Playing in Mongolia is going to be a challenge for Arab and South Asian countries.
Mongolia in the summer is quite pleasant actually. They have an artificial turf though.
Only Maldives can possibly draw them as Mongolia are in pot 4 with the other SAFF teams, while India are hosts. Maldives played there in the depths of winter in 2003, in a blizzard at -20°C. The pitch was natural grass at the time, although the grass had long died and the players said it was frozen and felt like concrete.
from here its is for india to loose. this is literally being food served in a plate rather than standing in a long queue and waiting. if india doesn't make it then its definitely over for Stimac. no bloody excuse will be entertained like we played well, the team is young, ISL level is easy, it is a learning for future, we played possession based tiki taka etc. we need to win all 3 games as there is no return fixtures.
Favorable draw with teams like Hong Kong, Afghanistan & Cambodia
See the fate of our neighbors Nepal got Kuwait, Jordan & Indonesia Maldives & Sri Lanka have Uzbekistan & Thailand Bangladesh got Bahrain, Turkmenistan & Malaysia
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Only Maldives can possibly draw them as Mongolia are in pot 4 with the other SAFF teams, while India are hosts. Maldives played there in the depths of winter in 2003, in a blizzard at -20°C. The pitch was natural grass at the time, although the grass had long died and the players said it was frozen and felt like concrete.
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Hong Kong
Afghanistan
Cambodia
if india doesn't make it then its definitely over for Stimac. no bloody excuse will be entertained like we played well, the team is young, ISL level is easy, it is a learning for future, we played possession based tiki taka etc. we need to win all 3 games as there is no return fixtures.
See the fate of our neighbors
Nepal got Kuwait, Jordan & Indonesia
Maldives & Sri Lanka have Uzbekistan & Thailand
Bangladesh got Bahrain, Turkmenistan & Malaysia