Mongolia Women’s National Team returns home from training in Japan

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On 21 August, the U-14 Mongolia Women’s National Team returned to their country finishing all programmes of their training camp which started from 12 August at the Matsushima Football Centre, Miyagi prefecture. The team had total of 7 training matches during their camp in Matsushima. On 18 August, the team played against Miyagi Phoenix, the over 60’s Men’s team which Coach of the U-14 Mongolia Women’s National Team IKI Yoji used to play for, and they had the memorial first victory by scoring the first goal. Between the training sessions, the players enjoyed bathing at the beach near the camp venue for the first time, sightseeing in Matsushima and staying in a Japanese-style hotel at a hot spring. They experienced the different culture of Japan. During the camp, some media such as Kahoku Shimpo and Miyagi TV visited the camp venue to interview Mr. Iki and the team. The camp became a well-known event in Miyagi prefecture. IKI Yoji, Coach of U-14 Mongolia Women’s National Team commented: “In this camp, I wanted the Mongolian players to experience Japanese women’s football. We had good opponents for the training matches so I think they had very good experiences. What is missing in this national team is attention to moving the ball around. We will have to plan how we encourage the players to understand to improve this issue for the future. They also need to understand the basics of football as well as the sense of consideration to their teammates. I would like to express my gratitude to JFA, and Miyagi Football Association for welcoming us in this opportunity. We will keep working hard for the future of Mongolian football, maximising what we have learned here”. Ulzibayar Badamkhatan, Captain of U-14 Mongolia Women’s National Team said: “This time, we enjoyed the training matches most of all. We also had chance to know Japanese culture and customs as well as football. The gap between Japanese women’s football teams and us is big, and as our Coach Iki told us, Japanese players are well united. Their sense of teamwork is very strong. I would be happy if we can come back to have this type of training camp in the future”., reported jfa.jp on Tuesday.