The faint light of hope for Chinese women's football team to
edged into the top eight among the 10 women teams competing for
Athens Olympic title finally went out when Germany beat Mexico 2-0
here Tuesday.
The 1996 Atlanta Olympic silver medallist, who failed to squeeze
into the semi-final at the 2000 Sydney games, had to wait for a
chance described "impossible" by Zhang Haitao, head coach of
Chinese women's team, to see whether they could stay for further
games.
The Chinese women, who was crushed 8-0 by reigning world
champion Germany, had set their target for a semifinal ticket for
the Olympic tournament.
(Xinhua News? Agency? August 18, 2004)?