In the late afternoon, our
women's soccer
The roses set off on their journey from the bustling city of Shanghai, destined for Goyang, South Korea, where they will face South Korea on April 8 away from home.
women's soccer
The first match of the Tokyo Olympics play-offs will take place in the first round of the tournament.
With skipper Jia Xiuquan and leader Zheng Chaoyong leading the way, our
women's soccer
The girls have departed from the Gusu Taimei Hyangguri Hotel premises and are heading towards the Shanghai airport, where a flight is expected after 16:00 to take them to Seoul, South Korea, for a connecting flight to Goyang.
Tokyo Olympics
women's soccer
A total of 12 teams are competing in the tournament, with places allocated for three seats in Asia (including host Japan), three in Europe, two in North and Central America and the Caribbean, one and a half in South America, one and a half in Africa and one in Oceania.
Asian hosts Japan automatically qualified for the tournament;
Oceania's New Zealand, a non-host, also qualified with relative ease;
And the competition in the European zone is particularly fierce, with defending champions Germany
women's soccer
has made a surprise exit for Australia
women's soccer
The opportunity to advance was provided by the Great Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden managed to advance on behalf of Europe;
North and Central America and the Caribbean region, United States
women's soccer
and Canada
women's soccer
One seat each;
Brazil in South America
women's soccer
Has advanced;
Zambia in Africa
women's soccer
have also advanced, while South America's Chile
women's soccer
To be held with Cameroon in Africa
women's soccer
Battle for the last promotion spot in the play-offs.
Australia took the lead in the ODI play-offs with a dominant 7-1 win over Vietnam over two legs;
As a result, our play-off match against South Korea will be a crucial battle for the last place to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
Although, in terms of overall strength, our
women's soccer
Slightly better, but Korea
women's soccer
Having advanced to the third stage of the Olympic qualifying tournament by topping their group, their strength should not be underestimated. South Korea
women's soccer
With three naturalized players, it certainly enhances the team's ability to attack in critical moments, so this road game will not be easy.
However, our
women's soccer
Their experience in the league has kept them in relatively good competitive shape. It's not a sure win, but at least they won't be at a disadvantage in terms of physical condition.
In fact, compared to the result of the match, the author would prefer that our country
women's soccer
The girls can focus on self-protection. Both games will be broadcast live to a worldwide audience and, according to Korean media, our
women's soccer
Nearly 10,000 people are expected to watch the game when they return home to Suzhou, and thousands will no doubt be there in Goyang, South Korea. The girls must remain vigilant at all times to ensure their safety.
According to calculations by Johns Hopkins University, on April 4 there were 449 new local confirmed cases in South Korea and 24 imported cases from outside the country. Judging from this data, Korea's epidemic prevention efforts still need to be strengthened. Even if our country
women's soccer
The girls have been vaccinated and should never be taken lightly.
The CFA also attaches great importance to the epidemic prevention work of the away game, and specially dispatched Qi Jun, who has accumulated rich experience in epidemic prevention in the Chinese Super League tournament, to serve as the team's epidemic prevention officer, striving to make sure that the team is free of pollution when traveling, and healthy and undamaged when returning.
