BENGALURU : India's soccer fraternity breathed a sigh of relief as FIFA lifted the suspension imposed on it after 11 days, but the decision came too late for Gokulam Kerala whose hopes of playing at the AFC Women's Club Championship were shattered.FIFA suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on
BENGALURU : India's soccer fraternity breathed a sigh of relief as FIFA lifted the suspension imposed on it after 11 days, but the decision came too late for Gokulam Kerala whose hopes of playing at the AFC Women's Club Championship were shattered.
The team, winners of the top-flight Indian Women's League, travelled to Uzbekistan to play their group-stage games in the championship's west zone, but were forced to return home due to the ban. "The ban and the timing of lifting it is unfair to Gokulam Kerala because we had been preparing for the tournament for about two months.""I am happy that the ban has been removed, but it is heartbreaking that Gokulam Kerala could not play, our hard work has gone to waste," Castanha said.
"The ban barely lasted a few days. Had it been lifted earlier we could have won our group games," Ratanbala said."We were confident of making the final.""We feel that everybody let us down, from FIFA to AIFF to even the Supreme Court because the talks of the ban took place when we were in transit," Praveen said.
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