China tops table of four-nation women's soccer tourney

时间：2007-07-02 05:59:09

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QINHUANGDAO, East China, July 2 - China came out the only victorious1 team after the day one competitions of the four-nation International Women's Soccer Invitational Tournament 2007 here on Sunday, beating Thailand 3-0 to temporarily rise on top of the table.

 

Italy and Mexico ended up the tournament opener with a 2-2 draw earlier on the day.

 

China proved themselves too strong for the Thais despite missing their big name, as teenage sensation Ma Xiaoxu, in the attacking lineup. Ma has yet been back home from Swedish women's soccer league.

 

The hosts opened their scoring in the 42nd minute with a super long drive from Bi Yan. The Dalian Shide's established midfielder shot from 25 meters away on a precise backward pass from teenage forward Guo Yue outside the penalty box.

 

China's Swedish head coach Lyfors Domanski made her first change as early as the 41st minute, substituting veteran midfielder Qu Feifei with the 17-year-old Xie Caixia, just one minute before Bi scored for the hosting side.

 

Veteran striker Han Duan made it 2-0 just three minutes into the second half, netting an unhurried score inside the rivals' box. Another three minutes later, Li Jie scored the third for China with a corner kick.

 

It was far from the end of China's scoring show as Han Duan collected her double with 13 minutes left on the clock following substitute Xie Caixia's long-range drive from right wing outside the penalty box.

 

Thailand, who had been trounced 7-0 by China with Han Duan's hat-trick play in last year's Doha Asian Games, were pressed inside their own half and made only two shots in the first half against 11 from China.

 

The Thais missed their best chance to earn a score in the 25th minute when China failed to organize their defending line in time, but none of Thailand's strikers emerged to give a fine shot.

 

In the tourney's opener earlier on the day, Mexico wasted a 2-0lead in the opening minutes and had to settle for a 2-2 tie after committing an own goal to the more established Italy.

 

Mexican defender2 Marlene Sandoval tipped the ball into their own net while blocking a shot at the goalmouth on 71 minutes, before Panico Patrizia scored the 84-minute goal for Italy to level the score.

 

After a sluggish3 start when Italy took nearly 80 percent of theball possession, Mexico's full back Soto Luz Del Rosario Saucedo broke the deadlock4 with a reflected head-in in the 8th minute after midfielder Luna Evelyn Lopez set the ball from inside the box while Italian defenders5 failed to follow Saucedo's paces.

 

Just seven minutes later, Samtos Arelli Martinez headed in a second for Mexico with a spot-kick also from Lopez.

 

The Italian side pushed forward hardly after trailing 2-0 but did not impress until Sandoval's own goal. They might have regretted to talk tall too early as coach Pietro Ghedin looked down on Mexico and saying it by no means a strong rival at their last training session early on Sunday.

 

China will next play Mexico and Italy takes on Thailand on Wednesday when the event moves to Shenyang, a Northeast China city which will also host parts of the Beijing Olympic soccer matches as Qinhuangdao.

 

The four-nation tourney, acting6 as this year's first venue-testing event for 2008 Olympic Games, is slated7 from July 1 to 10 and co-hosted by Qinhuangdao and Shenyang.

 

Before the first round matches here on Sunday, downpour washed Qinhuangdao for two days, but no complaints were heard from the participating teams and all the four coaches gave their thumbs up for the pitch of the Olympic Sports Center Stadium, saying that they didn't feel anything uncomfortable about it.

 
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1 victorious hhjwv     
adj.胜利的，得胜的
参考例句：
  • We are certain to be victorious.我们定会胜利。
  • The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。
2 defender ju2zxa     
n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人
参考例句：
  • He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
  • The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
3 sluggish VEgzS     
adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的
参考例句：
  • This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
  • Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
4 deadlock mOIzU     
n.僵局，僵持
参考例句：
  • The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后，谈判陷入了僵局。
  • The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
5 defenders fe417584d64537baa7cd5e48222ccdf8     
n.防御者( defender的名词复数 )；守卫者；保护者；辩护者
参考例句：
  • The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 acting czRzoc     
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
7 slated 87d23790934cf766dc7204830faf2859     
用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
  • Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

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