Extreme reversal! To top Asia! Wuhan team won the first Women s Football AFC Champions League

On May 24, Wuhan Chegujiang Team player Wang Shuang (second from right) celebrated in the penalty shootout. Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Zixuan

Xinhua News Agency, Wuhan, May 24 (Reporters Zhao Jiantong, Le Wenwan) The entire event of extreme reversal! The final of the extreme reversal! Wuhan Women's Football Team, which only qualifies as the third in the group, made a counterattack all the way and finally topped Asia!

In the 2024-2025 AFC Women's Football Club Champions League final held at Wuhan Sports Center on the 24th, Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team woke up from "near death" twice, and drew 1:1 with the Australian Melbourne City Women's Football Team within 120 minutes. Finally, through a penalty shootout, Wuhan defeated its opponent 5:4 and won the championship.

The first "near death" is before the end of the 90-minute game. In the 76th minute, in a set piece attack, Melbourne City women's football team Shelby McMahon received a pass from his teammate and broke the deadlock. In the injury stoppage time, the game ushered in a continuous reversal plot with ups and downs. In the 93rd minute, the Melbourne City Women's Football Team scored again, and the score card was changed to 2:0. The referee called a foul and announced the goal was invalid. Subsequently, Wuhan team got a free kick opportunity, and the Melbourne City player handballed in the penalty area. The referee awarded a penalty after checking the video. Wuhan local player Wang Shuang scored the ball in the 98th minute, and the score became 1:1. The game then entered overtime.

The second "on the verge of death" was in the cruel penalty shootout.

After the overtime game where no goals were scored, the penalty shootout battle also went ups and downs: after the first three rounds, Wuhan missed the shot in the fourth round and Melbourne City scored, and the penalty score reached 3:4. If Wuhan missed the shot in the next round, the game will end early, and even if Wuhan scored, if the opponent scored, Wuhan would still lose. In the critical fifth round, the Wuhan Women's Football Girl withstood the huge pressure and scored the ball, but the opponent lost the opportunity to win the championship again after missing the penalty. The penalty score of both sides reached 4:4. In the sixth round of the decisive battle, the Wuhan Women's Football Girl made a steadily penalty, and the Melbourne City player missed another shot, 5:4, and the Wuhan Women's Football Team ended in this twists and turns.

Wuhan Women's Football Team has a very difficult journey to the AFC Champions League. Five days after achieving the women's five consecutive championships last season, Wuhan Women's Football Team entered the group stage of the Women's Football Team, but lost and won two in three group matches, barely qualifying for the third place; but in the knockout stage, they became more and more courageous, first eliminated the Urawa Red Diamond, the favorite to win the championship in the away penalty shootout, and then eliminated Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Team two goals in the semi-finals, meeting with the Melbourne City Women's Football Team in the final.

Women's Football AFC Champions League is the highest-level club event in Asian women's football, hosted by the AFC. A total of 21 teams participated in this event. This is the first event since the establishment of the league. According to media reports, the champion team of the Women's AFC Champions League will have the opportunity to appear in the first newly established Women's Football Club World Cup by FIFA.