The first show after reaching the AFC Champions League! Wuhan Women s Football Team starts the women s super score grab mode

On June 7, the 2025 Women's Super League war rekindled. Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team, which had just been crowned the first Women's Football Championship, defeated Guangdong Women's Football Team 1-0 away game and officially started the league point grabbing mode. In the victory after winning the first appearance of the AFC Champions League, Wuhan Women's Football Team further reversed the team's previous ups and downs in the league. The halo of the AFC Champions League is transforming into the motivation to rise up in the domestic arena - "Women's Super League champion, we also want to compete!" During the more than a month of the interval between the women's Super League, Wuhan Women's Football Team fought on the third line, and kept walking: first represented the Hubei Women's Football Team in the National Games preliminaries in early May, and advanced to the final circle with the second group; then at the end of May, he took the Wuhan Sports Center and finally held the first AFC Champions League trophy high. The strong breakthrough and the new king Honor both contrast with the embarrassing position that ranked only 7th in the Women's Super League standings. After winning the championship, the Wuhan Women's Football Team, which is in the middle of the standings, faces the Guangdong team in this game, and urgently needs a "good start" in the second stage to regain confidence in the league.

As the Chinese women's football team went to the United States to train and participated in the invitational tournament from May 17 to June 2, the international players Wang Shuang and Wu Haiyan in the Wuhan Women's Football Team took on the task of "fourth line" and rushed to the United States to meet with the main force after winning the AFC Champions League. The two of them took a break after returning to China this time and did not go away with the team.

In this game, both teams were slightly disorganized due to the absence of the core, and the offensive organization was a little sluggish. In the first half, the two teams attacked and defended each other: the tall Deng Mengye of Wuhan team won many headers in front of the goal, but failed to grasp it; the Guangdong team was threatened by Yuan Cong, the Golden Boot of last season, and her shot after a single ride was firmly held by Chen Chen.

The change of sides and the competition progress confirmed the desire for victory between the two sides. Wuhan Women's Football Team gradually controlled the situation with more mature cooperation. In the 65th minute, Song Duan suddenly made a cold arrow outside the penalty area and was blocked, but Traore followed up with a supplementary shot but unfortunately he was too high. Just 5 minutes later, Song Fei's free kick was hit hard on the crossbar and bounced out. The dramatic thing was that the Guangdong team's subsequent attack was also blocked by the crossbar. The

deadlock was broken in the 83rd minute! Deng Mengye made an accurate cross pass, Traore shot with his thigh in front of the goal, and the ball entered the net, causing the opponent's goalkeeper to be off guard. The moment the score was rewritten, the Wuhan fans expeditioned in the stands were instantly boiling and shouting Traore's name. In the end, the Wuhan Women's Football Team maintained a 1-0 lead until the final game, and won a valuable victory in the adjustment period after winning the AFC Champions League. After the game, the goal-scoring hero Traore especially thanked the fans who came from afar: "It feels great to hear the fans shouting my name! Thank you very much for these lovely fans. Their support is an important driving force for us to move forward." The popularity of the new Asian Championship champion continues to push up the attention of the women's football team, and many of the 289 fans at the scene were Wuhan fans who came from the expedition. After reaching the top of Asia, everything starts from scratch. According to the rules of the AFC, the AFC champion cannot go directly to the next event. If the Wuhan Women's Football Team wants to continue to represent China, it must win the Women's Super League this season. After winning 3 points in this game, Wuhan's ranking temporarily rose to 5th place, and there is still a gap from the top. However, the "champion team" that has just reached the top of Asia knows the secret of winning by defeating the strong and turning defeat into victory better than anyone else. As the AFC final proves – before the final whistle, nothing is possible!

Text/Hubei Daily reporter Hu Yuwei

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