Republic of Ireland boss Vera Pauw will send her team into friendly battle with China as part of their preparations for this summer’s World Cup finals in Australia and New Zealand. Ireland will face the AFC Women’s Asian Cup winners, who they have never played before, at the Estadio Nuevo Mirador on Wednesday, February 22 during a 10-day training camp in Marbella, Spain. This training camp will be key to those preparations. “As part of the February training camp, we will also play against Germany in what we have agreed will be a behind-closed-doors game. This will be an excellent test for our players.”China, World Cup runners-up in 1999, are currently ranked 14th in the world, nine places above the Republic, who have been drawn in Group B along with co-hosts Australia, Nigeria and Canada.

Source: The Herald January 20, 2023 01:09 UTC