At the time of the morning sunrise, China
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The team embarked on a journey from the ancient city of Gusu and headed straight to South Korea for a crucial two-legged home-and-away showdown. Their goal is to give it their best shot and compete for a place in the Asia Zone leading to Tokyo!
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The last spot in the Due to the disruption of the epidemic, China and Korea
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The Olympic qualifying play-offs have been a series of twists and turns, and are finally scheduled for this Thursday (8) at 15:00, with China
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will make their first appearance on the road, with the second round scheduled for April 13 at 16:00, when China
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will return to the Olympic Sports Center in Gusu to greet their opponents. Despite the strength advantage, facing the pressure of the Korean epidemic, China
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The challenges are not only on the field of play, but also in returning home safely.
Before departing, China
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A final preparation training session was conducted, which lasted for about an hour. At 11:00 a.m., the whole team departed from the Taihu Football Sports Center in Gusu City to Shanghai Pudong International Airport. It is worth mentioning that Chen Xuyuan, the president of CFA, came to see off the team in person, encouraging: "I came to Gusu specially today and just want to say that CFA and our
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The girl is always together, go for it!" According to the latest South Korean regulations, China
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will undergo a nucleic acid test at Incheon International Airport and those with negative results will be exempted from quarantine and will be admitted directly to Goyang City, South Korea, for pre-game preparations.
Looking at the historical records and world rankings of the two teams, China
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A clear advantage. In the last five meetings against South Korea, China
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achieved an unbeaten record of four wins and one draw, while South Korea
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Never before in history has it entered the
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The main stage of the tournament. In the world rankings, China
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Ranked 15th and 3rd in Asia, slightly ahead of South Korea, ranked 18th and 4th in Asia.
In order to achieve the first ever entry into the
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With the goal of the final round, the Korean team is well prepared. The new foreign coaching team led by Colin Bell attaches great importance to psychological construction, emphasizes offense in technical and tactical aspects, and the overall playing style is becoming more mature. The Korean Football Association has also recently replaced
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The relevant person in charge, and set up a special study of China
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of the technical team. Additionally, the addition of three players returning from overseas to the South Korean
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The two players, Cho Cho Hyun of Tottenham Hotspur, Ji Xiaoran of Chelsea and Lee Jeong-min of Brighton, have gained a lot of confidence in the game. In an interview, Ji made it clear that she is returning to China to beat China!
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Advancement to Tokyo
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facing Korea
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The strong coming of China, which has not participated in an official tournament for more than a year
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Yet it seems mysterious. The CFA, in addition to releasing an
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Outside of the training list, no list has been announced for the last two training sessions. As of now, China
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Exactly which players are traveling to South Korea remains a mystery. However, from the photos of the trip exposed on the Internet, Wang Frost, Wu Haiyan and other key players are among them. The coaching team also issued a "gag order" to all players, refusing all media interviews and forbidding the disclosure of any information. In addition, the frontline player Li Ying due to participate in the national
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Championships, is not available for this outing and her positional replacement is in the spotlight.
Originally scheduled to be held last March, the China-Korea
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Due to the epidemic outbreak in South Korea at the time, the Chinese team proposed to play the match at a neutral venue. However, this proposal was rejected by the Korean side, who, in addition to considering the interests of sponsors, also feared that their players would have to go through a long period of quarantine in other places, which would affect the players' condition. The match was then postponed to June of the same year, but ultimately failed to materialize for various reasons. Now this time of the game, the distance between
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It's been less than 3 months since the opening.
Reporters show up with special masks for the national team
Nevertheless, the epidemic prevention situation in Korea remains critical. The cumulative number of cases in the country has exceeded 100,000, with 543 new confirmed cases and four deaths on April 3 alone, and a renewed trend of spread in Gyeonggi Province near Seoul. This time China
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The city of Goyang, where they traveled to, is located right in the west-central part of Gyeonggi Province, just a 30-minute drive from Seoul. In addition to this, the three players who returned from the United Kingdom were also quarantined before meeting the team, but the United Kingdom has become the hardest hit by the European epidemic, and the standards of epidemic prevention measures vary from country to country, which also buries the same risk. It is worth mentioning that the China-Korea
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For the first match, South Korea did not take an empty stadium and sold about 1,600 tickets in order to put pressure on the Chinese team with the cheering of their own crowd, which further increased the risk of infection. It can be said that the serious situation of epidemic prevention, even more than the game itself.
Last time China
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beat Korea
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It was in Maejo two years ago.
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In the tournament final, Wang Frost's exquisite assist and Gu Yasha's airborne shot sealed the deal as China
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1:0 to win the tournament.
