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  • 10-man India lose 0-1 to Qatar in World Cup qualifying spherical match

    A ten-man India defended creditably properly as they suffered a 0-1 defeat to Asian champions Qatar of their World Cup qualifying spherical match in Doha on Thursday.
    Abdel Aziz scored within the thirty third minute in a match utterly dominated by the Qataris. The two sides had performed out a goal-less draw of their first leg match right here in September 2019.
    Group toppers Qatar, who’re but to lose a match, had waves of assaults with their eight to 9 gamers within the Indian half for more often than not. Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu needed to pull off a collection of saves to maintain the margin of loss small.

    🗣️ @GurpreetGK: “I honestly didn’t (count the number of saves), but I think it was more than last time!”
    How good was that efficiency from ‘The Wall’? #INDQAT ⚔️ #WCQ 🏆 #AgainTheBlue 💙 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/ouOTA2FluD
    — Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) June 3, 2021
    India, nevertheless, performed with 10 males from the seventeenth minute onwards after defender Rahul Bheke was pink carded after a second reserving. He had earlier acquired a yellow card within the ninth minute.
    India did have two good strikes within the match from counter assaults with Manvir Singh within the thick of issues on each events.
    India captain Sunil Chhetri, who returned to the staff after recovering from COVID-19 an infection, was changed by Udanta Singh on the resumption of second half.
    A winless India remained in fourth spot in Group E with three factors from six matches.
    Igor Stimac’s males are two factors behind Afghanistan (third with 5 factors) who performed out a 1-1 draw towards Bangladesh earlier within the day.
    India play Bangladesh on June 7 of their subsequent match.

  • FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Highlights: 10-men India lose 1-0 to Qatar

    India: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Dheeraj Singh, Pritam Kotal, Rahul Bheke, Narender Gehlot, Chinglensana Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Adil Khan, Akash Mishra, Subhashish Bose, Udanta Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Liston Colaco, Rowllin Borges, Glan Martins, Anirudh Thapa, Pronoy Halder, Suresh Singh, Lalengmawia Ralte, Abdul Sahal, Yasir Mohammad, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Bipin Singh, Ashique Kuruniyan, Ishan Pandita, Sunil Chhetri, Manvir Singh.

  • ‘The self-belief was immense’: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on India’s attract Qatar

    Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, the first-choice goalkeeper of India, credited the crew’s self-belief and cohesion as being the decisive elements behind India’s spectacular 0-0 draw towards Qatar in Doha in September 2019.
    The 29-year-old shot-stopper put up a heroic show between the sticks that evening, registering 11 saves within the FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifier on the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium towards the AFC Asian Cup holders.
    Gurpreet, who’s presently with the nationwide crew in Doha for an upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifier towards Qatar on June 3, reminisced about that goalless attract an interview with AIFF.
    “The plan on matchday was to make life difficult for Qatar. They had won the AFC Asian Cup earlier that year and were buzzing after playing in the Copa America. We had to stay compact against them, and take our chances whenever we smelt a counter. And with that, we had to fight with everything. Everyone was desperate to contribute – everyone was trying their best,” he informed AIFF.
    “The clock started ticking, and we started to grow in confidence. The first-half ended goalless. We could gauge the frustrations around as the predictions that we would be whitewashed weren’t coming true. It allowed us to breathe a bit more. We realised we were heading in the right direction.”
    India gamers in motion towards Qatar in Doha in September 2019. (File)
    “‘Take some blows guys, we can do it,’ was the sentiment. The pressure was huge, but the belief was more.”
    “The dynamics were even better in the second half. Seeing Sahal, Udanta dribble past the best in Asia was a message which hit them hard. It was a great boost. We were not just defending, rather we were attacking and pushing them on the back foot on occasions.”
    “Almost everyone I speak to always makes me remember about the Qatar match. But if you ask me, that isn’t my best performance so far. I understand that in the Qatar match, we got a result – and hence, it will always stay a highlight,” he concluded.

  • India gamers start coaching in Doha in spite of everything check damaging for COVID-19

    All the gamers and assist workers of the Indian soccer staff have examined damaging for COVID-19 after arrival in Qatar and have additionally began coaching forward of the joint Qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup subsequent month.
    The staff, which arrived in Doha on Wednesday night, was below obligatory quarantine and ready for the outcomes of their RT-PCR checks earlier than beginning their preparatory camp.
    “Yes, all the 28 players and support staff tested negative in the tests done after their arrival,” All India Football Federation General Secretary Kushal Das informed PTI.
    The staff, bolstered by the return of Sunil Chhetri, can have a preparatory camp inside a bio-bubble right here earlier than its first match on June 3 towards hosts Qatar. The different two matches are towards Bangladesh (June 7) and Afghanistan (June 15).
    Through the great places of work of Qatar Football Association, a 10-day laborious quarantine was waived off for the Indians they usually started coaching as quickly as they obtained the COVID-19 damaging outcomes.
    “Gearing-up for the challenges ahead. The #BlueTigers had their training first training session in Doha, Qatar last night,” the AIFF stated in a tweet, together with footage of coaching of gamers below head coach Igor Stimac.

    Gearing-up ⚙️ for the challenges forward 🙌
    The #BlueTigers 🐯 had their coaching first coaching session in Doha, Qatar 🇶🇦 final evening 🤩#WCQ 🏆 #AgainTheBlue 💙 #BlueTigers 🐯 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/QnAChPR086
    — Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) May 22, 2021
    The matches are being performed in Doha in view of the COVID-19 pandemic which doesn’t permit the unique format of house and away matches.
    The Indian staff, fourth in Group E with three factors, is already out of competition for a World Cup berth however remains to be within the reckoning for the 2023 Asian Cup in China.
    The Indian gamers had been to have a nationwide camp in Kolkata from May 2 onwards however the raging pandemic within the nation led to its cancellation.
    The gamers and the assist had left the nation on Wednesday after present process RT-PCR checks previous to flying off to Doha from New Delhi.
    They had arrived in New Delhi on May 15 with obligatory damaging RT-PCR check outcomes.