Lagatar24 Desk
Manaus, Nov 26: The Indian women’s football team went down 1-6 to Brazil in the opening game of the Women’s 4-Nation Football Tournament at the Amazon Arena in Manaus, Brazil on Friday.
Manisha Kalyan equalized in the eighth minute for India after Debora Oliveira had put the 2007 World Cup runners-up in the lead in the very first minute of the match.
India head coach Thomas Dennerby was impressed with Manisha’s goal and termed it one of the highest quality on a football pitch.
“Individually, it is a top class goal. It gave us a boost after conceding early on and that allowed us to come back”, said Dennerby.
He also felt that India could have done better in the game. He stressed on taking the positives out of a fixture against one of the best teams in the world.
“Losing to Brazil is nothing to be ashamed of. We take the good things with us. It was a huge experience for them and that will help in the upcoming games”, said Dennerby.
Notably, India will next face Chile on November 29.
