"Our group is the group of death. It's not an easy match, but I believe our players will do well."
Suwon FC Women's Coach Park Gil-young, who will face off in the first-ever Asian Champions League, expressed his firm belief in the players immediately after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Champions League draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 11th (Korea time).
Suwon FC Women of Port 1 were grouped in Group C along with Port 2's 'Japan WE League Powerhouse' Tokyo Verdi Berza, Port 3's North Korean Hometown Sports Team (WFC), and Port 4's Myanmar ISPF in the three-team draw. Group A includes last season's runner-up Melbourne City, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Stallion Laguna in the Philippines, Ryan City Salers in Singapore, Group B 'Defending Champion' Wuhan Zinda in China, Bam Khatun in Iran, East Bengal in India, and Uzbek PFC Nasaf. Group C, where the strongest teams of South Korea, Japan, and North Korea are grouped, was classified as 'Death Group'. Suwon FC Women will play a league match in Myanmar on November 9-15, and then play the quarterfinals tournament in March next year when they go to the finals.
Suwon FC coach Park Gil-young said, "'Defending Champ' is in the group of death.' I didn't know Japan and North Korea would all come in. It is an unexpected match, but "It is not an easy match, but they will meet all the teams even if they go up." I see it positively. I believe our players will do a good job, he said, expressing confidence. Above all, fans are paying attention to the recent showdown with North Korea's home sports team, which has scored 23 goals and scored no points in three games against Kaohsiung Attackers (Taiwan), Master FC (Laos), and Royal Thimphu College FC (Butan).
North Korea does not have a women's soccer league, but the North Korean women's soccer club, Naehometown Sports Team, entered the Asian Champions League as the winner of the women's first-class soccer league. The AFC identified my hometown sports team as 'My hometown women's soccer club (WFC)'. Coach Park Gil-young said, `There is not much data or information on the power analysis of my hometown sports team. We're trying to figure out key players through official video games such as the playoffs recently." "My hometown sports team can actually be seen as the North Korean national team. In the past, you can think of Incheon Hyundai Steel with more than 10 national team players. The North explained, "As the league has not been activated, I know that my hometown sports team is actually the only unemployed team and a team with national team strength." As it is close to the history of the North Korean women's soccer team, the showdown between Suwon FC and Naehometown Sports Team is expected to be a good opportunity for women's team coach Shin Sang-woo to grasp North Korea's history and tactics ahead of next year's Australian Women's Asian Cup, where tickets to the World Cup are at stake. North Korea's women's soccer team is a strong women's soccer team that has won three women's Asian Cups, won three East Asian Cups, and won three Asian Games gold medals. In particular, he proved the competitiveness of young players under the age of 20 to the world stage by winning the U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia and the U-17 Women's World Cup in Dominica last year.
Meanwhile, the Women's Asian Champions League is divided into three groups, with the first and second-ranked teams in each group going straight to the quarterfinals, and two teams with good performance out of the third-place teams in the three groups advancing to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals will be a single match, and the opponent will be decided through a draw, and the semifinals and finals will be held from May 20 to 23 next year.
With the strongest team from the two Koreas and the strongest team from Japan tied in one group, coach Park said, `We will do our best to pass the preliminary round and advance to the quarterfinals, the first gateway in the first ACL, thanks to the active support of Suwon FC Women's Head Choi Soon-ho and Suwon City" expressed a strong determination.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
