Article source: Sports Weekly
From November 23 to December 1 is the FIFA designated women’s national team competition window. Using this window, the Asian women’s football team will organize training sessions to prepare for the Asian Women’s Football Cup that will be launched in India on January 20 next year. Arrange international warm-up matches. However, among the recognized “three strong”, in addition to the South Korean women’s football team winning 2-1 at home, the Japanese women’s football team and the Australian women’s football team lost.
The 20th Women’s Asian Cup is scheduled to be held in India from January 20th to February 6th next year. Although there are rumors that due to the epidemic, many teams hope this event can be postponed, but at least from the current situation and Judging from the dynamics of the participating teams, there are no signs of postponement or even cancellation. On the contrary, the participating teams are currently seizing the time to start training and preparations. Moreover, several traditional strong teams in Asian women’s football have used FIFA’s designated national team competition window to arrange international warm-up matches.
The defending champion Japanese women’s football team has changed coaches after the Tokyo Olympics. The former head coach of the Japanese women’s U20 national youth team Ikeda has officially taken over as the new coach. After organizing a domestic training camp in October, this time the team was brought to the Netherlands. On November 25th, there was a warm-up match with the Icelandic women’s football team. Many European players such as Bayern Munich defender Kumagaya Saki, Arsenal women’s forward Mana Iwabuchi, West Ham United midfielder Yui Hasegawa, etc. All return to the team to play. However, the team lost 0 to 2 in the first game. According to the arrangement, the Japanese women’s football team is scheduled to play the second warm-up match against the European champion Dutch women’s football team in The Hague on November 29.
The Australian team, the runner-up of the last Asian Cup Women’s Football Championship, has already started preparations for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. During the women’s national team match window from 18th to 26th last month, they had two warm-up matches with the Brazilian women’s football team. , The first game was won by 3 to 2, and the second game was won by 2 to 2. This time, the Australian team invited the U.S. women’s football team, which is currently ranked number one in the world, to visit. The two sides conducted their first warm-up in Sydney on November 27. As a result, the U.S. women’s football team had a clear advantage. Ashley Ha Qi took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the court, leading 1-0. In the cheering of the home fans, the Australian women’s football team created a series of opportunities, but they failed to convert their advantage into goals. Instead, the American women’s football team won the Australian team in the second half and won the Australian team 3-0.
However, in this game, 36,109 fans came to the scene to help out for the Australian team, which is the highest attendance record set by the Australian women’s football team. According to the arrangement, three days later, on November 30, the Australian women’s football team will start the second warm-up match with the American women’s football team.
The South Korean women’s football team, which failed to break into the semi-finals in the last Asian Cup, received tickets for next year’s Women’s Asian Cup in September. They started to warm up last month and went to the United States for two warm-up matches with the American women’s football team. The opponent was tied 0 to 0, but then defeated 0 to 6. This time, the South Korean women’s football team invited the New Zealand women’s football team to South Korea to warm up. The two sides had their first warm-up match in Goyang on the afternoon of the 27th. In the 25th minute of the first half, the New Zealand women’s football team opened the scoring by Hande, leading 1-0. However, in the 59th minute of the second half, the New Zealand defender slapped an own goal and the South Korean women’s team tied the score. In the 81st minute, Lin Sun-joo, who was just 31st birthday on the 27th, scored the winning goal and helped the South Korean women’s team reverse the New Zealand team 2-1. According to the arrangement, the two sides are scheduled to start the second warm-up in Gaoyang on November 30.
As the host of this Asian Cup women’s football match, the Indian women’s football team is currently launching a global “big training”. Starting in late September, the team first went to Dubai, UAE to set up a training camp, and first played two warm-up matches with the UAE women’s football team and the Tunisian women’s football team, winning 4 to 1 and losing 0 to 1 respectively. Then he moved to Bahrain and won the Bahrain Women’s Football Team and the Chinese Taipei Women’s Football Team 5-0, 1-0. Immediately, the team moved from West Asia to Sweden, where they prepared for the match and warmed up with the Swedish women’s football club team. In the middle of this month, the Indian women’s football team was invited to Brazil again to participate in the “Manus Four Nations Women’s Football Tournament” starting on November 25 in Manus. In the first round on the 25th, the Indian women were able to defeat the Brazilian women’s football 1-6. According to the schedule, the Indian women’s football team will play the Chilean women’s football team and the Venezuelan women’s football team on November 28 and December 1.
The Indian women’s football team will be in the same group as the Chinese women’s football team in the future Asian Cup. Although the Iranian team, another women’s football team in the same group, has not arranged a warm-up match recently, the team has started training at the Tehran National Football Center from November 19th and will continue until December 25th. During this period, the Iranian women’s football team has been warming up for multiple teams in a row.
In contrast, although the Chinese women’s football team has announced that Shui Qingxia will be the new head coach of the national team, the team has not yet started to concentrate because the Women’s Super League has just ended. According to the plan, around December 9, the new women’s football team will officially set the flag.
This women’s Asian Cup will have 12 teams participating in the finals for the first time. The 12 teams will be divided into three groups for the group stage. The top two in each group plus the two third places with the best results will advance to the knockout round. The teams that have passed the quarter-finals will qualify for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, and the four teams that lose in the quarter-finals will also decide fifth to eighth place. If the Australian women’s football team enters the semi-finals, the fifth and sixth-placed teams will also receive tickets to the Women’s World Cup, and the seventh and eighth places will participate in the intercontinental play-offs. In terms of the current overall strength of the Chinese women’s football team, there should not be much suspense about entering the quarterfinals. However, the goal of the Chinese women’s football team may not just be satisfied with getting tickets to the World Cup.Return to Sohu to see more
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