On Tuesday, in a crucial World Cup qualifier, India salvaged a 1-1 draw against Bangladesh with a last-gasp goal from a corner. From the high of Doha, Indian football seems to have returned to its normal resting state: oh-no-not-this-again.
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It is the 83rd minute of India’s World Cup qualifier against reigning Asian Champions Qatar. The score is 0-0 (and stays that way). Doha is growing impatient.
Over the past year, the home fans have gotten used to seeing their side swat away opponent after opponent. Lebanon. North Korea. Saudi Arabia. Iraq. South Korea. The United Arab Emirates. Japan. Most recently, Afghanistan. High ranked or low ranked, they’ve all come and been dispatched with minimum fuss.
They do not like the situation developing…
‘What could’ve been!’
Indian football has heard this refrain for a while now and although most of it has been hyperbole, at no time has it felt truer than the present. On a muggy Thursday night in Guwahati, India took the game to Oman in the first half, and were rewarded with the lead. They then sat back and allowed wave after wave of Omani attack on their goal, and paid for it, conceding two late goals to lose the game 1-2.
The defeat means India’s chances of finishing in the top two in the group,…
Another topsy-turvy weekend of European football, and another weekend of scarcely believable numbers. Some results were expected. Some, not so much.
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Crystal Palace have beaten Manchester United in the Premier League for the first time in the competition’s history. In fact, before Jordan Ayew and Patrick van Aanholt got their goals, the last time Palace even took the lead against United in league competition at Old Trafford was in 1979, when David Swindlehurst scored in an…
What a weekend of football.
In England, Chelsea clung on for a point against a rampant Leicester City, Liverpool battled their way to a tough away win at Southampton, Arsenal beat Burnley and a VAR-aided Tottenham Hotspur held Manchest…
Following India’s 1-1 draw against Syria in the Intercontinental Cup, a tournament in which the hosts ended bottom, with one point from three games, coach Igor Stimac took a not-so-subtle dig at India’s previous management.
“I was not brought here to give just few wins and losses and be nowhere. It is easy to play against certain teams below the range [lower ranked opponents] and get the win. I am not here for that.”
Under their previous coach Stephen Constantine, India had done remarkably well…
India suffered their second successive defeat in the Intercontinental Cup, losing 5-2 against North Korea in Ahmedabad on Saturday. Here’s how it happened.
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Tournament preview | Stimac blunt after collapse vs Tajikistan
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Sunil Chhetri’s first half brace put India 2-0 up, before Tajikistan completed a remarkable turnaround in second half, scoring four goals in 20 minutes to begin their Intercontinental Cup campaign with a win.
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