Indian males’s soccer group goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu promised that he and the group will come again stronger after the 6-0 drubbing by the hands of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Gurpreet, who captained the facet, mentioned that the loss was a ‘massive learning experience’ for the Indian group and they are going to be prepared for the FIFA World Cup cum Asian Cup qualifiers come June.
“It was a real tough test for us, I know the feeling is the same to get back out there and do well for the country. Matches like these are a massive learning experience for all of us. I am sure and I promise we will bounce back from this and be ready for the qualifiers in June,” he wrote on Twitter.
Ali Mabkhout scored a hat-trick as UAE, ranked 74 on the FIFA rankings, thrashed India 6-0 of their second worldwide pleasant.
Ali Mabkhout scored within the twelfth, thirty second (penalty), and within the sixtieth minutes whereas Khalil Ibrahim netted within the sixty fourth, Fabio De Lima within the 71st and Sebastian Tagliabue within the 81st minute to full the rout.
The Indian soccer group had drawn their earlier worldwide pleasant 1-1 towards Oman.
Even although India are out of the reckoning for a 2022 World Cup berth however are nonetheless in rivalry for qualification within the 2023 Asian Cup.
India will subsequent tackle Qatar on 3 June, adopted by Bangladesh on seventh and Afghanistan on 15. India are at present fourth in Group E with three factors from 5 video games. Qatar prime the desk with 13 factors with Oman a level behind them in second.
A 3rd-place end within the group will assist India get a direct berth within the third spherical of the qualifiers for the 2023 Asian Cup.
(With inputs from Agencies)
