The Indian nationwide soccer staff led by talismanic Sunil Chhetri reached Qatar on late Wednesday night for India’s three forthcoming matches in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers, slated to be performed from June 3 onwards.
The 28 gamers and the assist workers are actually in obligatory quarantine until they obtain the check outcomes of the RT-PCR assessments performed upon arrival in Doha. The squad will thereafter be allowed to kick off their preparatory camp as a part of their preparation for the matches.
The AIFF thanked the Qatar Football Federation for his or her assist, cooperation, and understanding in serving to the Blue Tigers to assemble in Doha and begin the camp, all in an effort to take soccer ahead collectively.
“We are extraordinarily grateful and grateful to the Qatar FA for the style they went out of the best way and helped us start our camp in Qatar early. The Group E World Cup Qualifiers might be performed from inside a safe bio bubble. We perceive that there are specific obligatory well being parameters which we want to adhere to upon arrival in Doha, which we are going to with full diligence,” AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said in an official release.
“The AIFF President Praful Patel had detailed chats with the President of the Qatar FA who raised our concern with the Prime Minister’s Office, after which the 10-day quarantine period was waived off,” he added.
The preparatory camp was initially slated to occur in Kolkata from May 2 onwards until the second wave of the covid pandemic compelled a cancellation. The Blue Tigers additionally had a scheduled pleasant match behind closed doorways in Dubai as a part of the preparation, however even that had to be cancelled.
India is presently on 3 factors from 5 matches in Group E and is scheduled to play Asian Champions Qatar on June 3, Bangladesh on June 7, and Afghanistan on June 15 with all three matches to be performed on the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha.
India’s fixtures:
June 3: India vs Qatar (IST 10.30pm).
June 7: Bangladesh vs India (IST 7.30pm).
June 15: India vs Afghanistan (IST 7.30pm).
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