The Chinese women’s football team returned home from Sydney, Australia on the morning of 6th day of this month, ending more than a month of “wandering” caused by the epidemic “.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 19, the official microblog of the Chinese football team announced on the 19th that the Chinese women’s football team will reassemble in Suzhou later this month to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic women’s football qualifier match with the South Korean team in June.
The Chinese women’s football team returned home from Sydney, Australia on the morning of 6th day of this month, ending more than a month of “wandering” caused by the epidemic “. On June 4th and 9th, the Chinese women’s football team will play against the South Korean team first and later, and the winner will advance to the Tokyo Olympics.
The official microblog of the Chinese football team said: “Previously, women’s football girls had just experienced a special schedule. The sudden new Crown outbreak disrupted the girls’ preparation plan and posed countless unexpected challenges for them.”
Wu Haiyan, the captain of Chinese women’s football team, said in the microblog video: “This new Crown epidemic has indeed brought us a lot of difficulties because our home court has changed. In the case of a bad lineup, we went to Australia and isolated the whole team. So the whole process is very hard.”
The competition in Group B of the Olympic qualifier for Chinese women’s football team was originally scheduled to be held in Wuhan, and then changed to Sydney due to the epidemic. After entering Australia from Brisbane on January 29, the Chinese women’s football team received a notice from the local health department and was isolated for a week.
After the isolation, the Chinese women’s football team immediately defeated Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Australia in the group match and got the qualification to participate in the play-off.