soldier, defeated the favorite Urawa Red Diamonds through a penalty shootout, which made the outside world once again look at the five-time Women's Super League team. Especially with the recent recovery of the team's form in the preliminary rounds of the Women's Super League and the National Games (with Wuhan Women's Football Team as the team), and Wuhan won the right to host the AFC Champions League finals, the outside world has rekindled confidence in the Wuhan Women's Football Team to compete for the first AFC Champions League championship.

The opponent of Wuhan Women's Football Team in the semifinals, Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Team, is a traditional strong team in Vietnam, with a total of six or seven foreign players in the team. Before the game, Wuhan coach Chang Weiwei said that all teams are playing the AFC Champions League for the first time, and it is an encounter for everyone, and Ho Chi Minh City has distinctive characteristics, hoping that the team can unify their minds at home, give it a go, and win the opponent to enter the final.

Wuhan played with the main force, Wang Shuang, Wu Haiyan and three foreign aides started together, and Ho Chi Minh City also arranged three foreign aides to start. Wuhan women's football team quickly took the initiative after the opening, Wang Shuang successively threatened the opponent's goal through long-range shots and set-pieces, in the 34th minute, Engesha burst into the penalty area and crossed, the opponent cleared not far away, Wang Shuang slightly adjusted his left foot and kicked out a curling ball to break the goal, Wuhan led 1-0. Subsequently, Song Duan and Ngesha wasted two solo chances in succession and failed to extend the score in the first half.

Yibian fought again, Wuhan still took the initiative, and Ngesha once completed a high-quality shot in the penalty area, but was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper. In the 54th minute, Wuhan played a small match in the front, and Song Duan suddenly kicked out a world wave, rewriting the score to 2-0. After taking the lead, Wuhan mobilized troops to make appropriate adjustments, and in the end, they maintained a 2-0 lead until the end and locked a place in the final.

Wang Shuang won the MVP on the spot, and after the game, she thanked the fans for cheering for the team in such a hot weather, and of course, all the players did not disappoint everyone and won this tough game. As happy as scoring goals and winning, Wang Shuang's form is getting better and better, and she said before the game that her competitive form has recovered by 85%. Against Ho Chi Minh City, she started the whole game. Wang Shuang's return to courage is a great benefit to the Wuhan Women's Football Team, the Hubei National Games Team and even the Women's National Football Team.

Of course, behind the victory, it is definitely not only the efforts of the club, but also the support of the local government, the Football Association, fans and relevant institutions.

It is reported that after the "upset" defeat of Urawa to enter the semi-finals, Wuhan immediately submitted a request to the Chinese Football Association to bid for the final stage of the Women's AFC Champions League, and reported to the AFC after consultation and consent, and was quickly approved. If the Wuhan women's football team can win the championship at home, it will not only make history, but also qualify for the first Women's Club World Cup, which is a great honor for the Chinese women's football team and even Chinese football.

In order to encourage women's football teams to participate in the AFC Champions League, the AFC has set up various bonuses, and the Wuhan women's football team has reached the final with a guaranteed bonus of $800,000, and if they win the championship, the prize money will be as high as $1.3 million. This amount of money is undoubtedly a huge amount of money for the women's football team at this stage. At the same time, Wuhan also set up a separate AFC Champions League bonus for the Wuhan women's football team to motivate the team to win glory for Wuhan.

In fact, the Chinese women's football team was previously scheduled to go to the United States from May 17 to June 2 to train and participate in the invitational tournament, Wang Shuang, Wu Haiyan and Yao Wei are all on the list, but considering the AFC Champions League, three people stayed in the team after negotiation. In addition, in order to support the Wuhan Women's Football Team in the AFC Champions League, the Football Association adjusted the Women's Super League match originally scheduled for the team to challenge Henan Women's Football Team away on May 16 to September 11.

The semi-final against Ho Chi Minh City, because it was a weekday and started at 4 p.m., coupled with the 35-degree high temperature in Wuhan, the outside world was worried that there would not be too many fans cheering on the home field.

But on the day of the game, it was found that such worries were unnecessary, and a total of 4,977 people came to the Wuhan Sports Center to cheer for the team, and the sound of cheering one after another added more motivation to the players.

Among them, there is a special group of fans, that is, 5 fans from the Hubei Chamber of Commerce in Japan, President Liang Yong organized 50 people of the Chamber of Commerce on March 23 to witness the reversal of the Wuhan women's football team at the Urawa Kumagai Sports and Culture Park Stadium, this time they specially returned to Wuhan from Japan to watch the game, he said that the away victory in Japan was hard-won, returned to Wuhan, and once again witnessed the team advance to the finals, the home atmosphere made people feel more cordial, deeply felt the strength of the motherland, and hoped to witness the Wuhan women's football team win the championship on the 24th.

At the scene of the game, the "Wuhan Chegujiang University Women's Football Official Fan Store" attracted special attention, and the Wuhan fans who stopped to consume inside and outside the store became a beautiful scenery outside the stadium.

The relevant person in charge of the store said that when he learned that the final stage of the women's football AFC Champions League was held in Wuhan, he contacted the club as soon as possible and communicated the idea of wanting to make peripheral products of the women's football club, which was quickly recognized and authorized, and also received the assistance of the brother unit Three Towns Club.

This should be the first women's football peripheral store in China, and it will not disappear after the AFC Champions League is over, and will be fixed at the Tazihu Sports Center, the home of the Wuhan Women's Football League. Although it is almost impossible to make a profit, I hope to make some contribution to Wuhan football, make some products with Wuhan characteristics, and become a part of Wuhan football culture.