Asian Cup win a big boost for Chinese women's football

In the first half of the China-Republic of Korea women's football match, ROK was leading 2:0. By the 90th minute, China had scored two goals and the teams were evenly poised at 2:2. However, no one believed the Chinese team could win, except the players themselves.

In the 93rd minute, the Chinese team scored its third goal, helping the Chinese women's football team lift the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the ninth time.

The team owes its success to its relentless fighting spirit. At one point in the semifinal match against Japan, the latter were leading 2:1. The equalizer came much later, in the 118th minute and the team managed to beat Japan in the point spheres.