According to the program, Chinas women football team, which has been undergoing intensive training in Qingdao for more than a month, is expected to take off from Qingdao on July 17 on a special flight alongside Chinas U23 men's football team for Nagoya, Japan, to take part in the upcoming East Asian Cup Football Championship. Although Chinas womens soccer team successfully won the Asian Cup in February, it has been revealed that the CFA has not set a specific performance target for Chinas womens soccer team to participate in the tournament. The team's goal is positioned as “fully committed to the game, to accumulate experience in international matches, for the Asian Games and the next year's World Cup to lay a solid foundation”.
&To prepare for the upcoming major tournaments of the new cycle, our women are scheduled to fly to the United States from Japan directly after the East Asian Cup, on July 28th. In the next four to five weeks of training, the team will play no less than 10 warm-up matches with the U.S. professional womenMajor League Soccer team. In addition to the already returned Tang Jiali, Shen Menglu, Shen Mengyu, Yang Shuhui, Zhao Yujie, Tu Linli and other five overseas players will also be in the United States to meet with the team.
June 11, China women's football in Qingdao regrouped for the new East Asia Cup Football Championship held in Japan in late July to prepare. Though the tournament organizing committee has imposed a strict limit on the number of players on the participating teams, 35 players still showed up at the training site in Qingdao. This is because our women's soccer team will also go to the United States for training and competition after participating in the East Asian Cup.
As this year's As this year's Asian Cup champions, Chinas women's soccer team what is the goal of this trip to the east? Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that the CFA from the perspective of supporting the team's preparation for the new cycle, did not women the visit to set a specific performance or ranking requirements, but this does not mean that the team lacks the goal of struggle. It is reported that our womens next preparation will be to prepare for the Asian Games and the next years World Cup as the focus, so the current East Asian Cup as the team impact on the two major competitions as an important opportunity to practice. “Going all out in the game, accumulating international experience, and laying a solid foundation for the Asian Games and the World Cup” has therefore become the team's goal for this trip to the East.
Due to the importance of the Asian Games and World Cuppreparation, our womenin the strong support of the CFA, the implementation of a series of overseas training and warm-up program. According to the plan, the team will fly directly from Japan to the United States on July 28, followed by 4 to 5 weeks of training in the United States. Although by the two teams “schedule conflict” impact, ChinaWomen difficult and the United StatesWomen direct warm-up, but in the United States during the period, the team will still take part in 10 to 15 warm-up matches, the opponents for the United StatesWomen the team will participate in a series of overseas training and warm-up program, the team will fly directly from Japan to the United States on July 28, followed by 4 to 5 weeks of training in the United States. gt;Women Major League Soccer teams. In this way, the quality of the warm-up matches will be fully guaranteed.
Considering the long cycle of visiting matches and training in the next phase, head coach Shui Qingxia decided to carry as many players as possible. In addition to the 35 players who have already arrived in the team, six players playing overseas will also join the team.
&Of the six Among them, only Tang Jiali, who played for Tottenham HotspurHotspur in the English Premier League last season, participated in the East Asian Cup with the team. It is understood that Tang Jiali has basically confirmed to leave Tottenham Hotspur for a transfer after the end of the 2021 to 2022 season in the European club. Recently, she has arrived in Chengdu from London, England, in accordance with the provisions of the epidemic prevention to accept the necessary medical isolation observation, will be briefly reunited with his family. Subsequently in early July to Qingdao and our women's soccer meeting.
The other five overseas players Shen Mengyu (Celtic), Zhao Yujie (University of Florida), Yang Shuhui (Suvayo), Tu Linli (Icelandic fhl), and Shen Menglu (Oulun Athletic) will be directly in the United States at the end of July to meet with the team at large.
It is reported that Chinas women's soccer team in the United States of America's entry point is likely to be Los Angeles or San Francisco. The CFA has been assisting the team with various travel arrangements in the near future. Although the visit will have an impact on the new phase of the Women's Super League, the tournament may not be until October, but continuous participation in the East Asia Cup, to the United States to participate in a number of warm-ups, China women the new cycle of preparation for the quality and efficiency of the war will be significantly improved. This also reflects that the CFA's support for women's soccer is no less than that of men's soccer, which is also an important guarantee for the continued development of China's women's soccer in a virtuous cycle.
