After having brushed apart Pakistan, India will look to dish out the identical remedy to Nepal in its second Group-A match of the SAFF Championship, on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium right here on Saturday.
Nepal, at 174, is the third lowest-ranked crew within the competitors after Pakistan and Bangladesh, and is coming off an opening-day defeat to Kuwait (1-3). Against a formidable and assured Indian crew, it can want a rousing efficiency.
India won’t have coach Igor Stimac on the touchline after the pink card in opposition to Pakistan triggered the automated one-match suspension. But the burly Croat was at Friday’s coaching, main the huddle and giving a pep discuss.
For Nepal, it’s a do-or-die conflict, for 2 losses out of two will sound the loss of life knell. But in such conditions groups can typically throw warning to the winds.
-N. Sudarshan
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com