A total of 32 teams are participating in the selection, out of which Mongolia has withdrawn its name from Group A, which includes Nepal.
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The AFC U-20 Women's Asia Cup qualifiers begin next week. Nepal will have an opportunity to choose it. However, the choice itself will not be easy.
Because in this process, Nepal will have to face North Korea, a strong or strong team. Nepal will focus on one rule of selection. Will try to take advantage of it. A total of 32 teams are participating in the
selection. Among them, Mongolia has withdrawn its name from Group A, which includes Nepal. The remaining teams will compete in 8 groups. The winner of each group will be selected automatically. The best three teams in the second position will also be selected. So Nepal will focus on this.
Other teams in Nepal's group are Bhutan and Saudi Arabia. The selection will be held in Bhutan from August 6 to 10. If Nepal can get good results in the other two games apart from one match against North Korea, the chances of qualification will remain alive. But the Nepali team is in favor of playing as well as possible against North Korea and not giving too much importance to being a big team.
The coach of the Nepali team is Yam Bahadur Gurung. Under his leadership, Nepal recently played the SAFF U-20 Championship in Bangladesh. Since then, the team returned to Nepal and practiced for a week. Coach Gurung said in the press meet held on Wednesday, "We will try to correct the mistakes made in the last competition."
He added, 'There were some problems in the midfield of our team. We have done our homework to correct it. There were also some problems in goalkeeping. We have also worked on that.' He said that his players went through fatigue in Bangladesh and its effect was also seen in the game. "In Bangladesh, the players of the starting 11 had to play continuously," he said. We will be 11 players, they will be 11 players. We are darkhorses. We have not paid attention to whether North Korea is the world champion or the Asian champion.
Nepali team captain Birsna Chaudhary claimed that the team's preparation is good. She said, "The coordination of the team has been good. We are going in good spirits. It is believed to yield good results. We will be on the objective of selection. There is a little problem in our defense line, the front line is very good.'
Nepali team : Leela Joshi, Karun Budhathoki and Sujata Tamang in goalkeepers, Sarita Kumari Nath, Maya Maske, Semihangma Limbu, Simran Rai, Sajina Sangtan, Ganga Rokaya, Anisha Rai, Sita Rokaya in defenders, Birsna Chaudhary (captain), Kavita Gurung, Sushila KC, Asmita Gurung and Seenu Periyar in midfielders and forwards Kusum Khatiwada, Sukriya Mia, Manisha Sen, Varsha Oli, Purnima Rai, Meena Deuba and Samishka Magar.
