FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP

FIFA U-17 World Cup, because India was unable to advance, they were swarmed by US attacks in their first game of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Group A. Players from India and the United States compete in a match at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar as part of the FIFA U-17 Women’s Football World Cup India 2022. (From Sai Saswat Mishra.)

India’s FIFA U-17 World Cup Betting hopes were dashed by three corner kicks in the first 15 minutes. The United States scored twice from set-piece situations, while India went scoreless. Following that, it will be a practice in damage limitation. There will be tougher tests ahead for the USA, but coach Natalia Astrain’s claim of wanting to make history appears to be on track.

They were bigger and better technically and tactically at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, as Charlotte Kohler outjumped left-side central defender Purnima Kumari for the second goal and Ella Emri for the sixth, both from corner kicks. This meant they could better circulate the ball. To the top brass of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), union ministers, Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, and FIFA secretary-general Fatma Samoura, USA demonstrated that an intense eight-month training camp cannot cover up all of that. You can’t make up for a lack of a football culture, which has resulted in youth competitions being halted, with Covid-19 cited as the reason by nearly 270 training sessions. You’d break the pole vault world record with a bamboo shaft if you could.

“We’ve been defending corners really well for a long time, but we hadn’t played a team of this caliber.” “The United States should go far in this tournament at the FIFA U-17 World Cup,” said India head coach Thomas Dennerby, whose 8-0 loss was his worst in a long and illustrious career. “But we can do better, and I’m hoping to demonstrate that in the next two games.” We didn’t even try to pass the ball to each other because I think the girls were nervous. When we did, it was a poor pass, and it was 3-0.”

This USA team is accustomed to big victories. On their way to winning this year’s CONCACAF championship at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, they defeated Granada 20-0 with 10 players scoring, Puerto Rico 13-0, Costa Rica 5-0, and Curacao 11-0. Melina Remimbas was among the competition’s scorers, scoring in all four knockout games. On Tuesday, she scored off a corner kick with a volley after being unmarked in the six-yard box. Nothing that India head coach Thomas Dennerby had hoped for—a good start, the USA being nervy after a sudden display of fireworks, and the home crowd being worked up by the deejay into making a lot of noise—happened.

The home team was pushed into desperate defending after a second-minute effort in which Nitu Linda found Kajol D’Souza but India’s lone forward couldn’t sort out her legs in a one-on-one situation. The low block in a 4-1-4-1 formation was part of the plan, but so was using Neha and Anita Kumari’s speed by playing the ball behind the defense.

What happens on one side of the field usually affects the other, and because India couldn’t move forward, they were swarmed by white shirts on FIFA U-17 World Cup Due to their inability to clear their lines, player-of-the-match Onyeka Paloma Gamero made it 3-0. Remimbas’ left-foot volley from distance made it 4-0, and Gisele Thomson scored on her own after cutting in from the right.

By then, Astrain had taken to politely clapping after a goal, and Dennerby had taken his seat on the bench, often standing alone in the technical area. The night was capped off by a penalty conceded for a foul by Kajal, which Taylor Suarez converted. Mia Bhuta rounded out the scoring with a fine volley, ensuring that the night did not end without a player of Indian ancestry on the scoresheet at FIFA U-17 World Cup.

“It’s in the DNA of American women soccer players not to get carried away,” Astrain said. “If you come to tomorrow’s recovery session, you’ll see the girls don’t want to stop.” Dennerby plans to “tell the team that the sun will come out tomorrow and that a sleepless night tonight will not help you perform better.”