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India women start SAFF Cup campaign against Maldives

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Biratnager: Heading into the SAFF Womens Championship with an exposure of playing 11 international matches this year, the Indian team will kick off their title defence when they take on the Maldives in their opening Group B clash at the Sahid Rangsala Stadium, here on Wednesday.
“The matches have helped us prepare in the best possible fashion. The exposure tours helped us to improve on our strengths, while at the same time giving us much needed competitive match timing to work on our shortcomings,” India coach Maymol Rocky said.
Since January 2019, the Indian women have played friendly matches in Hong Kong and Indonesia, and took part in the Turkish Women’s Cup in Turkey as well as the Hero Gold Cup in Bhubaneswar. The preparatory process had begun in December 2018 in Cuttack and the team has been together ever since. All the preparation has been planned keeping in mind the AFC Women’s Qualifiers Round 2 (in April) as well as the SAFF Championship.
“I am thankful to the All India Football Federation , the Sports Authority of India, the government of Odisha and all other stakeholders.” Maymol said. (IANS)

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