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Jorge Vilda: "Japan is a perfect touchstone for the World Cup"

MADRID, 14 Nov.

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Jorge Vilda: "Japan is a perfect touchstone for the World Cup"

MADRID, 14 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The national women's football coach, Jorge Vilda, made clear the importance of this Tuesday's friendly at La Cartuja in Seville against Japan "it is a perfect touchstone" for next year's World Cup, where they share the group stage with the Japanese combo.

"There are eight months left for the debut in the World Cup, in terms of concentrations there are two more and the final one, and I think there is no better preparation than facing the same rival from the group stage. It is a perfect touchstone because it is a priori the most powerful rival in the group stage and this can serve as a first assault and can influence what happens in the World Cup, that's why the match is important," Vilda said at a press conference on Monday.

In addition, the coach warned of the potential of the Asian team, that "although it is not in the 'Top 10', by level it is." "It is a team that plays associative football, with high-quality players and whom we have already faced in the past in lower categories and with a high level. It does not stand out for its height, but from set pieces it is very dangerous, well trained and with a lot of variety, and we have given a lot of importance to that aspect. There will be a clear battle for possession and to see who will dominate the game," he detailed.

The man from Madrid acknowledged that they may now have "that surprise factor" for being a new team, but clarified that "as the World Cup approaches" they will be "more predictable", although only "in terms of the starting eleven". "Regarding the style and model of the game and what the team can propose against Japan, these are just small details because everyone knows and recognizes us," he warned.

For this reason, "the first premise" to configure this Tuesday will be to see "the right one" to beat Japan, although Vilda also wants to "give opportunities" to all the soccer players "to show themselves and demonstrate what they are offering in the training sessions such as the illusion and the desire to add".

"The national team has worked as a very united team that has worked much more than one hundred percent every day and whatever happens tomorrow, Tuesday, this concentration has already been a success," added the coach, who focuses "on the day to day" and "how" they can "help female players to be better, to build the team and to continue believing in the model".

Finally, he had words for the young striker Inma Gabarro, who lived "the dream debut" against Argentina by going out on the field and scoring. "But it is what we expect from her because she has something that I have seen in few players and that is that inside the area she is lethal. he has it by instinct and we are trying to promote it," he remarked.