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New Delhi: India Women\u2019s National Team made it three out of three in the 3rd SAFF Women\u2019s Championship as they made short work of Nepal with a clinical 6-0 win in the final to clinch the crown for the third straight time, here in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday (November 21, 2014).<\/p>\n
This is the first time that India have won on Pakistan soil.<\/p>\n
All India Football Federation President Mr. Praful Patel congratulated the Indian Senior Women\u2019s Team in retaining the Women\u2019s SAFF Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations Girls,\u201d he said in his message. \u201cThis triumph in Islamabad shows that there\u2019s no dearth of talent as far as Women\u2019s Football in India in concerned. All of you make us proud. Congratulations to all the Players and the Support Staff,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das also congratulated the Women\u2019s Team on the victory. \u201cKeep up the spirit. Congratulations,\u201d he said. \u201cThe victory further emphasises AIFF\u2019s keenness to develop Women\u2019s Football in India.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Senior National Women\u2019s Championship conducted earlier this year opened up the pool of talent and the results are evident. We now look forward for Indian Women squads to further make an impact at the AFC level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bala Devi took her tally to sixteen goals \u2013 the highest scored in a single edition of the championship \u2013 finding the net four times with Kamala and Prameshwori Devi also getting on the scorsheet.<\/p>\n
Nepal who have been India\u2019s companion in the finals on all three occasions tried to put up a stiff resistance in the opening stages but were breached just after the first quarter with Kamala latching on to a neat pass from Prameshwori to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n
Nepal got all their force to man the backline and bottle up Bala in particular. But goal-machine from Manipur soon got on the act with a delectable volley in the 39th minute only to double her tally one minute later. It was 3-0 at halftime.<\/p>\n
India showed no mercy on their familiar foes post the breather with the final score reading 6-0. There was no stopping Bala as she completed her hattrick from close range at the start of the second half, also stabbing home her fourth at the death this time from a Premi Devi through ball. In between Bala\u2019s exploits, Prameshwori curled one in from the top of the box.<\/p>\n
Just to measure the extent of India\u2019s supremacy in the tournament, the 53rd ranked team plundered a total of 36 goals in the five matches they played, conceding only once against Bangladesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: India Women\u2019s National Team made it three out of three in the 3rd SAFF Women\u2019s Championship as they made short work of Nepal with a clinical 6-0 win in the final to clinch the crown for the third straight time, here in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday (November 21, 2014).<\/p>\n
This is the first time that India have won on Pakistan soil.<\/p>\n
All India Football Federation President Mr. Praful Patel congratulated the Indian Senior Women\u2019s Team in retaining the Women\u2019s SAFF Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations Girls,\u201d he said in his message. \u201cThis triumph in Islamabad shows that there\u2019s no dearth of talent as far as Women\u2019s Football in India in concerned. All of you make us proud. Congratulations to all the Players and the Support Staff,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"\n