Shui Qingxia leads team to explore 433 formation as they prepare for World Cup in East Asia Cup
Currently, the women's European Championships are in full swing, European women's football fast-paced and high confrontation to the Chinese women's football has brought a huge psychological impact. How to cope with the challenge of European women's soccer in next year's World Cup has become the primary thinking problem of Shui Qingxia. She said that the East Asia Cup is not the ultimate goal, and the real intention of the team is to warm up for the World Cup. She emphasized that even if they can't win the championship, they have to give young players a chance to learn and grow from it.
In preparation for the World Cup, the Chinese women's soccer team has recently made adjustments to its formation, focusing on the 433 formation. This adjustment aims to increase the intensity of the high press in front of the field to cope with the characteristics of European women's soccer. However, with the change in formation, positional responsibilities and tactical requirements will also change significantly, and the team will need to re-adapt.
The East Asia Cup is just the beginning of the technical and tactical upgrading of the Chinese women's soccer team, after which the team will also travel to the United States, and the U.S. women's and men's youth soccer teams to play warm-up matches, to test the effect of technical and tactical adjustments.
It is worth mentioning the return of the old captain Wu Haiyan. Due to injury, she missed the Asian Cup at the beginning of the year, the national team in the center back position was once stretched. This time, the return from injury, Wu Haiyan need to re-integrate with the whole team. Shui Qingxia said that although Haiyan did not feel too good at the beginning of the game, but with the training, she has been able to keep up with the rhythm of the team. She believes that Wu's experience and leadership will be of great benefit to the team.
Japan-South Korea women's soccer team wants to take revenge in the East Asian Cup, the strength should not be underestimated
Compared with the calm attitude of our women's soccer team, Japan and South Korea women's soccer team, which folded in the Asian Cup, are determined to take revenge in the East Asian Cup. The Japanese Football Association announced the list of participants in the East Asian Cup, compared with the Asian Cup, a total of nine players changed, two of them were selected for the first time in the national team. The Japanese team had been in good form with 5:0 and 5:1 victories over the Serbian and Finnish women's soccer teams in warm-up matches in June.
It is worth mentioning that Riko Ueki, the main striker of the Japanese team, had broken the Chinese team's goal twice in the Asian Cup. She said she hopes to take revenge and win for her team in the East Asian Cup.
Seven of the South Korean women's soccer team's lineup for the Asian Cup fell out of this East Asian Cup. The team called up two players who traveled to Europe, Cho Cho Hyo Hyun and Lee Yong Cho, as well as Ji Xiaoran, who returned home from Chelsea. South Korea's head coach Colin Bell said Japan is the best technical team in Asia and is a role model for the South Korean team to learn from.
