Age cheating has always been rampant..I just want proof of Bibiano's currently batch being overage.. Can't keep publicly mudslinging them without any proof?
Exactly, all of us acknowledge that age fraud does exist. But we can't blame every single person as age fraud without any proof behind it. I hope AIFF does more in terms of transparency in public records for youth players. Actually now we have almost 60% percent players in the AIFF portal which is already eliminating some level of age frauds. When they are part of these records they can't change the dates like Pritam did in the future as he wished. Although I wish they could co-ordinate better and add more players from different local tournaments as well.
Syria from pot3 & Uzbekistan from pot2, Australia from Pot1 pitted in our group. OMG, our group is toughest one so far. Though we played well against Syria. Had tough outings against Uzbekistan, both at club & national teams. Australia is always a top team in Asia.
Solid group for India.. I would rather play these teams at full strength than face Lebanon, Kyrgyztan etc. In 2011 we could not make 2 consecutive touches against Australia, South Korea..would love to see if we have made any progress since then
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We are in Group B (B4) and other pots are not yet started.
If anyone wants to watch, below is the link.
LIVE | AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ Final Draw - YouTube
Group B:
India
Syria
Uzbekistan
Australia