The India women's national team are currently in Sweden to play two friendlies as part of their preparations for the upcoming AFC Women's Asian Cup in January 2022 under the watchful eyes of head coach Thomas Dennerby. The Swede was handed over the reins in August after former coach Maymol Rocky stepped down.
From Sushil Bhattacharya in the 1970s to Rocky, all the previous managers of the Indian women's team had been Indians and Dennerby became the first foreign coach when the AIFF's (All India Football Federation) Technical Committee thought that it would be best to use his experience for the benefit of the senior team, keeping in mind the upcoming Asian Cup in 2022 which will be hosted in India.
The former Nigerian national team coach mentioned that the target in the Asian Cup is to at least reach the quarterfinals.
"We will put in a huge effort to reach the knock out stage that means going into the quarterfinals and if we can do that it will be successful tournament for us," he stated in a recent media interaction.
However, he thinks that the team must play at least 11 to 13 international matches before the main event to get into the groove.
