This is part of the Olympic Asian Qualifiers’ preparation.

The Indian Senior Women’s Team suffered a 1-2 loss towards hosts Jordan within the first of two friendlies on the Petra Stadium in Amman on Sunday, March 19, 2023. These matches are being held as a part of India’s preparations for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 1 within the Kyrgyz Republic subsequent month.

The hosts started the proceedings in red-hot type, racing to a two-goal lead throughout the opening quarter of an hour. Indian centre-back Ritu Rani was unlucky to show in a go from a Jordanian shirt into the Indian internet for an personal purpose. India head coach Thomas Dennerby’s resolution to line up with 5 defenders – Sweety, Ritu and Ashalata within the center, with Ranjana and Dalima as fullbacks – did have an effect, however didn’t cease the house workforce from scoring.   

Missing the duo of Manisha Kalyan and Soumya Guguloth as a result of their membership commitments in Europe, India head coach Thomas Dennerby had restricted choices in assault. In the second half, Renu, Karishma Shirvoikar and Apurna Narzary got here on, and India started to claim themselves within the last third.

Renu pulled one again 16 minutes from time, making use of the of completion on an excellent workforce transfer from the Blue Tigresses. Ritu picked out Anju Tamang with a ahead go. The midfielder then dribbled into the penalty space and squared the ball for Renu, who tapped it in with ease on the close to publish.

However, the purpose ended up as a mere comfort for India, who will now look to bounce again within the second pleasant towards Jordan on the identical venue on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

India XI: Elangbam Panthoi Chanu, Dalima Chhibber, Ngangbam Sweety Devi, Ritu Rani, Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Juli Kishan 90′), Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu (Apurna Narzary 68′), Anju Tamang, Karthika Angamuthu, Indumathi Kathiresan, Sandhiya Ranganathan (Renu 46′), Dangmei Grace (Karishma Shirvoikar 54′).

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