Miraculous! North Korea wins the U17 Women’s World Cup again: a 14-year-old youngster makes her debut at a cross-level level!

The final of the U17 Women's Football World Cup is over. The North Korean women's football team defeated the Dutch U17 women's football team with a score of 3-0 and successfully defended the championship of this event. During the game, the team's 14-year-old Li Yilin came on as a substitute again. She also made 6 substitute appearances in this tournament and won the world championship across levels. Her future prospects are limitless!

The North Korean women's football team made great progress in this tournament. They won all three games in the group stage and beat the Netherlands 5-0. Unexpectedly, they met the U17 European Cup champion Dutch women's football team again in the final. The result was another 3-0 win. The total score of the two games in this tournament was 8-0, with a double kill and zero shutout. It really showed their superior strength!

After the entire 7 games, the North Korean women's football team scored 25 goals, but only conceded 3 goals, including more than 5 goals in 3 games. The Japanese women's football team also lost to North Korea 1-5, and the Brazilian U17 women's football team, which had previously defeated the Chinese women's football team, also became the loser of the North Korean women's football team. What's even more surprising is that the team has already begun to make plans for the future.

14-year-old forward Li Yelin played 6 times in this tournament. Although he did not score a goal, he was able to play across three age groups and help the team win the championship. He is indeed a talented player of the North Korean women's football team. The Chinese women's football team has previously stated that it will benchmark the North Korean women's football team and fully learn from North Korea in terms of physical training. However, this tournament only reached the top 16.

It is worth mentioning that in three warm-up matches in July this year, the Chinese U17 women's football team played against the North Korean women's football team. As a result, the two sides had 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, which was a tie. This also gave many young players of the Chinese women's football team more confidence. However, now that the North Korean women's football team has won the U17 World Cup again, we still see the direction we need to improve. (Lao Qiu)