First half was pathetic. These guys are not even able to receive the balls, leave alone play a string of good passes. All long balls falling to the Uzbeks, thats it. And what boots are we wearing, constantly falling on the ground. Imagine almost 68% possession by Uzbeks. Are we really dreaming on this team? Or is this shit tactics by Bibiano in first half. I will bet 2017 u17 batch was much better
This is a very solid Uzbek team. They won a tournament in Europe beating Australia, Finland etc and even played Argentina
Could be but we are not even receiving the ball. If we cannot play well here, we shouldn't dream of world cup. Still looks far away , hope they prove me wrong though
Bibiano has a weak heart in the main tournament. Always past 3 batches have seen him going pure defensive, while offensively we defeat a lot of teams. If you remember , we world even defeat iraq like teams.
This is a very solid Uzbek team. They won a tournament in Europe beating Australia, Finland etc and even played Argentina
Uzbeks may be a good team but we certainly are pathetic. We can't pass, control, horrible first touch, no offensive play AT ALL! And 9ne of our boys yelled "Behenchod" audible which could be heard on telecast! 😂🤣 I don't think the fault lies with Bibiano. Maybe this batch is itself shit. Bibiano did do well with previous batches.
A good team can make anyone look bad. This is a decent team of ours to beat/compete with tier2 Asian teams but not tier1 teams.This Uzbek team is definitely tier1 along with Korea, Japan, Australia and the Saudi one which beat us in the qualifiers. We are actually at Vietnam's level currently and that’s pretty good for now. What should happen next is that with a good keague and international games, this group should aim to reach the AFC u20 finals. Something that we have not done in a while
Maybe our team is shit. But at youth level teams having inconsistent displays are not unusual. These defeats are part of big learning curve. Just because we beat Argentina we are not better than them. We should probably continue with scouting more players even beyond this tournament and continue this. If we stop after this tournament then all will go to waste. We don't have an arrows team. Hope AIFF brings it back in I-League Sec Division and allow them to promote only till I-League. Without 20-30 games a year. In 2-3 years the same Uzbek team will thrash us 5-0.
Hope we keep sticking to the progress. This is still youth football. We need confident young players coming to the senior ranks. Without games it is hard for a youngster to step up and be confident/consistent. Players like Jeakson, Suresh and others from our u-17 batch slotted in to ISL because they were coming on back of playing games that previous batches could not do.
We need to stop imposing these kind of tactics at U-17 level. It’s not Bibanos mistake as AIFF just wants results from couple of exposure trips in Europe. Uzbekistan is a far superior team in terms of Structure, physique and technique.
AIFF should stop making unrealistic targets and instead aim to develop overall pool and structure
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I don't think the fault lies with Bibiano. Maybe this batch is itself shit. Bibiano did do well with previous batches.
What should happen next is that with a good keague and international games, this group should aim to reach the AFC u20 finals. Something that we have not done in a while
Hope we keep sticking to the progress. This is still youth football. We need confident young players coming to the senior ranks. Without games it is hard for a youngster to step up and be confident/consistent. Players like Jeakson, Suresh and others from our u-17 batch slotted in to ISL because they were coming on back of playing games that previous batches could not do.