Beiqing talks about China s U17 women s football team 2-5 the United States: The gap is obvious, and the surprise in the first game brought us back to reality

October 22 News In the second round of the 2025 U17 Women's World Cup group match held in the early morning of October 22, the Chinese U17 women's football team lost 2-5 to the US U17 women's football team, the strongest opponent in the same group. After the game, Beiqing Sports issued an article commenting on the performance of the Chinese U17 women's football team.

In the match against the US team, Wang Hongliang, head coach of the Chinese U17 women's football team, launched a 4132 offensive and defensive balance formation. Judging from the situation after the opening, the Chinese team did not blindly defend, but started to attack their opponents. In the 12th minute of the game, Zhou Xinyi, who scored twice in the last round, took advantage of the counterattack opportunity and drove the ball straight into the opponent's penalty area, and gave her team the lead with a world-beating shot.

It has to be said that the U.S. U17 women's football team has obvious advantages in terms of physical confrontation conditions and physical reserves. After conceding the goal, they quickly formed a siege on the Chinese U17 women's football team, and soon Malsom equalized the score in a "one-stop" way in the 27th minute. As the game progressed, the U.S. U17 Women's Football Team's oppressive play strained the Chinese team's defense, which exposed flaws in defense. As a result, Di Maria led the U.S. U17 Women's Football Team in the 43rd minute. This goal also hit the Chinese U17 Women's Football Team's psychological defense to a certain extent. Toure scored in the third minute of stoppage time in the first half, helping the U.S. U17 women's football team lead 3-1 before halftime.

Entering the second half, the Chinese U17 women's football team stepped up their efforts, but overall they did not reverse the team's disadvantage. Toure scored twice in the 61st minute, and 6 minutes later, Malsom also completed the "double ring". In the 84th minute, Zeng Yijie scored with a direct free kick, helping the Chinese U17 women's football team recover 1 point. In the end, the team lost 2-5.

Data shows that the Chinese team has a ball possession rate of only 42%, and is significantly behind its opponents in key statistics such as the number of shots, the number of threatening attacks, and the number of crosses. The score objectively reflects the difference in on-field performance and strength between the two sides. The Chinese U17 women's football team seemed relatively passive throughout the game, and the gap with their opponents in terms of physical confrontation ability, offensive and defensive transition rhythm, and physical reserves was obvious. This defeat also brought the team back to reality from the surprise of beating the Norwegian U17 women's football team with 5 goals in the first game. In the final round of the group stage, they encountered the Ecuador team, which completely defeated the Norwegian U17 women's football team in this round. The Chinese U17 women's football team still needs to compete with their opponents.