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Poll: Can India Bounce Back After The Loss To Lebanon?
Hosts India lost their opening fixture of the Nehru Cup on Wednesday to Lebanon. The Men in Blue take on Kyrgyzstan in their second game on Sunday evening. Goal.com asks whether they can bounce back from their opening day blues...
21-Aug-2009 6:13:05 PM
Let’s face it. Not many had expected India to lose against
the West Asian side. The defeat left many disappointed and you had criticism
coming in from several quarters with some questioning the need for having a
tour to Dubai and Barcelona.
Coach Bob Houghton blamed the grass, which wasn’t cut by the tournament organisers, for the defeat and also added that his side could never play “good football” on that field given the condition it was on Wednesday evening.
With the format of the tournament being changed to a round robin one, India have another three games to go in order to make their way back in.
The first of those comes against Kyrgyzstan who too suffered defeat in their opening fixture of the tournament as they went down 2-0 to Syria.
Our question to you is:
Coach Bob Houghton blamed the grass, which wasn’t cut by the tournament organisers, for the defeat and also added that his side could never play “good football” on that field given the condition it was on Wednesday evening.
With the format of the tournament being changed to a round robin one, India have another three games to go in order to make their way back in.
The first of those comes against Kyrgyzstan who too suffered defeat in their opening fixture of the tournament as they went down 2-0 to Syria.
Our question to you is:
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