Xinhua News Agency, Albufeira, Portugal, February 26 (reporter Su Bin) the World Cup year increased the practical test significance of this year’s Algarve Cup International Women’s Football Invitational Tournament. The Chinese women’s football team conducted pre-competition training in Albufeira, Portugal on the 26th, team members Wang Frost and Wu Haiyan said in an interview that they hoped to show the training content of the team for several months and the technical and tactical ideas of coach Jia Xiuquan in this competition.
Due to the Paris Saint-German battle against France and Champions League, Wang Frost and his teammates did not have a long running-in time. In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, she said: “I haven’t been back for a long time (practicing with the team). This Algarve Cup is more about testing the concentration requirements and training contents of these months.”
Guard Wu Haiyan said that he hoped that under the leadership of Jia Xiuquan, what he had trained during this period of time would be reflected in this Algarve Cup. If any problems were exposed, this is a good improvement for the team as the World Cup is coming.
The Algarve Cup will be opened on the 27th, which is exactly the 100-day countdown to the Women’s World Cup. Wang Frost and Wu Haiyan have great expectations for the most important event in the world women’s football world that began more than three months later.
Wang Frost believes that joining the women’s football World Cup is the dream of all the girls who play football. The team should go all out to make final preparations for the World Cup and hope to treat the World Cup with a better mental outlook.
“I hope to win the World Cup championship, which is the dream of every athlete.” Wu Haiyan admitted, “I hope that after such a long period of time, the Chinese women’s football team will bring you a brand new style, both mentally and in terms of achievements.”
The 12 teams participating in this Algarve Cup are divided into four groups. The 15th Chinese team in the world is in Group C with two Nordic teams Norway and Denmark. To this, Wang Frost said: “More reflects the technical and tactical requirements of the coach in the usual training, and all the requirements of the coach are reflected in the Algarve Cup. After all, we have been concentrating for such a long time, and we are also familiar with the requirements. These matches of the Algarve Cup are more tests.”
Wu Haiyan also said that he hoped to reflect the team’s skills and tactics after understanding the opponents, and also hoped to fight against these strong players so as to see the problems, it can also reflect its own things.
According to the schedule, the Chinese team in the first round group match of the Algarve Cup will be empty. On March 1st, they will welcome their first rival Norway.