it is pre-tournament friendlies and always the first few matches are expected to be against weaker teams so that it allows the manager to try his tactics out in them and come with best possible by the main matches start...
so we really shouldn't worry who is the opponent at this stage and hope that the manager comes up with best possible tactic by the right time
India will be playing against low quality Czech teams for Asian Games preparation. It would have been better if they had instead played against top Goan or Bengal clubs in India or top teams in other Asian countries. Wim Koevermans was saying India will try to win the gold medal. But as per current news the hope of Indian football fans has become lower than ever. We will be humiliated again by top asian teams by 5-0 or 10-0 margin. R.I.P Indian football team U-23.
I am telling everybody there is lot of corruption in AIFF. The majority of the money for the national team is being diverted to the pockets of AIFF babus.
Admin of this forum are requested to close this thread since we already know the outcome of this tournament. It is unnecessary for Indian fans to handle further humiliation.
@ArsenalFan700 But Wim Koevermans shouldn't have said about this "gold medal thing" in the media. Football fans in India were having high hopes in this tournament.
Is it because first division soccer clubs in Czech Republic were asking more euros from AIFF? Would fans from India come & support Indian team in Asian Games when there is no hope of winning at least a single medal let alone being humiliated by a top asian team?
It probably won't even be the main team for those Chinese clubs. They are in the middle of a season and I doubt would want to play the India U23 side over their Chinese Super League rivals.
But who cares. This is all about development and fitness. Results obviously matter but as long as we improve our fitness, work on tactics, and improve chemistry on and off the field I don't think anyone should care about the clubs we play against.
@arsenalfan, you will have to excuse Cybertron. He was zeroing on Spain and Real Madrid, and got Czech and their 3rd division club. So you can gauge his frustration.
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