India announce squad for football match against China
Football | October 10, 2018 9:12 ISTOut of the 17 matches played between the two countries so far, the Red Dragons have won on 12 occasions. The rest of the five matches ended in draws.
Out of the 17 matches played between the two countries so far, the Red Dragons have won on 12 occasions. The rest of the five matches ended in draws.
Constantine rued lack of preparation time ahead of his team's international friendly against a much-superior China scheduled on October 13.
India ended their Group C engagements with five points from three matches. Their previous best performance came way back in 2002 when they finished the group stage with four points.
The Indian men's football team was hoping to use the Asian Games as a build up for next year's AFC Asian Cup.
After leading India to an emphatic win in the Intercontinental Cup, Chhetri spoke about his thoughts leading up to the Twitter video that went viral and infused new life into Indian football's fandom.
Despite the loss, the Indian team is still one foot in the final to be played on June 10 with six points from two earlier wins.
NZ coach Schmid admitted that it will be a big challenge for his boys to face India in their bid to keep their hopes for final alive.
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri thanked his fans after win over Kenya while saying that the "Indian team would give their lives on the pitch in every match, if they get same support."
Last week, Real Kashmir FC secured promotion to the I-League, having clinched the 2nd Division League title beating Hindustan FC 3-2.
India will next play Kenya on Monday which will be skipper Chhetri's 100th International appearance.
Chhetri, India's all-time highest scorer, led by example once again, scoring in the 14th, 34th and 62nd minute in what was a thoroughly dominant display by Stephen Constantine's men.
India were thrashed by their opponents in 2011 and returned home without a point, but this time around, things could be different, believes Bhutia.
According to Chhetri, India require the best of preparations to make it count in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
New Delhi: India football captain Sunil Chettri said Saturday that the 2017 U-17 World Cup will boost the sport in the country.Chettri doesn't know how much the u-17 team can achieve but was confident that
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