Subject: National Team

yes, our aim is to win this group. We now have a strong team like never before. But it is a sport and there are surprises. I hope, however, that everything will go our way.

A nice result against Hayastan as well today, even though it was a friendly.
When I 1st saw we beat Hayastan I was really surprised.
Only later did I realise that their NT is ranked lower than ours (55-47). However there U21 NT is ranked much higher than ours (38-62).
Don't you think it's strange to drop so many places from U21 NT to NT?? That's 17 places.

yeah that's a bit strange. However, I noticed that the ranking does not reflect the true strength of the team. Hayastan is a good senior team, but our tactics have allowed them to dominate. We are playing first match in the Asian Cup in just a week. I think we are well prepared. The first squad is in my head and I know what the optimal one is.

today we won with Japan and we will play in the quarter-finals against China. It was the second game against Japan in the Asian Cup and this time more difficult. We are all the more pleased with the promotion. We believe in victory with China and the semi-final! India is on the way

What's so quiet here? We won semifinal today and will play the final Asian Cup against U.E.A!

I guess because I'm the only active Indian user on the forums at the moment.

It was a close match in the final few minutes but luckily we pulled through. Especially with a red card.
I think UAE should be an easy win but let's not get complacent. They have reached the finals for a reason.
Great work this season Przemo. Let's finish it in style and bring home India's first ever trophy.
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This game was under control, but the red cards could help the opponent. Now the match against U.E.A., they have interesting tactics. They play very close to each other and the defense is high. I count on the speed of our attackers and good defense. Sumanna will come back and we will play with the optimal line-up. We have players with good form and finally Nitu is the leader of team. We win this!

We won

Wooohoooo!!!!
India's first trophy!!!

That was a great match. I never doubted that we would win it.
The match was a bit close in the 1st half. However, bringing Subbarayan on was a great decision.
Congrats and thank you Przemo.

I hope this is the start of many more. Let's hope we can fight and qualify for the 2nd round of the WC next season.

This season is going to be a tough 1 to crack into the top 2 of our group.
We need to defeat El Salvador, Ghana & Thailand by huge margins.
If we can manage to draw against Germany and Brazil, then just maybe we will have a chance to qualify for the next round.

I just noticed that Brazil is ranked 17th. Maybe we can pull off a win against them, maybe even 2 ;-)
Anyway no matter what let's try and improve our ranking atleast. Currently we are 45th, let's aim for 40th.
What do you say Przemo ?

It will be hard. However, I do believe in winning these eliminations. Brazil is a very tough rival, perhaps tougher than Germany. We were able to fight evenly with the Germans, and I count on that now. Our main problem is the lack of good midfielders. I check various settings and know who is playing the best where, but that may not be enough. I would like India to be in the top 40. If we are promoted, it is possible. After all, we are the best team in Asia!

It will be hard. However, I do believe in winning these eliminations. Brazil is a very tough rival, perhaps tougher than Germany. We were able to fight evenly with the Germans, and I count on that now. Our main problem is the lack of good midfielders. I check various settings and know who is playing the best where, but that may not be enough. I would like India to be in the top 40. If we are promoted, it is possible. After all, we are the best team in Asia!

ranking of players NT for eliminations:
GK:
1. Chandramouli 23y.
2. Chitnis 34y.
3. Meenakshisundaram 27y.

DEF CENTRAL:
1. Tanuja 31y.
2. Phadkar 29y.
3. Nayar 30y.
4. Chivukula 28y.
5. Dhillon 30y.
6. Virani 30y.

SIDE DEFENDER:
1. Ujesh 29y.
2. Smirti 32y.
3. Nema 32y.
4. Samderiya 27y.
5. Uttara 25y.

MID DEF
1. Sumanna 27y.
2. Sivasubramaniam 24y.
3. Thangaraj 25y.
4. Nachik 24y


MID OFF
1. Nitu 28y.
2. Saidullah 27y.
3. Varsha 34y.
4. Venkatasubramani 29y.

ATT:
1. Saripella 30y.
2. Nanga 29y.
3. Sandeep 29y.
4. Subbarayan 25y.
5. Panji 27y.

I wish you good luck for WCQ. You have a strong team and I hope India will win many matches.

Congratulations. It was a very difficult match, even though the Indian team had a better chance of winning. El Salvador's defense was very difficult to break, but in the end we managed to score 3 points, and with that, today's goal was met.