Afghanistan national women’s football team with help from A-League side Melbourne Victory, made that it football debut in Australia on Sunday after being evacuated from the Taliban-led country last year.
Melbourne Victory Afghan women’s team tied 0-0 in opening it game Sunday in Victoria senior women’s competition.
The game Comes after only 30 months players And the coaches were rescued as part of Eviction by Australian government like the Taliban took back control of country after 20 years and again Put women’s sports in Danger.
for the Afghani womenEven the tie was a powerful symbolic victory, as they returned to the field together after leaving their homeland for rebuild their lives in Australia.
The game Show that the Taliban can not be stopped playersShe said team captain Nilab.
“We are still fight and us combat just to play for Afghanistan people, she told AFP.
“We have fled the country, but we are still thinking of Our country and we are still working for our victory for our country.”
Victory is saving support for members of The team who Transfer to Melbourne. The team held by first exercise session in February will play Under this banner of victory year.
But instead of Sports victory traditional blue navy with white “V” team They will wear the gear that pays homage to their homeland, in red home T-shirt and white shirt away with Afghanistan flag on The back.
T-shirts do not contain player’s family Names on The back Which players The saying is protection family still members in Afghanistan and perhaps under the threat of the Taliban. Instead, the players have them first Names or nicknames on their shirts.
Afghan team created in 2007, I played it first official international in 2010 against Nepal and won that it first match 2-0 over Qatar in 2012.
The rise of The Taliban and its aftermath escape of The players also led to team withdraw from qualifying matches for Asian Women’s Cup in India in February that doubled as a qualification for next Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
