Photos: The Chinese women’s football team missed the Asian Games finals and the whole team left the field lonely

On September 29, Beijing time, the women’s football semifinals of the 2026 Aichi Nagoya Asian Games began. In a rainy battle at the Ogasayama Comprehensive Sports Park Stadium in Shizuoka Prefecture, Fukuroi City, the Chinese women’s football team lost 0-2 to the North Korean women’s football team and missed the finals of the Asian Games for the second consecutive time. On October 2, the Chinese team will compete for the bronze medal with the loser of the other semi-final between Japan and South Korea women’s football team; the North Korean team will take the lead in advancing to the final. In the 53rd minute, Yao Wei accidentally headed an own goal when making a clearance; in the 79th minute, Ming Youcheng took advantage of Wu Haiyan’s poor placement in the clearance and scored a volley to seal the victory.