All these depends on whether our Intercontinental Cup final against Lebanon will be counted or not.
FootyRankings is not sure about it and that's why they gave two different sets of possibilities. If counted, our Pot 2 is confirmed. If not, then we can't lose in normal time.
I strongly believe it will be counted in the July rankings.
If we lose by penalties, it is ok. Else we will be kichidi by dropping to pot3. We may get teams like Japan/Iran from Pot1, Uzbekistan from Pot2 & if it is worse, we end-up getting Indonesia/Yemen/Singapore from Pot4.
We are playing good and I'm hoping we will win the match in regulation time.
So, then we have overcome it. Ab toh confirm hai na? I was more interested in this rather than winning the SAFF champoionship. Actually I was really cool minded during the shootout. My all tension was there until extra time. Honestly I stopped bothering whether we are going to win or not.
Not sure if penalties are taken. Fifa will take this as friendly and consider a draw and india will loose points
nope. Penalties are considered. After Penalty Shoot-Out, winning team gets 0.75 & losing gets 0.5 points. As we won the game, Pot2 is confirmed for us.
Not worried about FIFA Ranking. Curacao is 150 but I am sure we cannot beat them still. As long as we are competitive against teams like Lebanon and Kuwait. We should work to consistently play top 10 Asian teams. Will be fantastic if we get the OCI players added. We can instantly compete with the top 10 with confidence. Without OCI players our goal output will always remain a concern. Will only get worse after Chhetri retires next year. Our wingers are scoring from open play which was something that never happens. But we still lack a proper goal scorer. Irfan and Siva though not ready for international football. They should be included than Rahim Ali and prep them for WCQ and Asia cup!
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FootyRankings is not sure about it and that's why they gave two different sets of possibilities. If counted, our Pot 2 is confirmed. If not, then we can't lose in normal time.
I strongly believe it will be counted in the July rankings.
Pot2 for us is confirmed. Below is the screenshot from official website.