<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><div><font color="#cc0000">Opportunities:-</font></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><b>Step Up In Class and Skill:</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">While the group India is placed in may be toughest in the competition, it gives the players and</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">the coach an opportunity to test themselves against the toughest opposition. The exposure will</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">also go a long way in molding the young footballers for the future and give them a taste of what</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">top-rung football will be like.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><b>Known Faces In The Team:</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">It is almost imperative that for a team to perform, the players must trust and understand each</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">other and the selectors have chosen the team with the same train of though. There are many</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">players who have played with each other before in their club sides which makes the job of a</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">coach getting players to understand each other that much easier. Good chemistry between the</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">players often results in players helping bring out the best in each other.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font color="#cc0000">Threats:</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><b>Toughest Group:</b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">India see themselves placed alongside more esteemed opponents in the form of Iraq, Lebanon,</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Oman, Turkmenistan and the United Arab Emirates and will have to brace themselves for tough</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">games, one after another. The opening game against Lebanon will prove to be vital for Papas’</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">boys as they can take forward the impetus a win can generate, but they will find it equally hard</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">to break the jinx should things not go according to plan in the first game.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><b>Untested Defense:</b></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font face="Arial">While the Indian colts boast of a strong attacking line up, the same cannot be said of the</font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font face="Arial">defense. The defenders have been largely untested against dangerous oppositions and will have</font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font face="Arial">to come up trumps if India are to progress to the next stage. The opponents will be a handful</font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font face="Arial">with their physical presence and skill with the ball at their feet and the Indian defense will have to</font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font face="Arial">be at the top of their game. The presence of Gurpreet in between the sticks will help the nerves</font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><font face="Arial">for the back 4, but they should ensure the keeper doesn’t have much to do.</font></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><a href="http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/afc-u-22-asian-cup-qualification-swot-analysis-india-u-22-team/"><font color="#cc0000">http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/afc-u-22-asian-cup-qualification-swot-analysis-india-u-22-team/</font></a>;
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Winning against Second Division UAE club was a good result,their local players are no better than the I-League players but they do got 3 foreign players who got experience of playing in French Ligue 1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Club
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Good squad and looks like Ramandeep is out of the squad anyway hope he returns back in NT scene soon as he got good attributes to become successful NT player. </font>
First match against an inconsistent Lebanon,if it were U-17 match i would have given India full 3 points but this one is tough but still my heart says a 2-1 win for us.
Winning against Second Division UAE club was a good result,their local players are no better than the I-League players but they do got 3 foreign players who got experience of playing in French Ligue 1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Club
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Good squad and looks like Ramandeep is out of the squad anyway hope he returns back in NT scene soon as he got good attributes to become successful NT player. </font>
<br><br>Am surprised that a good centre back like Ramandeep has missed out..maybe lack of experience at this level..the defenders are more experienced than him..<br>
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<br><br>Am surprised that a good centre back like Ramandeep has missed out..maybe lack of experience at this level..the defenders are more experienced than him..<br>