Will go to Spain to play 4 warm-up matches are all high-intensity

Chinese women's football finalizes World Cup "imaginary enemy"

　　The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that after the end of the training camp on January 20, the Chinese women's football team will regroup in Guangzhou on January 26 (the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar), and then go to Spain on February 10 to participate in the pre-World Cup warm-up series.

　　It is understood that during the stay in Spain, the Chinese team will play four international warm-up matches in Marbella on February 14th, 16th, 19th, and 22nd local time. The opponents are the Swedish women's football team, the Irish women's football team and two La Liga teams. club team.

Since they are in the same group with England and Denmark in this year's World Cup group stage, the Chinese women's football team will regard the four warm-up opponents as the imaginary opponents of the World Cup, so as to further familiarize themselves with and adapt to the high speed and strong confrontational rhythm of playing against European teams. .

　　training camp

　　Plan to train in Guangzhou for more than two weeks before heading to Spain on February 10

　　The Chinese women's football team started a new winter training session in Haikou on December 5 last year, and the first phase of training ended on January 20 this year.

After all the team members go home for the New Year, they will regroup in Guangzhou on January 26, which is the fifth day of the first lunar month.

　　According to the plan, the team will conduct more than two weeks of training in Guangzhou, and then depart for Spain on February 10.

Prior to this, the Swedish Football Association has announced through official channels that the Swedish women's football team will play an international A-level warm-up match with the Chinese women's football team in Marbella on the evening of February 16, local time.

And this game is also one of the four warm-up matches that the Chinese women's football team participated in in Spain.

　　warm up

　　The Chinese women's football team will play two games against Sweden, Ireland and La Liga clubs

　　The FIFA calendar shows that February 13th to 25th is the first women's football international match day window of this year.

Taking advantage of this cycle, the brigades entering the 2023 Women's World Cup have arranged high-quality warm-ups.

In addition to the warm-up with the Swedish team, the Chinese women's football team will have another international A-level warm-up match with the Irish team on February 22, local time.

Considering the rare opportunities for warm-up visits, the Chinese women's football team will also play two warm-up matches with La Liga clubs under the efforts of the Chinese Football Association.

　　prepare for war

　　Improve competitiveness and adaptability Women's football team will compete with the strongest lineup

　　Judging from the itinerary, the main purpose of the Chinese women's football team's visit to Spain this time is to enhance the competitiveness and adaptability of international competitions through targeted warm-up matches.

This is because the Chinese women's football team will be in the same group as the women's European Cup champion England and the Nordic powerhouse Denmark in this year's Women's World Cup group stage.

Currently England and Denmark rank 4th and 18th in the world respectively, while Sweden and Ireland rank 3rd and 23rd in the world respectively.

In terms of technical characteristics, the Irish team and the Swedish team are similar to the England team and the Danish team respectively, that is, they have the advantages of physical strength and offensive and defensive conversion speed.

　　According to the official training notice issued by the Chinese Football Association, a total of 27 players participated in the first phase of winter training in Haikou.

However, since more than 10 female football players have studied overseas in professional clubs in Europe and North America, some overseas international players, including Wang Shuang, will go straight to Spain from their respective clubs to join the team.

In other words, the Chinese women's football team will participate in the warm-up series in February with the strongest team.

　　Text/Reporter Xiao Nan Coordinator/Photo courtesy of Wang Yong/Visual China