Colin Bell (62), head coach of the Korean women’s national soccer team, plans to conduct a final inspection through the game against Haiti.
The Korean women’s soccer team, led by head coach Colin Bell, will play a national friendly match against the Haiti team at the Seoul World Cup Stadium at 5:00 pm on the 8th.
This match against Haiti is the ‘launch ceremony’ for Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will be held on July 20.
Coach Bell and her women’s national team trained at the Paju National Training Center (NFC) from 10:00 am on the 7th ahead of Haiti. At 11:30 a.m. shortly after training, coach Bell gave her official pregame press conference.
Coach Bell’s focus was on the match against Colombia in the first round of the group stage on the 25th. The reason Haiti was chosen as the target for the ceremony was because Haiti is a ‘virtual Colombia’.
On the 5th, coach Bell said, “We are focusing only on the first game against Colombia. You can say your goal in words, but in the end, I think you have to show it on the field.”
At the same time, coach Bell said, “My interest, as well as the players, is to win the first game against Colombia, and I think it is possible. There is a saying from German coach Otto Rehhagel: ‘The truth lies on the pitch.’ Our player I hope they will focus only on that part, the first match. We plan to take the rest of the matches step by step.”안전사이트
At the press conference before the game on the 7th, coach Bell was consistent. “Instead of showing the peak in the match against Haiti, we will show the peak in the first match of the World Cup against Colombia on the 25th,” he said.
This is not to say that the game against Haiti will be played casually. Rather, it will be analyzed in detail. Coach Bell said, “I analyzed Haiti and expect it to be a difficult game. All of our strengths and weaknesses will be revealed well.” said.
Next, coach Bell said, “We plan to use all the information whether we have the ball or not. Our strengths and weaknesses revealed in Haiti’s speed will be good information.”
Meanwhile, after training on the morning of the 10th, the national team departing for Australia will take a break on the 11th and begin training every day from the 12th. After an evaluation match against another country on the 16th, they will have their first group stage match against Colombia on the 25th. Then, Morocco on the 30th and Germany on the 3rd of next month.