India 🇮🇳 & Kuwait 🇰🇼 gear up for battle royale ⚔️🔥
Both teams met in the group stage, producing a thrilling but anticlimactic 1-1 draw from the #BlueTigers' 🐯 point of view.
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— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) July 3, 2023
India have been miserly in defence during the tournament, conceding just one goal in four matches, and the defence will be further bolstered by the return of Sandesh Jhingan, who was suspended for the semifinal against Kuwait on Saturday.
Defensively, India did not miss him much and while the back line will face one of its toughest tests so far, the focus will be on the strikers, who lacked sharpness in the few opportunities they created against Lebanon in the semifinals.
The #BlueTigers went right back to work the day after winning an intense semifinal 💪🏽🌧️
Coach @stimac_igor talks about the performance against 🇱🇧 and what to expect from the #SAFFChampionship2023 FINAL against 🇰🇼🔥👊🏽#BlueTigers 🐯 #IndianFootball ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/WOxFHKr80I
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) July 3, 2023
India will also fret over Chhetri’s availability for the entire match after he played the full 120 minutes in the semifinals and left the field looking in slight discomfort. Assistant coach Mahesh Gawli, however, allayed any concerns over Chhetri’s fitness.
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