女足亚洲杯夺冠!(纯英文版)——如果信仰有颜色,那一定是中国红!

China wins incredible feat in AFC Women’s Asian Cup, beats SK in dramatic final China beat South Korea 3-2 from two goals down in the dramatic final of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup on Sunday night and won its record-extending 9th title since the last championship in 2006.

“If faith has a color, it must be China red!” The Chinese Football Association said as it congratulated the soccer girls over their epic (艰苦卓绝的) game, nicknaming them “steel roses, the pride of China,” as countless soccer fans shed tears behind the scenes for the incredible feat that the Chinese women’s soccer team delivered on the night.

Despite being two goals behind South Korea in the first half, the Chinese women’s national football team scored three in the second half with two goals scored in just five minutes.

Winning the championship for the ninth time 16 years later, the team beat twice-defending champions Japan 4-3 in a penalty shootout and entered the final, for which it hadn’t qualified since 2008.

It was the first time for the South Korean women’s national football team to enter the final and their solid defense was believed to be the key that secured their entering the showdown.

Media reported that head coach Shui Qingxia said at a press conference before the game that “the whole team is adjusting physically and mentally to prepare for all kinds of difficulties in the final.”

Shui admitted that as a formidable (难对付的) adversary (对手), South Korea has many excellent players who played quite flexibly on the ground.

“But the most important is our attitude and mental status, especially how you face

difficulties during the game, given the various changes of the match,” Shui emphasized. Shui encouraged her team to have firm faith and more confidence, and to be brave in showing themselves, caring less about the previous games with South Korea.

She burst into tears at the team’s victory, and was nicknamed by netizens as “eternal God” after boldly (大胆地) replacing the experienced but injured player Wang Shuang with the young player Zhang Linyan in the second half. Zhang scored the second goal for the team 11 minutes after the replacement.

“Despite being two goals behind in the first half, we kept encouraging ourselves to attack and attack because we know we can win them back. We have grown into a completely new team after going through so many things last year. We came here to seek the championship with full confidence and we did this!” said Zhang Linyan with tears in her eyes.

The team held the Champion Trophy (奖杯) at the award ceremony of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in Mumbai, India with laughter, tears and a combination of complex feelings.

After claiming the championship, the women’s soccer team is expected to acquire a large bonus as high as 10 million yuan ($1.6 million). The team is expected to depart (离开) Mumbai on Monday, and will be placed under quarantine after arriving in Shanghai, the Beijing Youth Daily reported.

The topic occupied hashtags ranking from top to eight on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo, with more than several hundred million views and comments as of press time. Countless thrilled netizens commented that “The whole team is worthy of every praise.”“This is also what the men’s team should do! I ask the sponsors to pay higher wages and the public to give much more of their attention to the ladies!” some netizens