Image source: China Women's Football Official Weibo.

　　China News Service, April 7th, Beijing time on the 8th, the first round of the China-Korea Women's Olympic preliminaries will be played at the Goyang Stadium in South Korea.

On the afternoon of the 7th, Chinese women's football coach Jia Xiuquan and team captain Wu Haiyan attended the pre-match press conference.

After the meeting, the Chinese women's football team announced the 20-man squad. Wang Shuang, Wang Shanshan, Wu Haiyan, Peng Shimeng and others were all on the list. Forward Li Ying missed the trip.

　　Jia Xiuquan introduced that the game between China and South Korea has been postponed several times. Now the whole team wants to win through their own efforts and will definitely go all out to complete the set goals.

He believes that from the perspective of the rankings of the Chinese and Korean women's football teams in the AFC in the past decade, the strength of the two teams is among the best and each has its own characteristics.

"During my tenure as the head coach, I had two chances to play against the South Korean team. Although we won 1-0 in the Meizhou Four Nations Tournament, the South Korean team gave me a deep impression at that time. The South Korean women's football team is the best in Asia. A strong team that can compete with any Asian team."

Image source: China Women's Football Official Weibo.

　　Jia Xiuquan responded to rumors such as “off-the-board recruitment” by his opponents when entering South Korea. He did not think that entering South Korea had encountered difficulties, the entry time was longer, and there were more materials to fill out. This is exactly what the South Korean government and anti-epidemic departments have Responsible performance of the Korean people and the Chinese women's football team.

"We understand that people's lives are the most important in the current epidemic. We have no complaints, and I am also grateful for the serious work of South Korea."

　　In the Group B match of the Tokyo Olympic Women's Football Qualifiers held in February 2020, the Chinese women ranked second in the group with three matches, two wins and one draw.

According to the rules, the Chinese women's football team will have a play-off match with the South Korean team to compete for a place in the Tokyo Olympics.

Due to the epidemic and other reasons, the two-round life-and-death battle between the Chinese women's football team and the South Korean team in deciding Olympic tickets has been postponed several times before.

In the end, the two rounds of the match were scheduled for April 8th and April 13th.

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