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Chinese Women's Football Team Members: New Coach Brings Change and Expects to Get on Track

Xinhua News Agency, Xianghe, Hebei, May 23 (Reporter Yue Dongxing, Zhao Jiantong, Gong Bing) Although it's a pity that the Chinese women's football team missed the Paris Olympic Games, they said on the 23rd that the new head coach Ante Milicic has brought some positive changes, and the whole team is looking forward to improving on the right track and showing a better team style in the new cycle.

On the same day, in Xianghe National Football Training Base, Milicic led the Chinese Women's Football Team to carry out the first intensive training since he took office. Subsequently, the whole team will go to Australia from May 27 to June 5 to participate in the invitational tournament, and have two warm-up matches with the Australian team that reached the top four in the Women's World Cup last year.

Before the afternoon training, Li Mengwen, the defender of the Brighton Women's Football Team in the English Premier League, was interviewed by the media. She said that during the training, Milicic communicated with each member of the team.

"What surprised me was that he brought me some game videos during my time in Brighton and other clubs for analysis, so that the players could analyze their advantages and disadvantages," said Li Mengwen.

"I think it is very innovative, especially his analysis of each player has given us a lot of technical and tactical information. After he learned the advantages and disadvantages of each player, I think he wants to better integrate everyone's advantages and create the way he wants to play."

Milicic said at the press conference on the same day that he hoped to make some adjustments to the competition mode of the Chinese women's football team. For example, let the players play more actively in the offensive organization, improve the ball control rate, and let those players with technical characteristics in the offensive side dare to deal with the ball more.

In this regard, Li Mengwen, who has played in the European League for many years, said that she is relatively adaptable. "I hope you can give us some time, because if you play pass and control, you should not be afraid of making mistakes, you should dare to do (technical actions). I hope to make greater progress on the right track."

Wu Haiyan, who once served as the captain of the national team, said that under the leadership of the new coach, the team hopes to gradually present his technical and tactical concepts and the direction of future development. "I hope we can settle down and give more time to the Chinese women's football team, because we need to get back on track. As long as we are firm enough and know what we are doing, I think this is a good state... We hope to be more stable step by step."