If they advance smoothly, who will be their opponents in the AFC Champions League final?

On May 21, the first AFC Champions League final semifinals will be held in Wuhan, Hubei. As participants, Wuhan Chegujeong Women's Football Team will play against Ho Chi Minh City Women's Football Team. If they can successfully defeat their opponents and advance, their final opponents will be one of the Korean Red Angel Women's Football Team and Melbourne City Women's Football Team. No matter who can enter the final, they will create team history and even the history of the Women's Football League! On the afternoon of the 19th, the Wuhan Women's Football Team trained and prepared for the game at the North District Sports Field of Jianghan University. Two old generals were going to wrestle with their old clubs. According to the competition regulations, on the evening of the 18th, the Korean Hyundai Steel Red Angel Women's Football Team arrived in Wuhan as scheduled. Interestingly, the two Kim Hye-ri and Theresa, who played for the Red Angel Women's Football Team last season, are sharpening their knives, looking forward to representing Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team to compete with their old club.

In fact, Korean modern steel Red Angel women's football team is no stranger to the beautiful Jiangcheng Wuhan. During the National Day holiday last year, they stayed in Wuhan for more than a week and won the first place in Group A in the group stage of the Women's Football League AFC and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. In March this year, they defeated Iran's Bam cartoon women's football team 1-0, which led to their second "trip to Wuhan".

Korean Modern Steel Red Angel Women's Football Team was founded in 1993 and is located in Incheon, South Korea. It is a traditional strong team in the WK League. From 2013 to 2023, they won the domestic league championship 11 times in a row and are the well-deserved "Kingmen" among the Korean women's football clubs today. In the Group A match between the AFC Champions League held in October last year, the Red Angel Women's Football Team achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 draw in three group matches, including a 2-0 victory over Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team. At that time, the team's technical and tactical level was indeed at its peak, and the impact of many foreign players in the team also left a deep impression on Wuhan fans.

But the fate of the football world is always wonderful. After the end of last season, South Korea's Hyundai Steel Red Angel women's football top scorer Theresa and captain Kim Hye-ri joined Wuhan Cheguchi E-da Women's Football Team, and helped the team defeat the championship-winning favorite Urawa Red Diamond Women's Football Team in March this year, advancing to the semi-finals of the semi-finals of the AFC Chateau in March this year, and advanced to the semi-finals. This time, Jiangcheng reunited again.

It is worth mentioning that in the current first women's football AFC Champions League scorer list, Teresa tops the list with 5 goals, including a goal scored by Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team in the group stage. Jin Huili, as the captain of the Red Angel Women's Football Team, is the team's well-deserved spiritual leader. But for professional players, giving their all on the court is the greatest respect for their old club. "I came to Wuhan Women's Football Team to win the championship." When he said this, Kim Hye-ri's eyes were firm.

It can be imagined that if Wuhan Chegujiang Women's Football Team and Hyundai Steel Red Angel Women's Football Team can defeat their opponents and enter the finals, then the two teams' reconfrontation in the Women's AFC Champions League will undoubtedly be full of drama and will also make the first Women's AFC Champions League final an eternal classic.

Melbourne City Women's Football Team>>>

will usher in the real test in the AFC Champions League journey

On May 18, the Australian Melbourne City Women's Football Team flew to Wuhan. They will fight with the Korean Modern Steel Red Angel Women's Football Team at 8 pm on May 21.

Melbourne City Women's Football Team was founded in 2015 and is one of the strong teams in the Australian Women's Football League. The club is affiliated to Melbourne City Football Club, home to Melbourne Rectangle, and the current head coach is Michael Mattrichiani. Since its establishment, the Melbourne City Women's Football Team has won four Australian Women's Super Finals Championships and three regular season championships (including the 2025 regular season championship). The team's tactical style is known for its ball control and offensive efficiency. In the 2024/2025 regular season, the Melbourne City Women's Football Team ranked first with an unbeaten record of 16 wins and 7 draws, scoring 56 goals, making it the strongest team in the Australian Women's Super League.

In the group match of the Women's AFC Champions League held in 2024, the Melbourne City Women's Football Team performed extremely stably, defeating Iran's Bam Cartoon Women's Football Team 2-1 in the first game, defeating Thailand Asian Scholars College Women's Football Team 3-0 in the second game, and defeating the Philippines Kaya Women's Football Team 4-0 in the final game, and finally advanced to the quarterfinals as the first in the group. It is worth mentioning that in the group stage of the main competition (three groups), the Melbourne City Women's Football Team in Australia and the Urawa Red Diamond Women's Football Team in Japan are the only two teams that have qualified with "three consecutive victories". In the quarterfinals, the Melbourne City Women's Football Team defeated the Taichung Blue Whale Women's Football Team 3-0 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.

Judging from the promotion process of the first women's football team AFC Champions League, except for the first match between the group stage and the Iranian Bam Cartoon Women's Football Team, the Melbourne City Women's Football Team won extremely easily and had almost no challenges. But in the semi-finals on May 21, they may face the real test in the AFC Champions League journey. In the semi-finals, the Melbourne City Women's Football Team will face the challenge of the Korean modern steel Red Angel Women's Football Team, and the style and hardness of Korean players are definitely not easily crushed by Australian players. Interestingly, among the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, only the Melbourne City Women's Football Team in Australia and the Hyundai Steel Red Angel Women's Football Team in Korea were teams that advanced as the first place in the group stage. It can be said that the competition between them will definitely be full of flames and exciting.

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Text/Hubei Daily reporter Cai Yi

Photo/Hubei Daily reporter Shi Gong, Wuhan International Sports