Needing an outright win to remain alive in the SAFF Championship, the Indian football team will take on host Maldives in its final round-robin league match on Wednesday. A draw or a loss will see seven-time champion India miss the final, which could further raise questions on head coach Igor Stimac's future with the team. India's worst performance SAFF Championship so far was the third-place finish in 2003 and the team has either won or finished runner-up in 11 previous editions. All the four top sides in the five-team tournament remain in contention for the October 16 final. RELATED| SAFF Championship: What the India football team needs to qualify for final With five points from two draws and one win, India is currently placed third below Maldives (six points from three matches) and Nepal (six points from three matches). Nepal plays Bangladesh (fourth place with four points) in an earlier match on Wednesday. Two-time and defending champion Maldives has never been easy opponents for India in the history of this regional tournament though the island country sits 51 ranking points below India in FIFA chart at 158th. The side led by veteran Ali Ashfaq, one of the best strikers in the region, has regrouped after losing its opening match against Nepal by beating Bangladesh 2-0 and Sri Lanka 1-0. Just like India captain Sunil Chhetri, the 36-year-old Ashfaq has carried Maldives football on his shoulders for a long time and has scored two of his side's three goals in this tournament. He will, no doubt, be the man India will have to be wary about. India felt the absence of experienced Sandesh Jhingan in deep defence as it could not defend a 1-0 lead against 10-man Bangladesh, which scored a late equaliser despite numerical inferiority. In the second match against 205th-ranked Sri Lanka, Indian forwards, including Chhetri, had an off day as they could not create enough chances and also failed to finish whatever few scoring opportunities that came their way to hold on for a 0-0 draw. RELATED| I hope to keep playing and scoring in foreseeable future: Chhetri after equalling Pele Chhetri came to the rescue of the team once again against Nepal, scoring the decisive goal to equal the legendary Pele's tally of 77 international goals. The team continues to depend on Chhetri for goals and lacks any proven goalscorers. Udanta Singh, right winger, has been inconsistent though he has shown flashes of his abilities at the flanks while Seriton Fernandes in defence and Brandon Fernandes in the midfield have done reasonably well. Stimac rued the inability of his forwards to convert the scoring chances. "We need to improve our scoring from the chances which we are creating," he said. "It is simple, if we do that, games become very easy. Otherwise you need to suffer till the end, or even beyond the end," he added, still confident that his side can reach the final. Complete Indian squad Goalkeepers: Dheeraj Singh, Vishal Kaith, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Defenders: Pritam Kotal, Chinglensana Singh Konsham, Mandar Rao Dessai, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose, Seriton Fernandes. Midfielders: Udanta Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Lalengmawia, Anirudh Thapa, Sahal Abdul Samad, Jeakson Singh, Glan Martins, Suresh Singh, Liston Colaco, Yasir Mohammad. Forwards: Manvir Singh, Rahim Ali, Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary
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The two back-to-back International Friendlies between India and Nepal to be played at the Dasharath Stadium, Kathmandu While the first International Friendly is slated to be held on September 2, 2021, and the second International Friendly is scheduled for September 5, 2021. The kick-off time for both the matches is IST 5.15 pm. In view of the quarantine restrictions on travel in most countries worldwide, and with no quarantine restrictions on Indians traveling to Nepal at the moment, the National coach felt that the International Friendlies would help in the Blue Tigers’ preparation for the forthcoming SAFF Championship in the Maldives in October. The Blue Tigers, who arrived in Kathmandu on Monday (August 30), had a preparatory camp in Kolkata since August 15. However, players from ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC weren’t able to train in the preparatory camp under National coach Igor Stimac owing to their respective club commitments in the AFC Cup. The 25-member Indian National team squad for the two Friendlies is as follows: GOALKEEPERS: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Dheeraj Singh. DEFENDERS: Pritam Kotal, Seriton Fernandes, Chinglensana Singh, Rahul Bheke, Subhasish Bose, Mandar Rao Dessai, Akash Mishra. MIDFIELDERS: Liston Colaco, Bipin Singh, Lalengmawia, Anirudh Thapa, Abdul Sahal, Brandon Fernandes, Pronay Halder, Glan Martins, Suresh Singh, Jeakson Singh, Yasir Mohammad. FORWARDS: Manvir Singh, Rahim Ali, Farukh Choudhary, Sunil Chhetri.
International friendlies played between Nepal and India in NEPAL - Dasarath Stadium. Match ended with 1-1 draw. A.Bista scored for Nepal in 36' min while Anirudh for India at 60' min of Second-half.
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Video Source : ANFA. All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) is governing body of football in Nepal. NEPAL vs INDIA | 1-1 | Friendly Football Match | KATHMANDU | All Goals & Full HD Highlight Nepal played out an entertaining 1-1 draw against India in the first of the two friendly matches at Dasharath Stadium on Thursday. Goal for Nepal Anjan Bista in 36th Minute Goal for India Anirudh Thapa in the 60th minute. #NEPIND #NepvsInd
#indianfootball #NEPIND #INDNEP Indian football team fought back in the second half to earn a 1-1 draw against Nepal in the first of the two international friendlies at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu. Anirudh Thapa (60') scored the second half equaliser for the Blue Tigers after Anjan Bista (36') put Nepal ahead. Former India captain Renedy Singh and Ishfaq Ahmed join senior journalists Jaydeep Basu and Siddhanth Aney to analyse and match. The two teams face each other in the second friendly at the same venue on Sunday, September 5.