{"id":38765,"date":"2021-10-30T05:10:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T05:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38765"},"modified":"2021-10-30T05:10:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T05:10:55","slug":"football-indian-women-stars-bank-on-collective-dream-to-do-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=38765","title":{"rendered":"Football: Indian Women stars bank on \u2018collective dream to do well\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-38764\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Indian-Womens-Team-Stars.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Womens Team Stars\" style=\"display: block; margin: 8px auto;\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Indian-Womens-Team-Stars.jpg 800w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Indian-Womens-Team-Stars-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Indian-Womens-Team-Stars-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Indian-Womens-Team-Stars-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Indian-Womens-Team-Stars-696x435.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>AIFF Media Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW DELHI:<\/strong> A day after the AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup India 2022 draw was held, the atmosphere in the Indian Women\u2019s Team in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, remains one of utter focus. The team has returned from a gruelling exposure tour, where they faced six tough opponents in three different countries with completely different weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The players had all gathered together to watch the draw live on Wednesday (October 28, 2021) at the team Hotel, eagerly waiting to see who they will be facing in the AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup, that India will host next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a collective dream, and that is to do well in the Asian Cup. We only have a few months left now, and seeing the draw live was a huge motivating factor for us all,\u201d said captain Ashalata Devi. \u201cWe had all gathered in the hall where we generally hold team meetings and have video sessions, but the only difference was that our future opponents were unfolding before our eyes. The atmosphere was absolutely buzzing inside the hall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was quite exciting for us when the draw was happening. The moments when they were picking out the teams for Group A, some of us just closed our eyes and held each other\u2019s hands,\u201d smiled midfielder Sanju Yadav.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, India were drawn against eight-time champions China PR, two-time champions Chinese Taipei, and West Asian heavyweights IR Iran. Captain Ashalata had even made her predictions as to which teams she wanted to face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery one of us had our own predictions,\u201d laughed Ashalata. \u201cI had also predicted Iran, because I have so much respect for them, and we did get them in our group right at the start,\u201d she continued. \u201cI have a lot of respect for them. Not only are they a very good side, but just the determination of all the women in their team to go out there and play football against all the odds is something that still gives me goosebumps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India have, earlier this month, played and beaten Chinese Taipei 1-0 in a friendly in Bahrain, and also beaten IR Iran in the Hero Gold Cup in Bhubaneswar in 2019 by the same margin, but Sanju is not one to dwell on past results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got equal respect for all teams. Yes, we have beaten Iran and Chinese Taipei, but that\u2019s all in the past. Nobody will give an inch in the Asian Cup, and we have to fight for every little bit that we get,\u201d Sanju averred.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Indian Women\u2019s Team players have joined Gokulam Kerala FC in the club\u2019s preparation for the pilot edition of the AFC Women\u2019s Club Championship in Jordan next month. The draw itself was a completely different experience for them.<\/p>\n<p>Winger Dangmei Grace explains, \u201cWe were all excited about the draw, and now is the time to focus on the job ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s campaign in the AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup gets underway against IR Iran on January 20 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai at 7.30 PM IST, followed by Chinese Taipei (DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai at 7.30 PM IST) and China PR (Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai, at 7.30 PM IST).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIFF Media Team NEW DELHI: A day after the AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup India 2022 draw was held, the atmosphere in the Indian Women\u2019s Team in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, remains one of utter focus. 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