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Indian National Team: India To Play Two Friendlies In Portugal This Week
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27-Jul-2010 5:35:00 PM
By Anselm Noronha
The 2011 Asian Cup preparatory camp in Portugal of Team India, this week, will witness two friendly matches against two Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (Portuguese Third Division) league teams.
Houghton's contingent will take on Caldas SC at 11:05 p.m. IST, on Wednesday and against Monsanto, on Thursday. Both the matches will be played at the Pilado training ground.
This month, the camp is based at Vierra, located 200 kms away from Lisbon. The sole objective of this month's training has been to bring all players to the same level of fitness before playing competitive games.
Come August, India shall play at least 10 practice games with Portuguese Second Division teams while training at the Sporting Lisbon Academy or Academia de Alcochete, which is known to have the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Figo amongst their students.
In September, the team will travel to Bangkok for a friendly fixture with Thailand on the 4th, following which the same sides will face each other again at Delhi's Ambedkar Stadium.
India are ranked 132 in the latest list of FIFA rankings which were released after the 2010 World Cup.
Houghton's contingent will take on Caldas SC at 11:05 p.m. IST, on Wednesday and against Monsanto, on Thursday. Both the matches will be played at the Pilado training ground.
This month, the camp is based at Vierra, located 200 kms away from Lisbon. The sole objective of this month's training has been to bring all players to the same level of fitness before playing competitive games.
Come August, India shall play at least 10 practice games with Portuguese Second Division teams while training at the Sporting Lisbon Academy or Academia de Alcochete, which is known to have the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Figo amongst their students.
In September, the team will travel to Bangkok for a friendly fixture with Thailand on the 4th, following which the same sides will face each other again at Delhi's Ambedkar Stadium.
India are ranked 132 in the latest list of FIFA rankings which were released after the 2010 World Cup.
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