New FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup dates have helped re-focus training efforts, says Dennerby

FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup

The swift announcement of the new dates for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 has helped the India U-17 Women’s Team re-focus their efforts to prepare for the tournament, feels head coach Thomas Dennerby.

“The first step was to get a definitive answer about the new dates for the World Cup. You can prepare all you want, but when we got a definitive date from FIFA, that really rejuvenated everyone,” Dennerby said in a Live Session on the Indian Football Team Facebook page.

The competition was originally slated to be held in India in November, this year. However, due to the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, it has been postponed for a start on February 17, 2021.

The India U-17 Women’s Team coaching staff has been holding regular webinars with the players in an effort to monitor their indoor training activities. The 60-year-old Swede believes that the announcement of the new dates has meant that the glimmer was back in the eyes of the players during each online training session.

“In our webinars and meetings, we could really see that the girls found that glimmer back in their eyes. Yes, a deadline and a target can do wonders,” he smiled.

Dennerby, who has come to India with the experience of coaching the Sweden and Nigeria women’s teams in the senior FIFA World Cups, believes that the postponement has well-compensated for the pitch-time lost during the Coronavirus Lockdown.

“Yes, we have lost some time during the Lockdown, but that is something that everyone has to go through. Besides that, the postponement of the tournament has compensated for this period, I feel,” said Dennerby, who had guided Sweden to a third-place finish in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011.

“We have further used this time to work on the girls’ fitness. We have given them all training routines, and have been monitoring their progress steadily. I believe that they will be much fitter when they join the team for the camp, once the Lockdown is over,” the coach informed.

– Report courtesy AIFF media 

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