Special Trophy for Indian Eves in Valencia Spain

New Delhi: The Indian women’s football team have impressed one and all with its performance in the COTIF Cup 2019 in Valencia (Spain) so much so that the tournament’s President was moved to hand them a special third-placed trophy after the end of the tournament.

India played four matches in the COTIF Cup, out of which they won two (3-1 against Mauritania and 7-0 against Bolivia) and lost two (both 0-2 results against Villarreal and Spain U-19).

By dint of these results, the Indian eves got their best finish in the tournament — the third spot, along with the Fair Play Award as well.

“Our performances were much better this time, and the organisers of the tournament took note of that,” said India head coach Maymol Rocky.

“Even the two matches that we lost against Villarreal and Spain were close encounters, and they really appreciated the improvement we’ve shown in the last one year.”

The massive improvement in performances since the 2018 edition of the tournament impressed COTIF President Eliseu Gomez Tormos so much so that he decided to present the Indian team with a new third-placed trophy, something that was never before awarded in the history of the women’s edition of the tournament. IANS

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