With India’s marketing campaign within the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar accomplished and dusted, the senior males’s nationwide soccer group is now specializing in the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in opposition to Afghanistan adopted by the house video games in opposition to Kuwait (June 6). These matches will resolve whether or not India will make it to Round 3 of the Asian Qualifiers, which might additionally assure direct entry into the AFC Asian Cup 2027.
Senior males’s nationwide group head coach Igor Stimac highlighted the significance of the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in opposition to Afghanistan (March 21 and 26), adopted by the house recreation in opposition to Kuwait (June 6), which might resolve whether or not India head into Round 3 of the Asian Qualifiers, which might additionally assure direct entry into AFC Asian Cup 2027.
Stimac stated: “The mission to beat Kuwait in the away game and get three points has been accomplished. Now the two games against Afghanistan and the home match against Kuwait will be extremely crucial.”
Stimac introduced out these information throughout a digital assembly with the All India Football Federation’s Technical Committee. They additionally reviewed the efficiency of the Indian soccer group on the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 and mentioned the best way ahead.
Technical Committee chairperson I.M. Vijayan kicked off the proceedings within the presence of Acting Secretary General M. Satyanarayan, and committee members Pinky Bompal Magar, Shabbir Ali, Victor Amalraj, Climax Lawrence, Santosh Singh, and Chief Technical Officer Vincent Subramaniam and Technical Director Sabir Pasha, and India head coach Igor Stimac.
Acting Secretary General Satyanarayan stated, “We’ve seen the National Team go through highs and lows over the last year, but we can be proud of our players and the effort that they put in every time they take the pitch. However, the area we should concentrate on is the game at the grassroots level, so that our national team becomes stronger in the future.”
Vijayan stated, “I welcome all members to this meeting, and I would like to, first of all, say to the head coach that the results in Qatar are now a matter of the past. Our main focus should be on the matches ahead, in the March and June FIFA windows and that we should get the best possible results from them.”
The Committee was knowledgeable by the Acting Secretary General that aside from Hyderabad, three state associations – Maharashtra (WIFA), Odisha (FAO), and West Bengal (IFA) – have expressed curiosity in internet hosting the World Cup Qualifier in opposition to Kuwait on June 6 and that the Federation is but to reach at a remaining resolution on the identical.
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