Ahead of the 2023 International Football Federation (FIFA) Women’s World Cup, the ‘Colin Belho’ national team is going to build valuable experience against the European team.
The national team led by coach Bell (ranked 15th in the FIFA rankings) will participate in the Arnold Clark Cup, a friendly competition between four countries, to be held in England from the 17th.
The Arnold Clark Cup is an international friendly competition hosted by the Football Association of England, and this year’s competition is the second. Host country England (4th), Italy (17th), Belgium (20th) and Korea will participate.
Each of the four teams will face each other once, and Korea will play against England on the 17th, followed by Belgium on the 20th and Italy on the 23rd.
Through this tournament, the national team plans to prepare for Germany (FIFA ranking 2nd), which will face off in the group stage of the World Cup, and the European team that is likely to meet in the subsequent tournament. Korea is in Group H along with Germany, Colombia and Morocco in the World Cup finals.
England, the first opponent of the Arnold Clark Cup, was the champion of the Women’s Euro 2022 held last year, and is a strong team that has recently gone undefeated in 26 A matches. 스포츠토토
Korea is inferior to England with 1 draw and 1 loss. They met Belgium once and drew once, and against Italy three times, losing all of them.
The national team summons Ji So-yeon (Suwon FC) and Lee Geum-min (Brighton) to participate in this tournament. Cho So-hyun (Tottenham), Lee Young-joo (Madrid CFF), and Lee Min-ah (Incheon Hyundai Steel) could not join due to injuries.
Ji So-yeon said, “England, who we will meet at the Arnold Cup, has a similar disposition to Germany, our World Cup group stage opponent, so it will be a good preparation.” will be,” he said.
Lee Geum-min also said, “There is not much left (until the World Cup).” I really want to break the records set by the women’s national team.”