Filatov and Amirov are from Kyrgistan na ? Aren't the foreign players in the league supposed to be better than Indians? Those two last got selected a year back
They are but they haven't proven to be better than Indians in the I-League yet. The guys that do play for the side are either in the local league or bit time players for small European leagues like the Regionaliga (German 4th tier), the Dutch 2nd Division, Romania, Russia and Ukraine's 2nd Division etc.
I watched both matches against Australia and the match they played at home to Tajikistan. They are not a great side at all. Australia could have won the match played in Australia 8-0 if they managed to get more shots on target (Kyrgyzstan were ranked 177 that match btw) and same away in Kyrgyzstan. Against Tajikistan they didn't look that great, the pitch was shoddy and both teams just hit at each other. And Tajikistan is not better than India IMO. Kyrgyzstan is beatable for India. Same with Myanmar and hell yes for Macau.
Sadly, looking at what we know about Constantine and his crew, I fear the best players not being selected. Personally I would have made sure he didn't sign a deal and gone for the recent Jamaica head coach Winfried Schäfer straight away but it is what it is.
Same here, they should have gotten rid of him after the qualifiers. It would be the worst time right now to fire him though, the new coach will know nothing about players and will struggle to to experiment and see what works. It's too late for that if India has that quality, we should comfortablly see this campaign through with SC and get a better coach for Asian cup.
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I watched both matches against Australia and the match they played at home to Tajikistan. They are not a great side at all. Australia could have won the match played in Australia 8-0 if they managed to get more shots on target (Kyrgyzstan were ranked 177 that match btw) and same away in Kyrgyzstan. Against Tajikistan they didn't look that great, the pitch was shoddy and both teams just hit at each other. And Tajikistan is not better than India IMO. Kyrgyzstan is beatable for India. Same with Myanmar and hell yes for Macau.