FIFA U-17 Women World Cup: America crushed India 8-0, Indian players could not compete

Bhubaneswar. India suffered a crushing 0-8 defeat against USA in their opening match of the FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup here on Tuesday. Within the first half hour of this one-sided match of Group A, the Indian team was behind by 4 goals. America was ahead 5-0 at halftime. The team made the Indian team aware of the level of its game in front of the home audience by scoring three more goals in the second half.

Melina Rebimbas (9th and 31st minutes) scored twice for the CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean region) champions, while Charlotte Kohler (15th), Onyka Gamero (23rd), Gisele Thompson (39th), Ela Emery scored two goals in the match. (51st), Taylor Suarez (59th minute) and captain Mia Bhuta (62nd minute) scored one goal each.

Difficult to score Indian girls
India’s head coach Thomas Dennerby had said before the match that it would be difficult to score against his team after preparing well since February. However, during the match, their players were not seen giving competition to the rival team from anywhere. The country’s first match in the Women’s World Cup in front of a home crowd proved to be a nightmare.

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Got a place in the tournament on the basis of host
The Indian team, which made it to the age-group tournament on the basis of hosts, had to bear the brunt of a poor defensive game against the runners-up of its inaugural season in 2008.

The poor performance of the Indian team in the match can be gauged from the fact that in the first half, America kept the ball under its control for 70 percent of the time. The Indian team was able to penetrate the American defense only twice, but even once the shot of their players did not reach the goal-post. India now has to play against Morocco on 14 October and Brazil on 17 October.

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