Indian football team under Igor Stimac have received praise for most of their performances despite not always coming away with the right res...
Indian football team under Igor Stimac have received praise for most of their performances despite not always coming away with the right result. But in the international friendly against Oman, it was quite the opposite. The Blue Tigers were far from their best but through a moment of quality from Bipin Singh and Manvir Singh, managed to secure a 1-1 draw against a team ranked 23 places above them in the Fifa rankings.
But against the United Arab Emirates, a team that is 40 places above India in the rankings, an average performance will not be enough.
Thus Stimac in the build-up to the game has been stressing upon the areas that his inexperienced Indian players must improve on to compete against these teams on a consistent basis.
“UAE are even tougher than Oman, so I expect a very tough match. They (UAE) are technically a better side, play quicker football and they will give a lot of pressure on us,” Stimac said during the pre-match press conference.
He added: “But that is something we want to face and that is why we are playing international friendly against them. I don’t expect my players to control the game but we have to find a way to compete...
