21 goals and zero conceded, the Chinese U20 women s football team advanced to the Asian Cup finals

Reprinted from: Yangzi Evening News

On the evening of August 10, a focus match in the third round of the 2026 AFC U20 Women's Football Asian Cup qualifiers started at the Helanshan Stadium in Yinchuan. In the end, the Chinese U20 Women's Football Team defeated the Lebanese U20 Women's Football Team with an 8-0 score, thus advancing to the finals with a three-game winning streak in the qualifiers.

Since the Chinese U20 Women's Football Team and Lebanon U20 Women's Football Team also won two consecutive victories in the final game of the U20 Women's Football Asian Cup qualifiers, the goal of both teams is to defeat their opponents and get the only place to go directly to the finals. After the start of the game, amid the shouts of more than 20,000 spectators on the scene, the Chinese U20 women's football team quickly controlled the situation on the field and showed strong firepower. In the 7th minute of the game, Zheng Lu dribbled the ball into the penalty area and scored with a precise low shot, opening the door to victory for the Chinese team. In the 17th minute, Zhang Yiqian took a corner kick, and Liu Ling seized the opportunity to score the ball, and the score became 2-0. 8 minutes later, Lu Jiayu made a cross from the right, and Zhang Yiqian scored in time. The Chinese team established a huge lead in just 25 minutes.

After the Chinese team basically secured the victory, Lu Jiayu, who performed well in the first two group stages of this qualifier, began to perform a wonderful solo show. In the 27th minute, she first responded calmly when facing two defensive players and successfully scored her first goal in the game, helping the Chinese team continue to expand its score advantage; just 10 minutes later, after receiving a cross from her teammate from the right, she calmly headed the ball and scored twice; in the 69th minute of the second half, she lived up to expectations and staged a hat trick.

In the end, the Chinese U20 Women's Football Team scored 8 goals in the whole game and easily defeated their opponents with goals.

So far, the Chinese U20 Women's Football Team delivered a perfect answer in this qualifier. In the previous two games, they defeated Syria and Cambodia 6-0 and 7-0, and together with the 8-0 victory over Lebanon in this game, the Chinese U20 Women's Football Team won all three games, scored a total of 21 goals and conceded zero goals, and directly advanced to the final stage of the 2026 AFC U20 Women's Football Team in Thailand next year as the top spot in Group E.

Yangzi Evening News/Zi Niu News reporter Huang Xiyin