AFC Women's Club Championship 2021: Gokulam Kerala is all set to face Amman SC
Amman, Jordan : India’s Gokulam Kerala FC have received a timely boost ahead of the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 in Jordan with the addition of five foreign talents from four continents.
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The foreign players Gokulam Kerala FC have signed are Adriana Tirado (Puerto Rico), Win Theingi Tun (Myanmar), Karen Steffany (Colombia), Susan Duah and Elshaddai Acheampong (both Ghana).
The five were among the 30 players selected to represent Gokulam Kerala at the second edition of the Pilot Tournament, with Steffany joining the cast on Friday.
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The squad were put through their paces in a 13-day centralised training camp under the watchful eyes of head coach Priya Parathi Valappil before leaving for Aqaba on Tuesday.
“The key to our success will be the combination and understanding with the foreigners,” said Valappil. “If we get it right, we have a chance. Our (foreign) players are good, but maybe they’ll need time to succeed.”
Valappil, who guided the Kerala-based club to their first Indian Women's League title, will have a few days to get the players ready before the tournament kicks off on Sunday.
“I am not worried about the domestic players. Since there are 10 from the national team who have been training and playing together, we have an advantage. But we need to align different playing styles.”
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Gokulam Kerala will open their campaign against Jordan's Amman Club 7th November, before taking on Shahrdari Sirjan of Islamic Republic of Iran on November 10 and Uzbekistan’s FC Bunyodkor three days later.
Squad:
Aditi Chauhan, Shreya Hooda, Ranjana Chanu, Manju Baby, Ritu Rani, Dalima Chibber, Soumya Guguloth, Adriana Tirado (Puerto Rico), Win Theingi Tun (Myanmar), Manisha, Dangmei Grace, Jyoti, Kashmina, Elshaddai Acheampong (Ghana), Karishma Shirvoikar, Anusha Samuel, Samiksha, Karen Steffany (Colombia), Sonali Chemate, Susan Duah (Ghana), Michel Castanha, Heera Raj, Femina Valappil.
