After 16 years of silence, the glorious moments when the Chinese women's soccer team once again gloriously reclaimed the Asian Cup title seem to have become a thing of the past. However, with the passage of time, the light of women's soccer seems to be gradually obscured. On the contrary, the South Korean women's soccer team, which lost in the final, is preparing a new strategic blueprint in the midst of pain and suffering. On March 8, International Women's Day, the head coach of the Korean women's soccer team, Bale, made a clear statement that she wanted to reach the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Against the backdrop of Women's Day celebrations, member associations of the AFC organized a series of women's football activities. The Korean Football Association (KFA), in conjunction with the Korean Women's Professional Football League (WK-League), held a women's football seminar at the Sinmunro Football Center in Seoul, which brought together a number of head coaches of Korean women's professional football teams.
Bell, the first foreign national team coach in the history of the Korean women's soccer team, has led the Korean women's soccer team to remarkable progress since he took office in October 2019. He renewed his contract with the KFA until the end of the 2023 Women's World Cup, making him the first foreign coach in the history of the Korean national team to have his contract renewed upon its expiration. At the seminar, Bell and his coaching team reviewed the entire process of the Korean women's soccer team's preparation for the Asian Cup and analyzed the matches in depth.
Bell emphasized that the Asian Cup runners-up and World Cup qualification were the result of the joint efforts of all members of the team. He encouraged the Korean women's soccer coaches to adopt a more aggressive style of play, take control of the pace of the game, and use passion and a positive mindset to build a winning attitude. For the future style of play, Bale advocated a high-intensity, more aggressive and aggressive style of play, emphasizing the implementation of high-pressure tactics and hoping that soccer will be based on fundamentals rather than formations.
With 500 days to go before the Women's World Cup, Bell said bluntly in an interview that the Korean women's soccer team is aiming to reach the semifinals. Historically, the best result of the Korean women's soccer team in the World Cup was the round of 16 in the 2015 World Cup in Canada. Bell said that in the future, she will try to improve the team's ability, especially to quickly adapt and regain control of the game in the face of a crisis.
How will the Chinese women's soccer team cope with the strong rise of the Korean women's soccer team? Let's wait and see.
