They fled to Melbourne due to the arrival of the Taliban and have since lived as refugees in the Australian city. They are a women’s soccer team that the regime has threatened for wanting to play soccer. The truth is now, this group of women has formed a refugee team Melbourne Victory Afghan Women’s Team, supported by the Australian club of the same name, who finally played his first game in exile in an Australian Amateur League. The host country wants to give them the opportunity to continue practicing their favorite sport.
“A special moment in the history of the club”, they wrote on social networks, after arguing the fight against buffalo club (0-0). After leaving Kabul in August, the players are returning to normalcy away from their home.
A strange normality, because as a detail of the horrors being experienced in their country, the players did not wear their surnames on their numbers for fear of Taliban retaliation against their families.
Thanks to a team from this city in the state of Victoria, it became possible to create Melbourne Victory Afghan Women’s Team. The team held their first training session in February and made their league debut over the weekend. The team wears a kit that pays homage to their homeland, a red home jersey and a white fight jersey with the Afghan flag on the back.
“The best thing about today is they were able to play together. As a group they had fun and came back to play football as a team,” said the Afghan team’s coach. Jeff Hopkins.
Source: La Verdad
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