STADIWM LECKWITH, CAERDYDD KICK OFF: 19:00 | CIC GYNTAF: 19:00 04/06/19 CYMRU V SELAND NEWYDD
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OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE | RHAGLEN SWYDDOGOL Y GÊM WALES v NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE MATCH | GÊM GYFEILLGAR LECKWITH STADIUM, CARDIFF | STADIWM LECKWITH, CAERDYDD KICK OFF: 19:00 | CIC GYNTAF: 19:00 04/06/19 CYMRU v SELAND NEWYDD Welcome to FC Cymru – The Matchday Magazine. FC Cymru brings you features on our match Jayne Ludlow sat down with FC Cymru recently to talk about the challenge of New Zealand and the against New Zealand here importance of this match ahead of UEFA Women's EURO 2021 qualifying. “It will be a tough test,” at Leckwith Stadium, the manager explained. “They're a team that gets to major tournaments, and they're preparing Cardiff. to compete in what is the biggest female sporting event of the summer. They've beaten teams easily in qualifying, and they've been on camp for the last few weeks developing and learning. So for us it's going to be a really good test to see where we're at, and it will give more of our players an This evening’s match acts opportunity to play in our structure and to see how they compete against players who are playing as preparation for the 2019 at the top level of the game. Tom Sermanni (New Zealand manager) has a lot of experience, and I'm FIFA Women’s World Cup in sure they will have a plan for us as part of what they want to work on ahead of the World Cup. It's the France for New Zealand, same for us, to make sure we're prepared for the next campaign.” where they have been The side have struggled for goals since the last qualifying campaign, but the statistics are not a drawn in a group alongside problem for the manager. “Our preparations have been interesting so far,” she added. “We're still Canada, Cameroon and building our foundations on being hard to beat, and we're really pleased with that. We've played the Netherlands. We wish other games behind closed doors, and we have scored goals, so I'm not too concerned with that. The them all the very best positive thing is that we've created chances in all our games, but across the board we haven't taken them. We have to make sure in August that we're putting those chances away, but the fact that we of luck at this summer’s are creating chances is very pleasing for us. It's important to go into the next competition with a competition, which begins squad of players we can trust and rely on. It's a competitive environment, and when players come in on Friday, 7 June. they have to compete and keep their levels high. If they don't, then they're out, and somebody else will get their opportunity.” Away from the match, make sure you check out the regular FC Cymru Daeth Jayne Ludlow i gael sgwrs gydag FC Cymru yn ddiweddar i siarad am yr her o wynebu Seland webshow by scanning the Newydd a pha mor bwysig yw’r gêm hon wrth baratoi ar gyfer ymgyrch ragbrofol Ewro 2021 Merched UEFA. “Mi fydd hi’n dipyn o brawf,” eglurodd y rheolwr. “Maen nhw’n dîm sy’n llwyddo i gyrraedd QR code below. y twrnameintiau mawr, ac maen nhw wrthi’n paratoi i gystadlu yn un o ddigwyddiadau chwaraeon mwyaf yr haf. Fe wnaethon nhw drechu timau yn hawdd yn y rowndiau rhagbrofol, ac maent wedi Diolch, bod ar wersyll am yr ychydig wythnosau diwethaf yn datblygu ac yn dysgu. Felly i ni, mae’n mynd i fod yn brawf da i weld lle’r ydym ni ar hyn o bryd, a bydd yn rhoi cyfle i fwy o’n chwaraewyr chwarae The Editor. yn ein strwythur a gweld sut maen nhw’n cymharu yn erbyn y rhai sy’n chwarae ar lefel uchaf y gêm. Mae gan Tom Sermanni (rheolwr Seland Newydd) gryn dipyn o brofiad, a dwi’n siŵr y bydd ganddyn nhw gynllun ar gyfer ein hwynebu ni o ran beth maen nhw angen gweithio arno cyn Cwpan y Byd. Mae’r un peth yn wir i ni hefyd, i wneud yn siŵr ein bod ni’n barod am yr ymgyrch nesaf.” Nid yw sgorio wedi dod yn hawdd i’r tîm ers yr ymgyrch ragbrofol ddiwethaf, ond nid yw’r ystadegau @FAWales yn broblem i’r rheolwr chwaith. “Mae ein paratoadau wedi bod yn ddiddorol hyd yn hyn,” meddai. @Cymru “Rydyn ni dal yn adeiladu ein sylfaen ar fod yn anodd ein curo, ac rydyn ni’n falch iawn o hynny. www.faw.cymru Rydyn ni wedi chwarae gemau eraill tu ôl i ddrysau caeedig, ac wedi sgorio goliau, felly dydw i ddim yn poeni gormod am hynny. Y peth positif yw ein bod ni wedi creu cyfleoedd ym mhob un o’n gemau, ond dydyn ni heb fanteisio ar y rheiny