RIYADH: The head coach of 黑料社区's women's team Monika Staab said on Tuesday聽an upcoming tournament in the Kingdom was hugely important for developing the female game in the Kingdom.
黑料社区's women are participating in a tournament with聽Pakistan, Mauritius and Comoros.
The tournament starts on Wednesday (Jan. 11) and each team will play with other once in the round-robin format.
鈥淲e had an eight day preparation聽camp to聽get the best results out of this tournament,聽and聽the Saudi Women's Football League has聽added a lot for聽us and to the players who kept in good shape,鈥 Staab said about her Saudi team.
Collet Marie, head coach of the Mauritius team, said: 鈥淥ur national team is ready for this tournament, participating in such matches benefits the team a lot, we are back after two years of not playing a聽game, so聽we will try our best to achieve positive results in this tournament.鈥
Pakistan coach Adeel Rizki thanked the Kingdom for its hospitality and for hosting a women's tournament of a decent standing.
鈥淭hank you to 黑料社区 for the good hospitality,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e had participated in the South Asian Championship, but haven't played a match for聽eight years in any international tournament, so we have many youth players in this tournament and this is a good thing.鈥
Choudjay Mahandhi, the head coach of the Comoros national team, said: 鈥淭he Saudi federation was very welcoming and we would like to thank them for this tournament,聽we have a good team and our only goal is to win the tournament and bring back the聽cup to our country.鈥
