In the late afternoon of April 8, the country's
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The team will be in the land of Goyang, South Korea, with the South Korean
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Launch a Tokyo
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The heated battle of the Asian qualifying play-offs, which is our
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first time on the international stage since last year and her first international confrontation in a year. Our
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Can they win this debut and lay a solid foundation for the rest of the home stretch? This question is tugging at the heartstrings of the fans. Meanwhile, South Korea
women's soccer
's head coach Bale was outspoken in his pre-match press conference, vowing to lead his team to victory over our team to advance to the
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, "I aspire to make history!"
Due to the epidemic, the pre-match press conference for this event had to be held as an online videoconference, with the head coach taking questions from reporters remotely. Although South Korea
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Three times I've set foot on
World Cup
's journey and had made it to the round of 16, but the
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The stage has always been out of reach for them. Because of this, Bell was passionate at the conference, saying, "That's the biggest motivation for us to compete (on the 8th)! I know that very well. I also understand that we haven't played for over a year and I'm desperate to get back on the pitch as soon as possible. These two matches will be decisive and we will give our all to get in with a positive attitude!
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Bell revealed that since the March 22 training session, South Korea
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of being in pretty good shape, "I've been focusing on defense and intense training. My country's
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Expected to be in control of the ball and take the initiative in the game, they are technically and physically superior and perhaps have more time to prepare. They are a passionate team. You have to be prepared for everything. I also know that the match on the 8th is bound to be a tough one."
Currently, three of the team's players who play in England - Ji Xiaoran (
Chelsea
), Lee Kim Min (
Brighton
) has returned to play for Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur (city in Morocco)
Cho Soo-hyun, who returned to Korea yesterday (6th), will only be able to join the team and start training today (7th). In response, Bale said, "Due to the short window designated by FIFA for national team competitions, I'm already happy that Ji Xiaoran and Lee Kim Gyeong-ryong were able to return to the team ahead of schedule, and I should therefore thank the team for their efforts in this regard. I can't say enough about the individual efforts and caliber of the overseas players, who have been able to give the whole team a new lease of life. The Korean team has not been able to participate in official matches for a year, so they are also absent, and the center of the team now is really the players who play domestically, and the arrival of overseas players can make the team more united."
Ji Xiaoran, who was also present at the conference, said, "As my head coach said, I am looking forward to rewriting history. I have been preparing for this competition for more than a year, and I hope to get a good result through these two matches, get the
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The admission ticket. We watched a lot of game footage and the players talked to each other a lot, and we all had a strong desire to go to Tokyo
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