The goal in the 96th minute, the Chinese women s football team reversed 4-2 and won their first victory, setting an 11-year record, and hopes for the championship increased

On July 13, in the second round of the East Asian Cup women's football team, the Chinese women's football team faced the Chinese Taipei women's football team. The Chinese women's football team drew 2-2 with South Korea in the first round, with only 1 point, while the Chinese Taipei women's football team lost 0-4 to the Japanese team. In this game, despite the ups and downs of the Chinese women's football team, they finally won 4-2, winning the first victory of the East Asian Cup, and setting a record for 11 years.

Head coach Milicic adopted a 442 formation in this game, with the forward partners Zhijie and Shao Ziqin, and the midfield consisting of Zhang Xin, Wang Yanwen, Shen Mengyu and Wang Shuang. The defense line is composed of Chen Qiaozhu, Dou Jiaxing, Wu Haiyan and Huo Yuexin, goalkeeper Zhu Yu plays, and Wu Haiyan is responsible for the captain.

Looking back on history, since 2014, the Chinese women's football team has played 8 times with the Chinese Taipei women's football team, all ending with victory. The scores are 4-0, 4-0, 1-0, 1-0, 5-0, 4-0, 2-0 and 4-0, with a total of 25 goals and no goal conceded. However, there was a dramatic change in this game.

The Chinese women's football team showed absolute ball possession advantage in the first half of the game, with a ball possession rate of 81%, creating 10 shots, while the Chinese Taipei team did not shoot once. In the 8th minute, the Chinese team took the lead. Shao Ziqin, who was 1.79 meters tall, headed the ball and hit the goal frame and quickly scored a quick shot to take the lead. Then in the 16th minute, Shen Mengyu used a corner kick to create chaos and expanded the score to 2-0 with a low shot.

Although Huo Yuexin's shot hit the goal frame in the 42nd minute and Zhang Xin's long shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, the Chinese women's football team entered the locker room 2-0 in the half. The personnel adjustment was made at the beginning of the second half, and Lu Yatong and Song Duan replaced them. In the 55th minute, Su Yuxuan of the Chinese Taipei Women's Football Team caught up with a goal through a long shot and rewritten the score to 2-1. This is the first time that the Chinese women's football team has conceded against Taipei in China since the 2013 East Asian Games.

Immediately in the 68th minute, the Chinese women's football team encountered difficulties again. Chen Yu'an broke through and assisted Chen Yanwen in the counterattack to score, achieving an equalization, and the score reached 2-2. However, this did not discourage the Chinese women's football team. In the 82nd minute, Wang Yanwen shot accurately outside the penalty area to help the team regain the initiative. Finally, the game entered the injury stoppage time stage. In the 96th minute, Shao Ziqin headed the ball again, helping the Chinese women's football team to secure the victory and complete a 4-2 reversal.

After this game, the Chinese women's football team temporarily ranked first in the East Asian Cup with 4 points in one round, the Japanese team ranked second with 3 points, the South Korean team ranked third with 1 point, and the Chinese Taipei team is in the embarrassing position at the bottom. As the two teams of Japan and South Korea will face off directly next, the hope of Chinese women's football team in the championship will be further strengthened, and the final round of the competition with the Japanese team will be a key battle.