Adversity blooms! Wuhan women's football team reached the top of Asia to set a number of records, Grand Slam + will compete in the Club World Cup

Special correspondent said the report On May 24, the first Women's AFC Champions League kicked off in Wuhan, Wuhan Chegujiang University Women's Football Team drew 1-1 in stoppage time with the opponent scoring first, and finally defeated the opponent 5-4 through a penalty shootout, won the first Women's AFC Champions League, and successfully qualified for the 2026 Women's Club World Cup!

The spirit of the sonorous rose of the women's football team is embodied at this moment, and last night's Wuhan women's football team is very similar to the Chinese women's football team that won the Asian Cup in 2022.

After defeating Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Team 2-0 in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, Wuhan Women's Football Team quickly became the focus of attention in Chinese and even Asian football, and the final with Melbourne City Women's Football Team will determine the first Women's AFC Champions League final, writing a new record in the history of Asian women's football clubs. Although playing at home, the lineup of the Wuhan women's football team is no longer the team that dominated the Women's Super League during the five-consecutive championship period, and the coach Chang Weiwei still tried to lower his posture before the game: the opponent has an advantage in physical fitness, but we are not afraid of any opponent, and will let it go, ready to play 120 minutes or even a penalty shootout.

At the beginning of the game, the Wuhan women's football team wore orange jerseys, Wang Shuang, Wu Haiyan and three foreign aides all started, compared with the last game The adjustment was to replace Song Duan with Chen Ying. In the first 20 minutes, both sides played more cautiously, but Melbourne City then suddenly made a force, first pressing in the front court to force the Wuhan women's football team to almost make a mistake, and then launched an attack that caused goalkeeper Ding Xuan to be injured, but fortunately, Ding Xuan gritted his teeth and insisted and saved the opponent's single knife. In first-half stoppage time, Melbourne City also won the first corner of both sides, and then Wang Shuang's long-range shot on the counter-attack almost broke the goal, but was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Japanese referee Koizumi Asaka blew the whistle at the end of the first half without even giving a corner kick to Wuhan.

After the rematch, Wuhan replaced Ding Xuan, who was injured in the first half, with Chen Chen, and the game began to become more tense. Around the 50th minute, Melbourne City won consecutive single knives, all of which were bravely resolved by Chen Chen. In the 76th minute, Melbourne City took advantage of a free kick opportunity in front of the field to score with a header from McMahon, leading Wuhan 1-0. At this time, Wuhan successively replaced Song Duan, Yao Wei and Deng Mengye to strengthen the attack.

The game came to a climax in stoppage time in regulation time, when Melbourne City scored a goal from Thierry Henry on the counter-attack in the 92nd minute, but it was disallowed for a foul on Zhao Yuxin. In the 96th minute, Deng Mengye's header in the penalty area caused a handball foul by Sparkmeier, Koizumi Chaoxiang watched VAR under the reminder of the Wuhan players and awarded a penalty, Wang Shuang took the penalty kick and equalized the score overnight, and the two sides entered extra time 1-1.

There was a controversial scene in extra time, in the 103rd minute, Wang Shuang crossed from the left, and Scott fouled the handball in the penalty area, but neither the referee nor VAR said anything!

In the final moments, Melbourne City organised a number of effective attacks, but two shots were wide to send the game to penalties. Yao Wei, Wu Haiyan and Deng Mengye scored penalties one after another, but Song Duan's penalty kick was saved in the fourth round, and Wuhan fell behind 3-4 after four rounds, and the game entered the second climax. Wang Shuang withstood the pressure and took the lead in the penalty, and Melbourne City captain Stott shot under the pressure of winning the championship with a penalty and was saved by Chen Chen. In the 6th round, Zhao Yuxin scored a penalty, and then Chen Chen saved the opponent's penalty again. In the end, the Wuhan women's football team defeated the Melbourne City women's football team and won the AFC Champions League.

After winning the Women's Super League championship in the domestic league for five consecutive years, Wuhan Women's Football Team once again proved itself through Asian continental competitions and won the first Women's AFC Champions League, and also set new records one after another: making Wuhan Women's Football Team a Grand Slam team of Asian women's football clubs (domestic Women's Super League + FA Cup + championship champion, Asian Women's AFC Champions League), making Wuhan the first city to compete in the men's and women's AFC Champions League at the same time (Wuhan Three Towns once competed in the 2023/24 Men's AFC Champions League), Make China the first country to win both the men's and women's AFC Champions League (Guangzhou Evergrande won the men's AFC Champions League twice in 2013 and 2015). At the same time, the Wuhan women's football team will also receive a total prize of 1.3 million US dollars for winning the Women's AFC Champions League.

Talking about the experience of the Wuhan women's football team winning the championship, Chang Weiwei said: "It is not easy to win this championship, Ding Xuan has gone to the hospital for a pelvic fracture in the first half, and Chen Ying has been injured in the knee for half a month. The Wuhan women's football team finally left the trophy in Wuhan, China, and really made history. We will continue to work hard because women's football has to continue to develop. Thanks to the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau, the Wuhan Municipal Government, the Football Association, the media and nearly 20,000 fans from all over the country. ”

Substitute goalkeeper Chen Chen became the best player of the Wuhan women's football team last night, she was ordered to come on the stage in the second half and in the penalty shootout, helping the Wuhan women's football team to hold on to the final championship. After the game, she said that this journey was not easy, everyone was very pressured, especially eager for this victory, and finally won the championship very happy, but also created the history of Wuhan, thank so many fans for coming to watch the game, giving us greater strength, this victory can be regarded as a wonderful performance for the fans.

After the game, the Chinese Football Association sent congratulations as soon as possible: a wonderful final, congratulations to Wuhan Chegujiang University Women's Football Team for winning the AFC Champions League! The Wuhan Municipal Government sent a congratulatory letter: "Victory was not easy to come by. In this season's Women's AFC Champions League, you are not afraid of strong opponents, dare to fight, play style, play out the level, water the dream of youth with sweat, and compose the song of youth with struggle, which fully demonstrates the perseverance and never-say-die spirit of the Chinese women's football team, and fully embodies the beautiful style of Wuhan athletes who are self-confident and self-reliant, and can fight for good and win, which is a vivid interpretation of the Olympic spirit and the Chinese sports spirit. Wind and rain rainbow, sonorous roses. I hope that you will take this championship as a new starting point, work hard, not arrogant or impatient, unite and work hard, create brilliance, and bloom more dazzling brilliance on a higher level stage! ”

It is reported that the Wuhan women's football team, which won the AFC Champions League, will also be eligible for higher honors, and the AFC Champions League status allows them to qualify for the 2026 Women's Champions Cup, and the team will travel from January to February 2026, facing the Oceania champion Auckland United Women's Football Team in the first round, and if they win, they will face the African champion team, and then advance to the semifinals to face the new Women's Champions League champion Arsenal.