India are the clear underdogs of their four-nation girls’s match opening match towards mighty Brazil however head coach Thomas Dennerby on Wednesday stated his facet will struggle “till the last whistle”.
India play world quantity seven Brazil on Friday earlier than taking over Chile (November 29) and Venezuela (December 2).
Marta, thought-about because the world’s biggest girl footballer, has been named within the Brazil squad.
“The mentality going into the matches is to win. I never tell my players that I am happy with a 0-1 or 0-2 loss,” Dennerby stated in a launch from All India Football Federation.
“But, we also need to understand that you can’t win all games. However, we want to have a winning mentality, one where we hate to lose any match and will fight until the final whistle.”
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Dennerby stated his gamers are greater than motivated to face the house facet.
“There’s a lot of excitement in the team because Brazil is a very good footballing nation and we follow a lot of the Brazilian players ourselves. We all admire them, and there is a lot to learn from them as well,” stated the Swede.
“Playing against them is a big motivation for us all.”
India are at present ranked 57th whereas Brazil are positioned 50 spots above them. Citing the upper stage of the opponents, India captain Ashalata Devi stated will probably be a “huge opportunity” for her facet to play towards a high workforce on the earth.
“Brazil is obviously a big team, they are higher up in the rankings as well, and we consider ourselves very lucky to get this kind of an opportunity to play against them. This is a big opportunity for us to learn and improve from them,” stated Ashalata.
It would be the first time {that a} senior India workforce will face Brazil in soccer. Meanwhile, for Brazil, will probably be a farewell match for his or her legendary midfielder Formiga Mota.
“We have prepared for around three months ahead of this, so I am excited and confident heading into the match. I’m really excited to be playing against both Marta and Formiga too. But we will try our level best to stop them,” stated Ashalata.
