New Delhi: The Indian Women’s Football Team will take the former Brazil World Cup runner-up for the first time during the International Tournament later this month as part of the preparation for the AFC Asian Cup next year.
Chile, ranked 37th on the FIFA chart, and Venezuela (56) is another team that will be faced by Indians in India on November 25 to December 1 to be held at Manaus, Brazil.
The world number seven Brazil, who was the 2007 World Cup jewelry medalist in 2004 and 2008, was peeled by Superstar Marta Vieira da Silva, which was widely regarded as the largest female soccer player in the world.
Marta, the six-world player this year, is the best player and top scorer at the 2007 World Cup.
He is Brazil’s top international goalscorer with 112 goals from 167 matches.
It is not yet known whether the 35-year-old Marta will display this tournament but of course it will be one of the toughest tournaments ever taken by the Indian women’s team.
“This will be the first time the Senior Indian national team.
Will play against Brazil, Chile or Venezuela,” said the Indian Football Federation (AIFF) in the release.
The exposure tour is part of the preparation of the Indian women’s team for the AFC Asian Cup which will be held in Mumbai and Pune from January 20 to February 6 next year.
“As a government agency, we want to provide the best platform for preparation for our senior women’s team when they are preparing for the Asian Cup AFC India 2022,” said Secretary General of AIFF Kushal Das.
“Brazil and Chile are regular World Cup teams, and I’m sure playing against such opposition will help our women’s team grow in stature.” The Indian women’s team had last month went to Dubai, Bahrain and Sweden to play a series of friendly matches.
Last year, they went to Turkey and Uzbekistan for the exposure tour.
DAS also said that AIFF completed a schedule for the four-state tournament in Kerala in December for a female team to get valuable international exposure.
Indian matches in Manaus, Brazil: November 25: India vs Brazil November 28: India vs Chile.
December 1: India vs Venezuela.