Trailblazers go down memory lane as India hosts AFC Women's Asian Cup

Slotted in Group A, India will face Iran, China and Chinese Taipei at the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022

“I tell you, I played football every evening on the beach, but it was only when the Nationals were held in Goa in 1979, that I realised there were women who played football,” Maria Rebello laughs. India’s first FIFA listed woman referee is a pathbreaker, but one still in awe of women who inspired her love for the beautiful game. “Yolanda De Sousa, Succorinha Pereira, Shanti Mullick… legends. I didn’t take football seriously, not till I saw these ladies play. Don’t ask me about the games. I just remember the goals.”

And those goals are a complete memory. Yolanda can replay