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February 3, 2004

China draw with Sweden-full report

By Jia Ailing

China 2 Sweden 2

Scoring

Sweden Sjoegran Therese , 30

China Lie Jie (penalty kick), 37

Sweden Oeqvist Josefine, 85

China Han Duan, 89

 

China

Xiao Zhen, GK

Wang Kun

Li Jie

Liu Yali (Ren Liping, 46)

Jin Xiaomei

Liu Huana

Zhang Ying (Han Duan, 82)

Qu Feifei

Teng Wei

Bai Lili and

Ji Ting (Zhang Ouying, 66)

Head Coach Zhang Haitao

Sweden

Lundgren, Sofia

Tornqvist, Jane

Marklund, Hanna

Mostrom, Malin

Nordin, Frida

Eriksson, Sofia

Eriksson, Anna-Maria

Fagerstrom, Linda

Sjogran, Therese

Olsson, Salina

Sjostrom, Anna

 

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Statistics ......China Sweden

Shots ...........10 ......18

Corner Kicks. 5........ 8

Free Kicks... 4 .........6

Fouls ..........11........ 22

Offside........ .1......... 9

Yellow Cards 2......... 0

Red Cards.... 0......... 0

 

Game report

Player of the match Li Jie

 

Sweden came close to beak the deadlock in the fifth minute but Sjoegran Therese's shot was cleared off of by China defender Wang Kun she found a new opportunity and her wonderful shot found the back of the net. But forward Bai Lili was pushed down in the penalty box and Li Jie's goal tied it up.

The defender Ren Liping substituted Liu Yali at the beginning of the second half. In the 70th minute, rookie Jin Xiaomei's long-range shot hit the far post.

Sweden gained a 2-1 advantage with the substitute Oeqvist Josefine 's goal . Only four minutes later, the home side grabbed an equalizer and saved the team in the last minute of the match.

Post game quote

China head Coach Zhang Haitao

I sent on many rookies in the match, they enriched their experience in the tournament. I found some problems in the attack. We need time to solve the problems.