Women's League Football: Easy road to APF

In the match between 10 teams, APF has already faced the police and also the army. APF, who were satisfied with the draw with the police, managed to win the match against the Army on Saturday. This is good for the club as the APF itself is undergoing change.

coach Jeevesh Pandey believes that the road ahead will not be so easy. Because now the difference between the teams in women's football is not the same as before. Again, the involvement of foreign players will change the equation. Pandey, who is an ex-national player, agreed with this fact, the bench can be tested, it can be focused on finding new players.

Why does APF think that the trend of its leading players going to foreign leagues will increase? Now we will not have Savitra Bhandari and Angela Subba Tumbapo at least this time. So we have to find an alternative to that," he said. His analysis Both the opening matches against the police and the army were tough. He said, "There is a problem with the attack. Now new players should also be given an opportunity.'

APF's victory was scored by Savita Ranagamar and Geeta Ranagamar. Vimala Chaudhary scored a goal from Army. After this result, APF got 4 points while Army was limited to 3 points.

Army dominated in the first half of the match at Anfa Complex in Satdobato. But in the same injury time, APF managed to score an easy goal from the corner. Captain Anita Basnet took a corner and Savita headed the ball to the post. The game was able to return to the game in the 56th minute with a goal by Army Vimala. Vimala Bik's cross from the penalty area was turned into a goal. There was no opportunity to react to the goalkeeper Savitri Kisan of the Army.

APF's decisive goal was made possible by the mistake of the opposing goalkeeper Anjana Ranagamar. Anjana tackled Anita KC in the box and referee Prateek Ghimire had no trouble awarding the penalty. Despite not being in a position to fear the goal, Anjana played a foul and suffered the consequences. Geeta easily scored the same penalty and gave her team a valuable 3 points. The second half was somehow in favor of APF. The

team was also able to take advantage of that. The entry of midfielder Saru Limbu was the main reason for the change in the game. APF has not been able to take the risk of playing full 90 minutes for Suru, who has been resting for some time due to injury. But AFP was more dynamic in his involvement. Coach Pandey also agreed with this. "Certainly, when Saru is on the field, it has a positive effect," he said.

Army assistant coach Tek Bahadur Budhathoki feels that his players are making small personal mistakes, so the team has a problem. He said, "We couldn't take advantage of the opportunities we got in the beginning and the players probably got a bit nervous." If the goal had been scored earlier, it would have been easier. Even after APF took the lead with a penalty goal, we tried, but we couldn't. Despite the defeat, our goal will be to challenge for the title.'