Turkish Women's Cup 2024: India vs Estonia Live

Turkish Women’s Cup: India vs Estonia

The city of Alanya is often described as a place where timeless beauty meets modern progress. A look at the Gold City Sports Complex, the venue for the Turkish Women’s Cup 2024, would aptly reveal the truth behind the saying.

Along the sun-kissed beaches of the tourist paradise stands the sports complex on a hilltop in between the stunning Taurus Mountains and the breath-taking blue of the Mediterranean. On Tuesday afternoon, the Indian Senior Women’s Team had a rigorous training session at this venue as they prepared for their first game in the Turkish Women’s Cup against Estonia at 1:30 pm IST. Never before had India and Estonia met in a senior women’s international outing.

The Indian team reached the team hotel late yesterday. After landing in Antalya from Istanbul in the afternoon, the team travelled another 133 kilometers by bus to reach its destination.

India will participate in the Turkish Women’s Cup for the third time, after 2019 and 2021. Seasoned campaigner and defender Dalima Chhibber, who had been with the team before, said the present Indian team have done the necessary groundwork to showcase a stronger performance than they did before.

“This is the third time that we will be playing in the Turkish Women’s Cup. We are very familiar with the environment, the atmosphere, and the feelings that we will be playing with. We played two years ago, and the team have improved a lot since then. We have been working hard,” she said ahead of the Estonia clash.

“We might not have shown the best performances earlier that we needed, but, in this edition, we have come up with a lot of positive and new energies with young and experienced players. It’s a mixed batch and we are looking forward to taking it one game at a time,” she further added. 

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