Indian ladies’s soccer group head coach Maymol Rocky believes that travelling to Uzbekistan effectively in advance, in order to coach forward of the 2 friendlies shall be helpful for the group.
The Indian ladies’s soccer group is ready to play two friendlies — towards hosts Uzbekistan (April 5) and Belarus (April 8), on their go to to the Central Asian nation. Both matches kick-off at 4.30 PM IST, on the respective dates.
On the eve of the match towards Uzbekistan, Maymol mentioned, “I’m very thankful that we were able to come here early and train in Uzbekistan. The weather here is extremely cold. There’s a big difference from the one we experienced while training in Goa. But the girls are going all-out for it. We are doing both morning and evening sessions and take the maximum advantage.”
India has already confronted Uzbekistan a few occasions beforehand in 2019, and although they have been robust encounters, the India head coach believes that issues could also be totally different this time, as each the groups have modified considerably.
“We have played Uzbekistan before. I’m sure their team has changed since then. Our team certainly has. I’m sure it won’t be an easy match for either. Looking forward to it,” mentioned Maymol.
However, she feels that taking part in towards such high quality opponents will assist the aspect put together for the long run objective, i.e. preparing for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022.
“Playing more matches will definitely help the team grow together. I think the girls will need more and more matches,” mentioned Maymol. “So I think staying together, playing more matches will help us play better games in 2022.”
The India head coach has named two totally different captains for the abroad excursions to Turkey (earlier this 12 months after they confronted Serbia, Russia and Ukraine) and Uzbekistan. She believes that handing such accountability to totally different gamers will assist develop their management qualities, which is able to support the group in the longer run.
“In my opinion, everybody on the field should be a captain and a leader. I’ve been trying to build the team for AFC 2022,” she mentioned. “We need to have everyone taking the charge and responsibility for that. The team is quite young, so everybody gets the chance to take the responsibility.”
