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India women's shot squad look a must-win clash arsenic they instrumentality connected Taiwan successful their past Group C lucifer of the AFC Women's Asian Cup successful Sydney connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026).
India are presently bottommost of the radical astatine 4th spot with zero points from 2 matches aft having mislaid against Vietnam (1-2) and Japan (0-11).
Japan are astatine the apical of the radical with six points from 2 games, portion Taiwan and Vietnam are 2nd and third, respectively, with some sides tied connected 3 points apiece.
However the Blue Tigresses inactive person a accidental to marque it to the quarter-finals, should they decision Taiwan by a borderline of 2 goals oregon more, and if Japan decision Vietnam connected Tuesday (March 10, 2026) successful the simultaneous kick-off.
Even a triumph by a borderline of 1 extremity whitethorn beryllium enough, should the lucifer betwixt Bangladesh and Uzbekistan connected Monday (March 9, 2026), extremity successful a draw. The apical 2 teams from each of the 3 groups, on with the 2 champion third-place finishers volition marque it to the past eight.
India caput manager Amelia Valverde highlighted the value of putting the past results behind, aft the past 2 matches.
"The 2 matches (against Vietnam and Japan) were precise different. The archetypal happening we person to bash is effort to crook the leafage connected what has happened arsenic rapidly arsenic possible. We request to hole good for this match, and we person nary uncertainty astir that," said Valverde.
For the Blue Tigresses, the clash against Taiwan is akin to a virtual final.
"We are alert of the value of the match. We person already turned the leafage from our erstwhile game, and present person this opportunity, which we indispensable attack with the seriousness it deserves," she said.
"The players are focused, and we are moving connected finishing our chances. We cognize that it is similar a last for us," said Valverde.
"They person been moving hard to make past for their state for galore months. So we indispensable beryllium alert that we person a wide accidental to suffice and a wide accidental to decorativeness this signifier good and hopefully execute it."
While the India caput manager wants her broadside to play a definite marque of football, she is alert of the threats that Taiwan pose.
"If we reproduce the mentation of shot we showed successful the 2nd fractional of the archetypal match, we volition beryllium precise adjacent to achieving success. On the different hand, Chinese Taipei are good organised successful their benignant of play," she said.
"They had a precise beardown antiaircraft signifier successful their archetypal lucifer and adjusted their enactment slightly, but they played a precise intelligent crippled against Japan.
"We request to bring intensity, beryllium a squad that privation the ball, and effort to instrumentality it guardant into attack. That is 1 of our advantages, particularly considering the abilities of our players, and we volition effort to marque the astir of that," said Valverde.
India midfielder Shilky Devi Hemam echoed the coach's feelings.
"We person learned our lessons from the past game, and I deliberation this (Taiwan) volition beryllium a peculiar lucifer for us," said Shilky. "It's a large accidental for us, and we person to marque the astir of it."
Taiwan , connected the different hand, person a overmuch easier task. A gully volition beryllium capable for them to seal progression to the knockout stage. Head manager Prasobchoke Chokemor, though, is egging his broadside for a win.
He said, "The squad are much assured aft bouncing backmost successful the past match, but I indispensable marque definite they don't extremity up being over-confident.
"Of course, portion we person a bully accidental of qualifying adjacent with a draw, we volition inactive spell connected the transportation and play to triumph the lucifer and not interest astir different factors successful the different matches."
