Thorny issues abound for Steel Roses By SHI FUTIAN | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-28 09:04 Share CLOSE Despite still looking like a world-class talent at the Olympics, playmaker Wang Shuang-who scored four goals against Zambia in Tokyo-could not save Team China from elimination. XINHUA
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Team China s humiliating elimination from the Olympic women s soccer tournament on Tuesday proved the squad s reliance on its old-school hard-work ethic is nowhere near enough to cut it at the highest level anymore.
A shocking 8-2 thrashing at the hands of the Netherlands sent the Steel Roses crashing out of Tokyo 2020, and underlined just how far Chinese women s soccer has fallen behind the game s elite nations.
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