India get 0-8 hammering from USA in FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup

India went down on the US in their opening match of the FIFA Women’s U-17 World Cup after going down 0-8 in a one-sided Group A match here on Tuesday. The Indian team was hammered into reality as it was played by the technically far superior USA who were 4-0 at the half-hour mark and 5-0 at half-time.

USA scored three more goals in the second season and the Indians suffered a humiliating defeat in front of home spectators at the Kalinga Stadium.

Melina Rebimbas braced (9th and 31st) while Charlotte Koehler (15th), Oneka Gamero (23rd), Gisele Thompson (39th), Ella Emery (51st), Taylor Suarez (59th) and skipper Mia Bhuta (62nd) took the lead. scored a goal. Each goal for the Concacaf champion.

India’s head coach Thomas Dennerby said before the match that it would be difficult to score against his team after preparing well from February, but his players were completely unaware and lost the plot that day. The country’s first match in the Women’s World Cup proved to be a nightmare.

Debutant India, which made it to the age-group showpiece by virtue of being the host, was run only by USA, who were runners-up in the inaugural edition in 2008, but have not progressed beyond the group stage in three other performances since then.

The porous Indian defense, including captain Astam Oraon on the left wing back position, leaked goal after goal while the home team could not even make a proper goal-bound move. The Americans had more than 70 percent of the ball in the first half.

Dennerby used his entire quota of five substitutes but India could only hit two shots in the entire match and did not hit a single target.

A heavy defeat will make it difficult for India to qualify for the quarter-finals as there are two matches left in the group stage – Morocco (October 14) and title contenders Brazil (October 17).

Brazil had earlier registered a 1-0 win over Morocco in a Group A match played here.

The top two teams from each of the four groups will qualify for the quarter-finals.

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Originally published at Pen 18