Live on April 24th: In the past April 21st, the Tokyo Olympic women's soccer draw ceremony as promised, the Chinese women's soccer team will compete with Brazil, the Netherlands, Zambia in the same group. On the scene, all members of the Chinese women's soccer team and the head coach Jia Xiuquan witnessed this historic moment and shared their insights on the results of the draw.
Before the official draw, Jia Xiuquan confessed in an interview: "We do not have any preconceived notions, which group is drawn to face which group, because the current pattern of development of women's soccer has changed greatly, the rise of Africa can not be underestimated, not to mention Europe and the United States of America, these traditional powerhouse teams. Of course, we are not soft, the key is to do our own preparation."
Wang Frost also said, "Including director Jia also thinks that if we can be put in the same group with the United States, it is not a good thing for us, because we are not afraid of the United States. When Director Jia first took over the team, our first game was against the USA."
With the results of the draw revealed, Wang Frost said in an interview, "I think this group of opponents focuses more on individual play and not so much on the whole, which is a good grouping for our Chinese team."
Jia Xiuquan further pointed out: "The Netherlands and Brazil are two different styles of teams, and Zambia has eliminated many strong African teams and become a new African force to be reckoned with. For us, the key is to prepare well for each game, I think we should not look too far into the future and speculate on the results before the game has begun, soccer games are fought out by the team and require everyone's dedication."
"The group situation is unpredictable and requires thorough preparation. Just like the last World Cup, everyone said it was the 'Group of Death', but in the end we managed to qualify thanks to the girls' hard work. We used our own performance, rather than relying on others, and I think it was quite a good performance then. I hope the girls build on that and continue to work wonders."
"Our goal is to strive for good results in the Olympics, but we also have our own aspirations and the girls want to show themselves on the stage of the Tokyo Olympics, and more importantly, I want them to show the technical level of modern women's soccer and the spirit of the Chinese people."
