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Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has been awarded the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper of the 2021-22 season. Courtois is just the third recipient of the award, which was first handed out in 2019, after Alisson Becker and Gianluigi Donnarumma. Ad “I want to thank my team-mates at Real Madrid,” Courtois said when collecting the award.
India ended their FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup campaign with an all-loss record and without scoring a goal as they suffered a 0-5 defeat to formidable Brazil in their last group match in Bhubaneswar on Monday. Debutants India, who had qualified for the age-group showpiece by virtue of being hosts, had lost to USA (0-8) and Morocco (0-3) in their earlier Group A matches. They finished last in the four-team group without any point while conceding 16 goals in the three matches. Brazil and USA, who beat Morocco 4-0 in the other simultaneous Group A match in Margao, qualified for the quarterfinals with seven points each -- two wins and a draw. Brazil and USA had played out a 1-1 draw on October 14.
FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup campaign with an all-loss record and without scoring a goal as they suffered a 0-5 defeat to formidable Brazil in their last group match here on Monday. Debutants India, who had qualified for the age-group showpiece by virtue of being hosts, had lost to USA (0-8) and Morocco (0-3) in their earlier Group A matches. They finished last in the four-team group without any point while conceding 16 goals in the three matches.
The Indian women's football team will get a rare opportunity to rub shoulders with the mighty Brazil, in the FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Monday. Hosts India are already out of reckoning for a place in the knockouts but there is no doubting the fact that their last match of the tournament will be a huge learning experience as the South American powerhouse is on a different level in world football. Hosts India conceded three goals in the second half to suffer a humiliating 0-3 defeat to Morocco in their second Group A match and crash out of the tournament on Friday.
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Face Brazil in their last group gameBHUBANESWAR: In November last year, Brazil legend Formiga's farewell match against the senior Indian women's team saw the emergence of a new star of Indian women's football in Manisha Kalyan, who did the unexpected by scoring in a 1-6 defeat against the Selecao. In their last match of FIFA U17 Women's World Cup here on Monday, the home supporters will await another young Indian to do the unthinkable and strike the goal, even if a point or victory against a formidable Brazil U17 team appears to be a dream too far.
It doesn't happen that often. But an Indian football team will get a rare opportunity to rub shoulders with the mighty Brazil, in the FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Monday. Hosts India are already out of reckoning for a place in the knockouts but there is no doubting the fact that their last match of the tournament will be a huge learning experience as the South American powerhouse is on a different level in world football. Hosts India conceded three goals in the second half to suffer a humiliating 0-3 defeat to Morocco in their second Group A match and crash out of the tournament on Friday.
FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, without a point earned or even a goal scored so far. But was it even an attainable or realistic dream to expect the Indian girls to go further in a competition that they qualified for only by virtue of being the hosts? And to add to that, the squad only had months to prepare for their first international competition, which also happens to be the biggest competition in the world for the agegroup. The frustration and disappointment in the voice of India coach Thomas Dennerby — a veteran in the world of women’s football — at the press conference after his wards’ 0-3 defeat to Morocco on Friday, said it all.