Al-Ittihad Newspaper – Thailand and India – The Challenge of "War Elephants" and "Blue Tigers"

Union

India played several friendly matches before the tournament (Union)

Mustafa Al Deeb (Abu Dhabi)

It's a fateful match and half-solutions are not accepted when Thailand and India meet at the start of their first campaign. Today's meeting is very special for both teams. Each team is looking for three points. It also brings together two highly developed teams in recent years, which has become one of the most advanced teams at the level of the "Yellow Continent" during the recent period, which is applied to Indian football, both at home and abroad. national team level than the league, attracting a number of big stars, and India has shown a distinct level in qualifying matches as well as during friendly confrontations Prepared for the Batu Thailand is looking for also "elephants of war" and "Indian tigers" to start well in the tournament. From now on, the Thai team is more determined to change its modest record in Asian competitions, where the seventh game of the tournament is filled with confidence. After the smooth running he has played in qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2019 Asian Cup, and the experience gained by the Thai team facing the Major teams participating in the World Cup qualifiers, one of the main weapons on which the team is highly dependent at the 2019 Asian Cup, Depends The team has a lot of experience with Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac, who celebrated his 65th birthday last Wednesday and has an extraordinary training experience spanning three decades.
India, for its part, has no qualms about getting ready for this match, which aims for a successful return to the Asian Cup: for the first time since the start of the tournament, India's return to the FIFA World Cup Asia has not been deferred. Waited only eight years after his last participation in the final.
India is in the fourth round, but this is the second time they qualify for qualifying, the only time they qualify for the 1984 qualifying final.
In addition to the green rectangle, the stands are now facing another type of game. The opposition should be the scene of a crowd of distinguished supporters, especially since they have many supporters.
On the technical side, India should play today in a balanced and defensive way, while Thailand will play an offensive style to score a goal that will please everyone and open the Indian lines that have stood firm against the China in the friendly match. Deconstructing a coherent and disciplined defense in the background.