Nepal-India Second Game: No less than a competition

KATHMANDU: SEPT. 5 – After four years, Nepal played football among the home spectators last Thursday. Benefiting from home ground and spectators, Nepal drew with India. Nepal’s performance was moderate. In Nepal in particular, the defense line was strong and the striking line was average.

The Nepali team had a restrained performance after holding India to a 1-1 draw. Though expected for Nepal, India was not expected to be equal with Nepal. By winning, India wanted to strengthen itself once again in a clean claim. But the Nepali team put up a strong performance on the field and held India to a draw.

Nepal’s coach Abdullah hardly got the performance he expected. He maintained his regular image on social media by apologizing the next day. Not only did they take to the field after a long time with Nepal, but as many players of the Nepali team were new, India was naturally unfamiliar with the young team. Therefore, Indian coach Igor Stimac does not want to repeat the mistake made in the first game in the second game. Therefore, today’s game will be even more important for Nepal.

India is 63 places above Nepal in the FIFA rankings. Therefore, India will try to maintain its momentum by winning the second match against Nepal and avoiding losing. Anirudh Thapa, an Indian player who has played the most competitive ISL in the South Asian League in recent times, and Anirudh Thapa, who did well in the second half of the previous game, Seriton Fernandes and Rahim Ali, who excelled in their debuts, will be in the starting XI.

Today’s match with the most successful team is also meaningful for Nepal because Nepal has a team that could not advance to the semi-finals of the SAFF Championship. If India can be defeated in today’s game, the message will go that Nepal is ready to become the champion of SAFF. Defeating a strong team will definitely strengthen the player’s mentality.

India has reached the final most of the time in the competition. His worst journey was to stop in the semifinals, which happened only once. India have lost three times in the final. That is why the young team with the successful team of South Asia is full of enthusiasm and the home team will not be less than the second friendly match of Nepal.