The Indian ladies’s soccer workforce will face its hardest check of the continuing publicity tour when the aspect takes on the next ranked Chinese Taipei in a global pleasant right here on Wednesday.
Coming off a 5-0 domination of Bahrain of their earlier outing on Sunday, India will enter the match with some confidence and look to construct on that massive win.
The gamers have had begin beneath new head coach Thomas Dennerby, with two victories in opposition to UAE and Bahrain.
However, the coach is absolutely conscious of the problem that Chinese Taipei will current. Chinese Taipei are ranked fortieth within the FIFA chart.
On the eve of the conflict, Dennerby stated, “The games till now have shown us what we need to work on going forward. The game against Chinese Taipei will be our toughest test so far on this tour. But we are ready for that.”
He continued, “I expect an attacking game from Chinese Taipei, which means our defence will be under more pressure. However, it also means that we will have more space to attack in behind their defence, which makes it an interesting encounter.”
There is proof of a change in fashion for the Indian workforce beneath Dennerby thus far. He appears to be emphasising on possession-based soccer.
“While defending, we tend to play with a zonal defence now. The girls are starting to understand what I want them to do in the defensive phase of the game,” he stated.
“In the attacking section, we have now modified our fashion of play, making an attempt to play brief passes and construct out from the again.
“Starting from the goalkeeper through to the attackers, we try to play a short passing game. The quality of the game also becomes better with this,” Dennerby acknowledged.
Besides the constructive end result in opposition to Bahrain, India had overwhelmed UAE 4-1 and misplaced to Tunisia 0-1 in Dubai in worldwide pleasant matches earlier this month.
The pleasant matches are part of preparations for the AFC Asian Cup, which might be hosted by India in January-February.
Before the victory in opposition to one hundredth ranked UAE on October 2, the Indians had been winless within the 5 earlier matches this yr, although all of them had been in opposition to increased ranked European sides.
Match begins at 8.30 PM IST.