{"id":2252,"date":"2018-07-24T02:49:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T02:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/new\/2018\/07\/24\/melbourne-city-fc-to-take-on-kerala-blasters-fc-in-the-opening-match-of-the-toyota-yaris-laliga-world\/"},"modified":"2018-07-24T02:49:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T02:49:34","slug":"melbourne-city-fc-to-take-on-kerala-blasters-fc-in-the-opening-match-of-the-toyota-yaris-laliga-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/?p=2252","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne City FC to take on Kerala Blasters FC in the opening match of the Toyota Yaris LaLiga World"},"content":{"rendered":"

~ India’s first international\u00a0pre-season football tournament kicks off\u00a0with A-League team taking on home side\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0~<\/h1>\n
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Kochi, 23rd\u00a0 July 2018<\/b>: The highly-anticipated\u00a0Toyota Yaris LaLiga\u00a0World kicks-off\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0as\u00a0A- League’s\u00a0Melbourne City FC take on home-side Kerala Blasters FC\u00a0at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here on July 24. The three-team\u00a0pre-season tournament also\u00a0features LaLiga side Girona FC who will play their first game on\u00a0July 27<\/span><\/span>\u00a0against Melbourne City FC.<\/div>\n
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After training in the football loving city of Kochi for past four days, Melbourne City FC\u00a0head coach Warren Joyce sounded upbeat.\u00a0\u201cWe will be facing a side that will be playing in front of their home crowd,\u00a0I am expecting them to come hard at us. The team has had a good couple of days of training and I would like to applaud the facilities here in Kochi which are truly up to the international standards,” said Joyce.<\/span><\/div>\n
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With 43 points,\u00a0Melbourne City FC finished third in the last A-League season with a run to the semi-finals of the Finals Series. “We are coming here on the back of a fantastic last season and all the players want to have a good start to the current season without any injuries. All players from our present squad are expected to take the ground and have some playing minutes under their belt. The tournament will be a good learning curve for all the young players who have joined the squad this season,\u201d added\u00a0Joyce.<\/span><\/div>\n
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After finishing sixth in 2017-18 season of Indian Super League,\u00a0home side Kerala Blasters FC would use this opportunity to regroup their team ahead of their fifth\u00a0season. \u201cWe have a squad that is hungry and determined to perform at their best against two very high-quality oppositions. The Toyota Yaris LaLiga World gives us an exposure to analyze ourselves against international opponents who have been seasoned performers in their respective leagues, said David James, Head Coach Kerala Blasters FC. The Englishman added that these matches will be a perfect platform for\u00a0new additions to the squad. “This tournament will be a perfect platform for the boys to regroup and have some playing time before the ISL season starts. Our squad is looking forward to a good match\u00a0tomorrow<\/span><\/span>\u00a0against Melbourne City FC,\u201d stated James.<\/div>\n
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Despite\u00a0heavy rains lashing\u00a0the city, the Melbourne City FC head coach\u00a0applauded the efforts of ground staff and organisers in keeping the pitch in excellent condition. \u201cI don\u2019t think the rains are going to have any impact on the tournament courtesy the working staff who have managed to keep the ground in perfect state,\u201d signed off Joyce, who has previously managed the Manchester United Reserves team.<\/div>\n
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Toyota Yaris LaLiga World match schedule<\/b><\/div>\n
July 24, 2018<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Kerala Blasters FC vs Melbourne City FC<\/div>\n
July 27, 2018<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Girona FC vs Melbourne City FC<\/div>\n
July 28, 2018<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Kerala Blasters FC vs Girona FC<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

~ India’s first international\u00a0pre-season football tournament kicks off\u00a0with A-League team taking on home side\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0~ \u00a0 Kochi, 23rd\u00a0 July 2018: The highly-anticipated\u00a0Toyota Yaris LaLiga\u00a0World kicks-off\u00a0on Tuesday\u00a0as\u00a0A- League’s\u00a0Melbourne City FC take on home-side Kerala Blasters FC\u00a0at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here on July 24. The three-team\u00a0pre-season tournament also\u00a0features LaLiga side Girona FC who will play […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shasakprashasak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}