The opening match of the Tokyo Olympics women's soccer team is just around the corner on July 21, and China's women's soccer team will face national rival Brazil at 4 p.m. local time for the right to get out of the group.
Preparing for this crucial battle, the Chinese women's soccer team started a recovery training with yoga stretching in the early morning of the 18th after resting for only seven hours, and in the afternoon the whole team carried out acclimatization training in the field to prepare for the match against Brazil in three days.
At 5:00 a.m. on the 17th, the Chinese women's soccer team departed from the Xianghe base and flew to Tokyo on a chartered Air China flight. On the same flight were the rowing team, table tennis team and archery team. After nearly five hours of customs clearance and nucleic acid testing, the four units arrived at Narita Airport without incident.
China's women's football team as the last team out of the gate, in the face of an interview with Xinhua News Agency, the head coach Jia Xiuquan said that the players, although hard work, but in good spirits, "anti-epidemic requirements tougher on us all good, to minimize the risk."
After leaving the airport, the women's soccer team took a short break and departed from the airport at 10 p.m. for Miyagi by bus, a journey that took four hours. Jia Xiuquan said the team chose to go directly to the hotel instead of staying the next day for safety against epidemics.
At 2:00 a.m. on the 18th, the Chinese women's soccer team finally arrived in Miyagi. Since Sendai does not have an Olympic village, the Chinese women's soccer team can only live in a hotel, they chartered a floor of the hotel, and the daily food and drink are provided exclusively by the hotel.
Chinese women's soccer team with the Netherlands, Brazil and Zambia in Group F, Jia Xiuquan said that the group stage will try to do everything possible, "to play level, to meet our expectations, destroying determined to win." According to the Olympic Games rules, in addition to the top two groups, the three groups in the best results of the two third place can also be advanced to the eight, so, despite the strength of Brazil and the Netherlands are very strong, the Chinese team still have a chance to advance.
In fact, after the results of the draw grouping came out, Jia Xiuquan had a judgment, followed by targeted training. Jia Xiuquan said that the three opponents in the same group represent three types: the Netherlands is a European newcomer, ranked fourth in the world; the Brazilian team is a veteran, experienced; the Zambian team is an African newcomer, famous for its strikers.
Regarding the Chinese women's soccer team, every game is a hard battle, we have to seriously prepare, to first ensure that the group out of the line, and then to the long-term goal. Jia Xiuquan said, "The game is not thought out, need our team, each of us, through the payment and hard work to spell out."
The first opponent on the list for the Chinese women's soccer team was Brazil, and the match was held at the 49,000-capacity Miyagi Stadium, although the match was held on an empty field. Since 1986, the Chinese women's soccer team has played Brazil 12 times, with a record of 1 win, 6 draws and 5 losses, with a goal difference of 9 to 22, which is an absolute disadvantage.
