Chinanews client, Beijing, April 8th (Bian Liqun) After 420 days, the Chinese women's football team finally set foot on the international arena again.

At 15:00 Beijing time on the 8th, the women's football girls will usher in the first round of the Tokyo Olympic preliminaries play-off match with the Korean women's football team. This will also be the ultimate battle for them to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

The Chinese women's football team released a pre-match poster.

After all the twists and turns, finally meet the ultimate battle

　　The last time the Chinese women's football team competed in an international competition, it dates back to the Olympic preliminaries in February last year.

At that time, the Chinese women's football team, which originally planned to play at home, was forced to go to Australia to play because of the sudden outbreak.

　　After losing the home court advantage, the difficulties brought by objective conditions followed one after another.

The team's core Wang Shuang and players such as Yao Wei, Lu Yueyun, and Li Mengwen were unable to travel due to the epidemic prevention and control.

After arriving in Australia, the Chinese women's football team was quarantined in a hotel for another eight days, and was able to conduct normal ball training the day before the first match of the Olympic preliminaries.

Data map: In the women's football preliminaries in February 2020, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Chinese Taipei women's football team 5:0, qualifying one round ahead of schedule.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　But under such unfavorable conditions, the Chinese women's football girls still showed a brilliant performance. They beat the Thai women's football 6:1 in the first game, and swept Chinese Taipei 5:0 in the second game to qualify in advance.

Facing the world's strong Australian women's football team at home, the Chinese women's football team did not lose the wind. With one goal leading, they were eventually tied by their opponents due to physical overdraft and ranked second in the group.

　　And because of the epidemic, the Olympic preliminaries with the Korean women's football team also experienced twists and turns.

The two-round match originally scheduled for March 6th and 11th last year was postponed a total of 4 times. It was postponed from April last year to June, then changed to February 2021, and finally postponed to April 8th. 13th.

Data map: On February 13, 2020, the Chinese women's football team pitted the Australian team 1:1 and ranked second in the Olympic preliminaries.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tao Shelan

The Sino-Korea war is still full of difficulties

　　The Chinese women's football team and the Korean women's football team have played 37 times in the international A-level matches. The Chinese women's football team has an absolute advantage of 26 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses.

The last time the two sides played against each other was in the East Asian Cup at the end of 2019, but at that time the Chinese women's football team drew 0:0 with the South Korean women's football team, which did not show much advantage on the scene.

This time to fight again, whether the Chinese women's football team can show the good form in the Olympic preliminaries a year ago still needs to draw a question mark.

　　After all, under the epidemic situation, the Chinese women's football team has experienced an unprecedented blank period in the game. Before such an important Olympic preliminaries play-offs, the team was unable to conduct high-quality warm-up matches, and could only continue to polish internally or compete with the domestic men's football super league. The club played against each other.

Therefore, if there is no room to adapt to the South Korean team, there are too many uncertainties about the state of the game and mentality of the Chinese women's football team.

South Korean women's football squad.

　　In comparison, the South Korean team at home in the first round will have to be a lot more calm. The three European nationals Chi Xiaoran, Zhao Zhaoxian and Lee Kim Min will all return. By then, it may be easier to enter when the home fans enter the game to watch the game. status.

　　At the pre-match press conference, the Chinese women’s football coach Jia Xiuquan also talked about his opponent’s South Korean team. He said that the gap between China and South Korea’s women’s football team is not as big as the Korean media said. “Media fans who care about Asian women’s football know that China’s and South Korea’s women’s football team has nearly ten The annual rankings are high and low. In my mind, South Korea is a strong team in Asia. We will go all out to accomplish the set goals in our own way."

Data map: Chinese fans at the Olympic preliminaries.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tao Shelan

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Mysterious Division" strives to win

　　For the Chinese women's football team, there is no way out of the two Olympic preliminaries play-offs with the Korean women's football team. They can only fight to win and win the Tokyo Olympics tickets.

　　Perhaps the game is too important, or the special preparation environment under the epidemic. The Chinese women's football team has maintained a fully closed mode in the previous preparations. Even the list of teams against South Korea did not report until the end of the press conference the day before the game. Announced outside.

The 20-man squad for the Chinese women's football team.

　　Judging from the list, the Chinese women's football lineup has made a lot of adjustments. Compared with last year's Olympic preliminaries list, now striker Li Ying, teenager Zhang Linyan and other 12 people are no longer on the list, and half of the team's players have changed.

　　However, core players such as Wang Shuang, Wu Haiyan, Wang Shanshan, Tang Jiali, Zhang Xin and Ma Jun are still on the list.

Some new players may also play the role of surprise soldiers, bringing a certain new atmosphere.

Data map: Chinese women's football coach Jia Xiuquan.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

　　At the pre-match press conference on the 7th, the Chinese women's football coach Jia Xiuquan also revealed the goal of the trip.

He said: "The game has been postponed for so long. The players and I really want to win through our own efforts. As a player who participated in the Olympic Games, I hope that I can lead the Chinese women's football team to get this entry during the coaching period. Tickets."

　　Hopefully, as Jia Xiuquan said, the Chinese women's football team can win the Tokyo Olympics tickets.

I also hope that the Chinese women's football team will continue the previous adversity blooming situation and start Chinese football in 2021.

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