The Pakistan women’s football team is all set to feature in the upcoming Fifa Series, a women’s football event to be hosted in Brazil, the Ivory Coast and Thailand in March. The announcement was made in November last year by the world football body, which is expanding the Fifa Series by involving more member nations and introducing a women’s edition.

What turned the fate for the national women’s team was a meeting between Fifa supremo Gianni Infantino and the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) president Mohsen Gilani. It paved the way for the national women’s team to participate in the series of friendly matches and face new nations across other federations.

The Pakistan women’s football team, despite an 8-0 loss against Chinese Taipei in the AFC Women’s Asia Cup qualifiers in June last year, showed some promise when they beat Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan in subsequent matches. However, the team’s lack of exposure in matches against other nations will require more focus from them on the pitch.

“We don’t have too many details about the series yet,” says Maria Khan, the midfielder and captain of the national team. “Fifa will be releasing more information sometime this month [January], so we don’t really have an idea who all we will be playing against. However, our target as a team, every time we step on the pitch together, is to always represent Pakistan in the best way possible,” she adds.

The national women’s football team is expected to be seen in action in March at the Fifa Series. After not playing for the past six months,........

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