Not necessarily. It will also depend on how seriously Curacao is taking this tournament.
Most of their squad is Netherlands based.
Curacao is supposed to play in Gold Cup CONCACAF on 17th 21st and 25th June.
That is a very important tournament for them.
They will ensure that none of their players get injured here in Thai tournament. Resting some key players and caling them directly for Gold Cup CONCACAF is also a possibility.
Lets not be so pessimistic. I still believe Indian players, especially young ones are good enough to face teams of Fifa ranking upto 70-75. Our youngsters are technically good, they got better fitness due to rising professionalism in our club sides. The only thing missing is their reading of the game, when to press, when to fall back, when to make last ditch tackles, reading and anticipating each team mate's movement etc...that i think can be instilled by our new Croatial head coach who has experience of playing international football. We can fight and win this.
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Also how many foreigners are allowed this year?