Football》30 Days to Countdown to Women’s World Cup Intercontinental Play-Offs, Trade Unions Speak Out for Players’ Preparation, Suffering Huge Impact

The Women's Football Union has spoken out for players again. (Taken from Facebook)

[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] There are 30 days left for the Women's World Cup cross-continental play-offs. Today, the Women's Football Union issued another document, pointing out that the players of the national team faced a logistical gap after returning to their home teams after the Nagoya Asian Games. We still have absolutely no clue about when to train, where to move the training, where are the air tickets and venues, and even who the logistics team is. In addition, the long-term training allowance was suspended without warning on October 15, causing a huge impact on the players' preparation for competition.

The "First Phase of the Women's World Cup Play-offs", which is about Taiwan's return to the world's highest football palace, will officially kick off on November 28, just one month later. However, the Women's Football Association issued a sad statement, bluntly stating that while teams from all over the world have already entered high-intensity preparations and practical exercises, the players of the Taiwan Women's National Team are finishing the Nagoya Asian Games. After returning to the home team, they faced a complete logistical gap. In addition, the National Training Center sent a letter to the Football Association as early as September 29, stating that "considering that most female football players belong to various professional teams and must take into account domestic corporate league competitions," it was recommended to change the long-term training plan that had been implemented for five years to a short-term training model.

After receiving the news that the long-term training plan was once again interrupted, the Women's Football Union also conducted a "Survey on Player Opinions on the Interruption of the Women's Football Long-term Training Plan" for the representative team players. The survey results showed that 100% The players interviewed bluntly stated that the interruption of training camps has had a huge impact on preparations for the World Cup play-offs. "In response to the National Training Center's recent attempt to eliminate long-term training camps on the grounds that players belong to a professional team, nearly 80% of the players directly pointed out that the Mulan League is not a professional league. As one of the few groups in Taiwan that can protect athletes and speak out for players, the Women's Football Union is regrettable to see that when the system cannot persecute individual players, they have adopted such a method to stifle the possibility of overall development on the eve of challenging the World Cup. "

The Women's Football Union said, "This crisis is entirely a man-made disaster caused by official 'laziness and incompetence.' As early as August 3, the union had officially sent a letter to the Sports Department and the Football Association, reminding them in black and white to pay attention to the plan connection after the Asian Games in advance to avoid repeating the mistakes of the training interruption in 2023. However, after the Football Association sent the letter on August 24 and was rejected and corrected at the end of September, due to 11 During the election, there was internal turmoil. During the period, the Football Association publicly asked for an extension of the Asian Games plan. However, according to this association, as of yesterday, the Football Association still has not sent a revised plan. "

Two weeks have passed since the last statement for help, and the situation and problems have still not changed. The Women's Football Union has once again appealed to the Ministry of Sports, hoping to convene the Football Association and the National Training Center as soon as possible and invite the Players Union and player representatives to jointly clarify the current situation. In addition, the Football Association's re-election should not mean that Taiwan has given up on the world. Cup play-offs, if necessary, ask the sports department to invite candidates from both sides to jointly promise that relevant preparations will not be affected by the re-election. In addition, all expected participants will be informed of relevant logistics and preparation plans, and preparations for the payment of subsidies within a week, at least to let the players know whether they are about to face an income window of more than three months.