The night before last, the Chinese women's soccer team, which is preparing for the Olympic preliminaries in Xiamen, played its second instructional match in four days against the local boys' U15 age group team, resulting in another 1-1 draw. 24-year-old forward Tu Linli made her debut in the match as the first study abroad international player in this training program, playing 90 minutes. The availability of Tu Linli to join the team gives coach Shui Qingxia more options in deploying frontline candidates.
The schedule shows that the Chinese women's soccer team will face the first opponent of the second phase of the group stage of the Olympic preliminaries on the 26th of this month - North Korea, the runner-up of the women's soccer team of the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Although most of the Chinese team to study abroad international players yesterday departed for home, but taking into account the first game from the Olympic preliminaries is less than a week, the coaching staff is still according to the plan to arrange for the team the day before yesterday and Xiamen U15 age group men's football team to play the second warm-up game, so that "grinding" in the fierce battle between the North Korean women's football.
In fact, in the first warm-up match recently, the Chinese women's soccer team aimed to simulate the China-North Korea women's soccer team. With the return of study abroad international player Tu Linli to the team, the team has more options on the offensive line.
In order to allow the international players to get used to the rhythm of the Olympic preliminaries, the game was played strictly according to the official rules of the game. That is, the first and second halves of the match reverted to the normal 45 minutes. In the previous day's match, both sides attacked and defended quickly, ending in another 1-1 draw. Although Tu Linli didn't score, he had already played 90 minutes. It could be seen that coach Shui Qingxia was expecting a lot from the attacker who was in good physical condition and was quite satisfied with her performance in the warm-up match. After the match, a team member confessed: "After Tu Linli returned to the team, it felt that the team's offense in the warm-up matches was better. Guaranteed."
However, Wang Frost, Zhang Linyan, Shen Mengyu, Shen Menglu, Tu Linli, Wu Chengshu and Uri Gumura have strong attacking attributes among the eight overseas internationals confirmed for the Olympic preliminaries. In other words, with the abundance of candidates, the competition at the forefront of the Chinese women's soccer team has become more intense. According to the plan, the remaining seven overseas international players are arriving at the team from today.
