The Indian football team arrived here late than its scheduled time for the women's Asian Cup AFC on Thursday due to delay in the scheduled flight from Kochi. Meanwhile, Amid fears over the third wave of the Covid epidemic, Chinese Taipei has become the first team to reach here for AFC Women's Asian Cup football. The Indian team has been in practice camp in Kochi since its tour of Brazil. The evening media session has been postponed due to delay in his flight.
"This is the moment we have been preparing for the last six months," said Thomas Denerby, India's head coach, who is waiting for the tournament to begin. We have done more than 200 sessions for this, played many matches against tough rivals in four countries, and now it is time to implement all the things we are working on. India is scheduled to play Iran (January 20), Chinese Taipei (January 23) and China (January 26) in Group A. All the teams playing in Pune are going to reach Mumbai and then come to Pune by road. All the teams will be in a tight bio bubble and are going to conduct regular corona tests of all the officials and players associated with the tournament.
The source said, "The staff working in the hotel is also going to live in the bio bubble and no one is going to have physical contact outside the bubble. The same will be the case for drivers associated with the teams. They also have to stay within the bubble. According to the information received, India is hosting the tournament for the first time since 1980 and is eyeing a place in the 2023 FIFA World Cup. The hosts of the tournament also have the Balewadi Sports Complex outside Pune where several major tournaments including the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games have been held.
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