With the Indian U-17 team placed in Group A with the United States, Brazil and Morocco, head coach Thomas Dennerby accepts that playing enough matches against quality rivals is the most ideal key for them to work on collectively and do well in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to be held in October. The India U-17 young girls are presently taking part in the sixth Torneo Female Football Tournament, where they have already faced the likes of Italy and Chile. Dennerby honestly thinks that giving his sufficiently side time on the pitch will be the key.
“Time is key for us. The more we play at this level where it’s more physical than the young ladies are utilized to, we get better as a team. Ideally, we can make it to step by step and start handling these games. But first of all, we need to have a good performance against Mexico,” Dennerby was quoted as saying by the ALL India Football Federation (AIFF) in a report on its site.
The Young Tigresses have faced defeats against superior opponents like Italy and Chile this week, but Dennerby feels such obstacles can be overcome by performing as one unit. “The girls are battling and trying to give their all, yet in the event that you contrast our team and the others, they are a bit more technical than us,” he quipped.
“They’re a bit stronger, a bit quicker, so we really want to deal with these games as a team, and not depend on people. Be that as it may, ideally, on the off chance that we can have a decent game together, and have great outcomes.” One of the key regions where the 62-year-old Swede needs to see his team improve is the goalscoring section. “At the point when we play teams of this level, we really want to use the goalscoring chances we have. That’s what assuming we do, we will be in a decent position,” he expressed.
“The main thing that we can do is to attempt to have another great game. We really want to have a preferable game over we had against Chile.” India are facilitating the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup interestingly from October 11-30 with matches played at three venues in Bhubaneswar, Margao and Navi Mumbai.