Pretty good match from us. Created number of chances but finishing could have been better, including from Komal who missed couple of good chances.
3 players in particular were impressive here: Boris, Suresh and Rakip, in areas where we have struggled badly recently, which is encouraging to see. Good pace from Boris and good ball control and clever dribbling with ball from Komal. Rakip's anticipation and reaction were better and Suresh puts in twice the effort Amarjit does. Also Tamal Naskar is pretty small for a 'keeper but it seems he will be the 3rd choice for the World Cup judging by him given a chance ahead of Prabhushkan.
Belarus are physically a lot stronger (it is their U18 side) and were very aggressive and honestly a different referee could have given them a few cards for blatant and cynical fouls.
A good result for India. Would be a confidence booster after the thrashing against Russia. This Indian team might not be amongst the top 40-50 national teams but certainly amongst the ones ranging between 50-100. Obviously if same momentum is seen for few more years for these boys, our senior team can hope to break amongst the top 100.
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Full match India 1 0 Belarus
For Goal watch from 1 hr 43 min
For winning celebration from 2 hr 9 min
3 players in particular were impressive here: Boris, Suresh and Rakip, in areas where we have struggled badly recently, which is encouraging to see. Good pace from Boris and good ball control and clever dribbling with ball from Komal. Rakip's anticipation and reaction were better and Suresh puts in twice the effort Amarjit does. Also Tamal Naskar is pretty small for a 'keeper but it seems he will be the 3rd choice for the World Cup judging by him given a chance ahead of Prabhushkan.
Belarus are physically a lot stronger (it is their U18 side) and were very aggressive and honestly a different referee could have given them a few cards for blatant and cynical fouls.
How are other Asian teams performing ??