I think we have a decent group wont get easy at this level..so I guess we will have to play lots of friendlies with strong team to stand any chance of qualifying for the next round!! Even if we don't at least we should get few respectable results!!
Positives:- 1) We avoided Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Saudi. 2) Same group as host, we will probably get best stadiums and cities with maximum Indian support.
Negatives:- 1) No match is easy. Thailand and Bahrain are tough. We missed luck in Pot2 and Pot 4. China, Turkmenistan, Oman, Yemen, Phillipines would have been better.
I belive we can match Bahrain and if luck favors we might even hold Thailand to draw but UAE will surely mule us, they are host so they are favourites also last year they beat Malaysia 10-0. Also i feel group is ookeish.
Decent group I must say, and if we take our best footballers, I repeat "best footballers", we do have an outside chance to go through to round of 16. with top 4 3rd placed team going through.
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1) We avoided Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran, Saudi.
2) Same group as host, we will probably get best stadiums and cities with maximum Indian support.
Negatives:-
1) No match is easy. Thailand and Bahrain are tough. We missed luck in Pot2 and Pot 4. China, Turkmenistan, Oman, Yemen, Phillipines would have been better.