bob tro. Mae’n rhaid i ni wneud yn siŵr ym mis Awst ein bod ni’n rhoi’r cyfleoedd hynny yng nghefn y rhwyd, ond mae’r ffaith ein bod ni’n creu’r cyfleoedd hynny yn galonogol iawn i ni. Mae’n bwysig ein bod ni’n mynd i mewn i’r gystadleuaeth nesaf gyda charfan o chwaraewyr yr ydym ni’n ymddiried ynddyn nhw ac y gallwn ni ddibynnu arnyn nhw. Mae’n amgylchedd cystadleuol, a phan ddaw chwaraewyr i mewn mae’n rhaid iddyn nhw gystadlu a chadw eu lefelau yn uchel. Os nad ydyn nhw’n gwneud hynny, maen nhw allan, a bydd rhywun arall yn cael y cyfle hwnnw.” www.faw.cymru 3 GAIR AM EIN GWRTHWYNEBWYRMEET THE MANAGER - TOM SERMANNI A professional during his playing career, Tom Sermanni represented Blackpool and Torquay United as well as Albion Rovers and Dunfermline in his native Scotland before heading to the other side of the world to end his career with clubs in Australia and New Zealand. Sermanni, 64, began coaching in 1988 with Canberra, and twice took charge of the Australian Women’s national team before heading to the United States. Between 2013 and 2014 he managed the US Women’s national team before becoming assistant manager of Canada ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals. Sermanni then took charge of Orlando Pride before taking over as manager of New Zealand in October 2018. CWRDD Â’R RHEOLWR – TOM SERMANNI Roedd Tom Sermanni yn chwaraewr proffesiynol yn ystod ei yrfa chwarae, ac fe gynrychiolodd Blackpool a Torquay United yn ogystal ag Albion Rovers a Dunfermline yn ei Alban frodorol cyn teithio i ochr arall y byd i orffen ei yrfa gyda chlybiau yn Awstralia a Seland Newydd. Dechreuodd Sermanni, 64, hyfforddi ym 1988 gyda Canberra, a chymerodd yr awenau gyda thîm Merched Cenedlaethol Awstralia ddwywaith cyn anelu am yr Unol Daleithiau. Rhwng 2013 a 2014 roedd yn rheoli tîm Merched Cenedlaethol yr Unol Daleithiau cyn dod yn ddirprwy reolwr Canada cyn rowndiau terfynol Cwpan y Byd FIFA 2015. Yna, symudodd Sermanni i reoli Orlando Pride cyn cymryd y llyw fel rheolwr Seland Newydd ym mis Hydref 2018. 4 www.faw.cymru RECENT FORM PERFFORMIAD DIWEDDAR The Football Ferns qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Llwyddodd y Football Ferns i gymhwyso ar gyfer rowndiau terfynol finals with a convincing and dominant performance in the OFC Cwpan y Byd FIFA 2019 gyda pherfformiad cadarn a chryf yng Women’s Nations Cup. Their three group stage qualifiers saw them Nghwpan Cenhedloedd Merched yr OFC. Fe sgoriodd y tîm 27 o score 27 goals without reply, and they continued that form into the goliau yn eu tair gêm grŵp heb ildio’r un, a pharhau a wnaeth y semi-finals and final, defeating New Caledonia and Fuji respectively safon honno hyd at y rowndiau cynderfynol a’r rownd derfynol, wrth courtesy of two 8-0 victories. Betsy Hassett claimed the Golden Ball iddyn nhw drechu New Caledonia a Fiji gyda dwy fuddugoliaeth as the best player in the competition, while Sarah Gregorius was 8-0. Enillodd Betsy Hassett y ‘Bêl Aur’ fel chwaraewr gorau’r joint top goalscorer with eight goals. Twelve different players were gystadleuaeth, tra bo Sarah Gregorius yn un o ddwy brif sgorwyr on target for New Zealand in the five OFC gydag wyth gôl. Llwyddodd deuddeg o wahanol chwaraewyr i sgorio Women’s Nations Cup games. i Seland Newydd yn y pum gêm yng Nghwpan Cenhedloedd yr OFC. PAST SUCCESS LWYDDIANNAU BLAENOROL This will be the fifth time that New Zealand have competed at the Hwn fydd y pumed tro i Seland Newydd gystadlu yn rowndiau FIFA Women’s World Cup finals, having previously qualified in 1991, terfynol Cwpan y Byd Merched FIFA ar ôl cymhwyso ym 1991, 2007, 2007, 2011 and 2015. However, the side are yet to make it past the 2011 a 2015. Fodd bynnag, mae’r tîm eto i fynd heibio’r camau grŵp. group stages. Their best performance in an Olympic Games came Daeth eu perfformiad gorau yn y Gemau Olympaidd yn Llundain yn in London in 2012 when they progressed to the quarter-finals, 2012 wrth iddyn nhw gyrraedd rownd yr wyth olaf, ac maent wedi while they have won the OFC Women’s Nations Cup four times in ennill Cwpan Cenhedloedd Merched yr OFC bedair gwaith yn olynol succession having claimed the trophy in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2018. yn 2007, 2010, 2014 a 2018. Daeth eu buddugoliaeth fwyaf ym mis Their biggest victory was recorded in October 1998 when they Hydref 1998 wrth iddynt sgorio 21 o goliau yn erbyn Samoa heb scored 21 goals against Samoa without reply.