China News Agency, Beijing, February 23rd. On the 22nd local time, the Chinese women's football team played a friendly match with the Irish women's football team in Algeciras, Spain. After 90 minutes of competition, the two sides fought 0:0.

So far, the Chinese women's football team has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and the training in Spain is over.

  In order to fully prepare for the 2023 Women's World Cup, the Hangzhou Asian Games and the Paris Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the Chinese women's football team went to Spain for a warm-up match on February 10. They defeated the La Liga team Real Betis 2:1 and lost to the Swedish women's football team 1:4. , 4:0 beat La Liga team Huelva Sports.

The Irish women's football team is the last opponent of the Chinese women's football team in this warm-up match.

  The Irish women's football team ranks 23rd in the world, slightly lower than the Chinese women's football team, which ranks 15th in the world.

The head coach of the Chinese team, Shui Qingxia, made a substantial rotation of the starting lineup.

  After the opening, the two sides interacted with each other.

In the first half, the Irish team posed a threat in front of the Chinese team, and Quinn's header hit the crossbar.

In the second half, the Chinese team also ushered in a scoring opportunity, but Xiao Yuyi's goal in the 60th minute was disallowed for offside.

Mannion of the Irish team also scored a goal, but was disallowed for a foul on Chinese goalkeeper Xu Huan.

The two sides ended up with a goalless draw.

  So far, the Chinese women's football team has a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and the training in Spain is over.

Subsequently, the Chinese women's football team will set off to return to China for a short rest.

  Through this training, it can be found that there is still a certain gap between the Chinese women's football team and the European teams.

Shui Qingxia said frankly in an interview before that to have a correct positioning for the Chinese women's football team, it cannot be said that because they won the Asian Cup, they can compete with strong teams in the World Cup, and they need to continue to improve.

  The 2023 Women's World Cup is jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and is scheduled to take place from July 20 to August 20 this year.

The opponents of the Chinese women's football team in the group stage have also been released, and they will face Denmark, Haiti and England respectively.

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