On February 6, Beijing time, the final of the Women's Asian Cup will be played at the D.Y Patil Arena in New Mumbai, India, and the Chinese women's football team will face the old rival South Korean women's football team. Before the game, South Korean women's football coach Colin Bell and captain Chi Xiaoran attended the press conference, when talking about the Chinese women's football team, the England coach was full of respect, and he was happy that there was no injury in the team, and the strongest 11 people could be sent in the final.
Chi Xiaoran and Bell
Colin Bell, 60, took over the coaching whip of the Korean women's football team in 2019, becoming the first foreign manager in the history of the team. In April last year, the South Korean women's football team encountered the Chinese women's football team in the Olympic preliminaries, and although Bale made sufficient preparations and almost directed a big reversal in the second leg, the Korean women's football team still lost the qualification for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
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After 10 months, the Chinese and Korean teams met again, and Colin Bell was obviously more confident than in the Olympic preliminaries: "I am very disappointed by the failure of the Olympic preliminaries, but we have been looking forward. During the Olympic Preliminary Round, we did not play an official game for nearly a year due to the epidemic, but this time, we played while practicing and made great progress (Note: After the Olympic Preliminary Round, the Korean women's football team played a total of 11 games, including against the United States women's football team). ”
South Korea women's soccer team
Prior to this, the Chinese women's football team had won the Asian Cup eight times, while the Korean women's football team only reached the final of the Asian Cup for the first time. Speaking of facing the old opponent again, Bell is full of respect: "The Chinese women's football team is a team with outstanding physical conditions, the game is very compact, and they have players with very outstanding personal ability, such as Wang Shanshan. It's going to be a huge challenge for us, both physically and mentally. ”
Bale hugged the players
Obviously, Colin Bell didn't want to miss the opportunity to win the cup: "In this Asian Cup, we have completed our goal of qualifying for the World Cup finals, but since we have reached the final, I definitely want to win the cup. There's only one last game left, the psychological adjustment is very important and my players are full of confidence. ”
Throughout the press conference, Bell repeatedly stressed the importance of confidence: "The first time to reach the final of the Women's Asian Cup, gave the players plenty of confidence, our team has no injuries, all the players are in the best condition, but also fully prepared for the final, against the Chinese women's football team, we will send the strongest 11 people." Each of us has an improvement in our abilities and having confidence is a good thing, we rarely have the opportunity to play against the top teams, if you have enough confidence, then you can create good opportunities in the game. ”