On April 8, at 3:00 p.m. sharp, the much-anticipated Tokyo
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Women's soccer qualifying playoffs, China's first round match against South Korea is about to kick off in Goyang, South Korea (live on CCTV Sports), the two teams will fight for the ticket to Tokyo.
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The admission to the event was hotly contested.
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The head coach of Jia Xiuquan attended the pre-match press conference and responded to the topic of "outside tricks". He believes that the strength of China and South Korea are equal, after this period of training, our team has been fully prepared, looking forward to leading the team as a coach to win Tokyo!
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Our team's preparation process remained mysterious until 4:30 p.m. on the 7th when the 20-man roster was announced.
The team's starting lineup includes strikers Wang Frost, Wang Shanshan, Tang Jiali, Xiao Yuyi, and Yang Man; midfielders Zhang Xin, Ma Jun, Yao Wei, Yao Lingwei, Li Moutong, and Shen Mengyu; defenders Li Mengwen, Lin Yuping, Lou Jiahui, Wu Haiyan, Wang Xiaoxue, and Luo Guiping; and in goal there are three players, Zhu Yu, Peng Shimeng, and Ding Xuan.
Since last year's Women's Super League, Jia Xiuquan has always kept a low profile, after six months again appeared in the public eye, and captain Wu Haiyan attended the conference together, both wearing red masks of the same color as our team uniforms.
After arriving at Incheon Airport, our team encountered a "dish", South Korea did not provide a special channel, the team spent two and a half hours to fill out forms, formalities, after six barriers to complete customs clearance. In addition, Korea
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The drop-in nucleic acid test promised by the Association has also not materialized, causing the team's scheduled training schedule to be affected.
In the face of this question, Jia Xiuquan said that this is the Korean government's response to the Korean people and our country's
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Responsible performance, at the time of the epidemic, our team understandably has no complaints.
Regarding the distance and traveling for away games, Jia Xiuquan doesn't think it's a big problem: "The number of days of rest for the game, and the arrangement of two games in a week are all fair to us, so it's not too much of a difficulty for us."
Talking about the preparation for the game, Jia Xiuquan admitted that after such a long time of training has been well prepared, "we against the characteristics of the Korean team, the preparation has been done. The game has been postponed for such a long time, the players and I are very eager to win through hard work".
He also recalled that in his youth he had also represented our country in the
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I'd like to be able to lead my country as a head coach this time around.
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Winning Tokyo through hard work
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The admission ticket.
Some South Korean media believe that the strength of our team is above the South Korean team, and it is true that our team is three places higher than the South Korean team in terms of the world ranking, but Jia Xiuquan does not agree with this statement.
"Actually focusing on Asia
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The fans and media know that in the past ten years, our country and South Korea in the FIFA rankings have been ahead of the time, I think the gap is not too big, each has their own characteristics. I take my country team during and South Korea had two meetings, the most impressive is the four countries invitational tournament in Meizhou, our team although won by 1-0, but the Korean team still left a deep impression on me. Korea
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It is a strong team in Asia and they have the strength to compete with any of the strong Asian teams".
Jia Xiuquan believes that the South Korean side's opening up of some of the spectator stands with fans cheering is both an inspiration and a spur for our team. "We will do our best to finish these two matches according to our own methods and set guidelines".
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Colin Bell, the first foreign coach in history, said that more effort will be put into the defense against our stronger team. Their goal is also to win the
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Admission ticket, "We want to make history, that's what drives us."
