the judges and eventually she was selected as one of the ombcsfrom the 50 six were selected two of them as ombcs and the other four were given an opportunity to visit russia with one guardian to watch the world cup nathania getting selected as ombc has also opened the window for young girls to take up football her selection sends a strong message that girls too can play the game i hope this breaks all the stereotypes and parents let girls play footballmathew john nathanias father adds football is usually not regarded as a girls domain and here too she plays only with the boys every evening she makes sure all of them from the locality come out and play with her she breathes eats and sleeps football initially it was difficult and we were a little worried about her playing football but she has shown what children can do if given the freedom and platform to express their talentsaravanan d of first kick school of soccer who trained nathania in the coimbatore camp says she plays like the boys in the next two or three years she will be at the peak of her career she can easily outplay boys of her age it was easy to teach her i can guarantee that she will be playing in the indian team very soon i have asked her mother to let her focus on football she plays with u14 boys here though shes only 11 years oldnathanias only aim is to be a professional footballer i want to go abroad for professional training and come back to play for india apart from my parents my school and the coaches have been of great support to me my friends in kotagiri too have always encouraged me to play football