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AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers: Japan vs India – Build-up

There are challenges, after which there are challenges. The Indian senior women’s team, who had effortlessly trounced Kyrgyz Republic within the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 in April, will open their Round 2 marketing campaign towards one of many world’s greatest, Japan. The conflict with the previous world champions will happen on Thursday, October 26, 2023, on the Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent at 15:30 IST.

The Blue Tigresses landed within the Uzbek capital on Monday night after a coaching camp in Abha, Saudi Arabia. With the climate not too dissimilar in Tashkent, which is barely barely cooler, and having performed in Uzbekistan as not too long ago as March, Thomas Dennerby and his facet haven’t taken too lengthy to get settled.

India had been final in aggressive motion within the nineteenth Asian Games in China final month, dropping each video games to Chinese Taipei and Thailand, two higher-ranked groups. All groups in India’s group within the Olympic Qualifiers (Vietnam and Uzbekistan are the others) even have increased rankings. But these are solely numbers on paper, in keeping with head coach Thomas Dennerby.

“Ranks are on paper. Matches are played on the pitch. Japan are one of the best in the world, but there is always a chance for a lower-ranked team to win the game. And if we have a good start, then we can make Japan a little bit nervous. So hopefully, my players will have a good day tomorrow,” mentioned the Swede on the pre-match press convention.

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