AFC U-19 Qualifiers: Indian women's football team thrash Pakistan 18-0

The Indian football team is slowly yet steadily dominating over its competitors and performing brilliantly to win the matches. On 24 October, Thailand's Chonburi hosted the AFC U-19 Qualifiers of India vs Pakistan women's football team. The Indian team completely thrashed and tore apart the Pakistan team.

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The Indian team dominated Pakistan from the very beginning and played an attacking way. Within halftime, India already scored 9-0 and continued its massive supremacy till the very last. The match ended with an enormous victory by India and a final tally of 18-0.

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The highlights of the match were Renu, Devneta, Daya Devi, and Manisha. Renu scored 5 goals whereas the other 3 footballers netted twice in the opening match of AFC U-19 Qualifiers.

The Indian women's football team's coach was delighted by the young girls' performances. "It was a great result for us. This kind of a win gives a lot of boost to our girls, and hopefully, we can go ahead and do better in the next game as well."

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On the other hand, the Pakistan team's coach, Mohammad Siddique Sheikh expressed his thoughts post-match. He said that these 90 minutes were a learning experience for the team. Also, FIFA suspended the team for almost 3 and a half years and this meddled their regular matches.