“It will be a difficult game. I am sure it will be a very good friendly match for both teams.”
Colin Bell, head coach of the Korean women’s national soccer team, said this at a press conference held at the Paju National Soccer Team Training Center (NFC) in Gyeonggi Province on the 7th. The Korean women’s national team, ranked 17th in the FIFA rankings, will play an evaluation match against Haiti (53rd) at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 8th.메이저사이트주소
Haiti is the partner selected for the evaluation match with Colombia (25th) in mind, which Korea will face in the first group H match of the 2023 Australia-New Zealand Women’s World Cup group stage. Coach Bell said, “When the players show their ‘peak’, it should be the first game of the World Cup, not tomorrow.” “Haiti is a fast team. We will see what weaknesses we expose in front of that speed and use this information to prepare for the World Cup,” she said.
Haiti also faces Asian country China (ranked 14th) in Group D of this World Cup, so Korea can be said to be a good matchup opponent. Haiti coach Nicolas Delepin said, “We don’t play ‘occupancy football’ like Colombia, but we have many players who are aggressive and have good skills like Colombia.” Meet the best opponents. I will do my best,” he said.
The Women’s World Cup, the ninth tournament, kicks off on the 20th. Korea will play its first game against Colombia on the 25th, then Morocco (72nd) on the 30th, and Germany (2nd) on the 3rd of the following month. In Group H, 1st round (Germany), 2nd round (Korea Colombia), 1st round (Morocco) Gudora Korea and Colombia are more likely to advance to the round of 16. Korea once reached the round of 16 at the 7th tournament held in Canada in 2015, and this tournament is aiming for more.
Korea departs for Sydney, Australia, where they set up a base camp on the 10th, and on the 16th, they will play one more closed evaluation match against the Netherlands (9th place) before starting the World Cup schedule. Park Eun-seon (37, Seoul City Hall), who participated in the World Cup for the third time, said, “I think this is the last World Cup. I have no goals in the World Cup yet, but I will do my best to score. I think that is the way to repay the coach who selected me for the national team.”