Sparta, i certainly thought that our Team will qualify as the group winner(you shouldn't say that no one thought .
These sought of games(with both teams needing a draw,generally are cagey and this was no different,specially playing against Uzbek in Uzbek with decent crowd support). We have a terrible record against at every level.
Let me assure you,had this game been either at a Neutral venue or either been the first or the second game of the Tournament instead of being the third and deciding game,Result would have been certainly in our favour.
Also,some of you will say that India didn't play well but guys just think about it that if we are getting a draw against Uzbek in Uzbek while we are playing bad(in somebody's opinion) then what will we do when we actually play well.
Congrats to team India. Proud of you boys.. This qualification will help to improve our team further by playing matches with the best teams in Asia.. Uzbekistan will not be eliminated most probably as they have 7 points now, highest second best teams can get.
Their next set of training before next AFC matches should be against much faster and built teams from African U16 teams especially teams like Mali, Senegal, Nigeria who feature regularly in age group World Cups
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Now let's hope for semi final appearance for these lads and a world cup berth.