Wednesday’s opening game of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Navi Mumbai will see Colombia’s football squad taking against Spain. They have prepared well, just like every other squad, for the major event taking place on the subcontinent.
FIFA U-17 World Cup: Colombia’s Special Training Regime for world cup
The Colombian U-17 team made preparations for the match as well as the 10-and-a-half-hour time difference between Bogota, the country’s capital, and New Delhi, India. Coach Carlos Paniagua came up with a strategy to prepare his players for the challenge by preparing them to deal with the differences and also taking into account the impact of jet lag.
The athletes were instructed to get up an hour earlier each day, according to The Indian Express. They awoke at 9 a.m. on the first day, 8 a.m. on the following day, and so on. Paniagua stated during a press conference that the earliest they ever woke up was at 3:30 am, had breakfast, and started training at 4:30 am.
“It was difficult for the girls to have breakfast at 3.30 in the morning, get ready for the day at 4, and then begin training at 4.30 in the morning. At the pre-game news conference on Tuesday, Paniagua remarked, “They realise how important it is, and they did it without any complaints.
After a lengthy travel, the Columbian team landed in India on Saturday, October 8, at 7 a.m. The coach encouraged his athletes to eat breakfast and lunch instead of relaxing after the long flight. Columbia’s captain Mary Jose Alvarez referred to it as “the laziest” practise, and it ended up being one of their most challenging.
The girls were fresh the next day and had a blast on the practise field, so their anxious start to their stay in India paid off.