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…

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India take on Syria in their final game of the Intercontinental Cup in Ahmedabad. Follow live scores and match updates.
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Narender Gahlot scored his first senior goal to put India in front, but Syria won a late penalty to earn a draw. As a result Syria will miss out on the final, where Tajikistan will play North Korea.
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After losing the opening game 4-2 against Tajikistan, India look to bounce back against North Korea in their second game of the 2019 Intercontinental Cup. Follow live scores and match updates below.
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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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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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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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Tournament preview | Who is Igor Stimac? | I-League vs AIFF
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Chennaiyin FC went into Wednesday’s AFC Cup fixture away to Nepal’s Manang Marshyangdi in Lalitpur knowing that their fate wasn’t in their hands. With eight points, they trailed Bangladesh club Dhaka Abahani by two points. With Abahani playing against Minerva in Guwahati at the same time, Chennaiyin needed a win to top the group and hope for a draw or a Minerva win in the other game to progress to the inter-zonal semi-finals. Not since 2012, when East Bengal and Salgaocar finished bottom of their…

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India lost their first match under Igor Stimac 3-1 to Curacao in the King’s Cup, a scoreline that accurately reflected the dominance the Caribbean side. They will now face Thailand in the third-place playoff, but ahead of that, we look at what we learnt from India’s performance against a side ranked 20 places above them in the FIFA rankings.
Before we look at the key takeaways, a couple of disclaimers – Stimac is a man known for tinkering — the Croatian national team was a painful testament to…

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