{"id":1298,"date":"2011-12-05T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T10:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2011-12-05T10:49:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T10:49:55","slug":"india-need-to-win-it-big-against-bhutan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"India need to win it big against Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong> It is going to be a battle of  unequals at least on papers when India, the defending champions take on  Bhutan the lowest ranked team of the tournament in a group A league  match up of the 2011 SAFF Championship on Monday. India who entered the  tournament as favorites started were made to slog to their guts out to  secure a draw against the less fancy side Afghanistan in their opening  match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bhutan ranked 198th in FIFA had a horrible start to  tournament after they were thrashed 3-0 by Sri-Lanka does allow India a  breathing space, but the goal difference would seriously give Indian  coach Savio Medeira some sleepless nights before the match. More than  anything else it has become a necessity for India to win it by a big  margin as it might act as a deciding factor as far as the slots for the  semi finals are concerned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The fact is doing rounds is Madeira\u2019s mind and he  wants his boys to go out all guns blazing against Bhutan. \u201cI had a word  with boys and told them to go for the kill. They would play to their  character and I have full faith in them,\u201d said Madeira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Star striking pair of Sunil Chettri and Jeje  Lalpekhlua who were off their element and were not up to the standards  received full support from their coach. \u201cYou cannot expect a player to  perform the same way that he does after travelling for 12 hours. They  would get into the groove in the match,\u201d added Madeira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">More than a below par show by the Indian strikers,  it is the midfield combination that put India down badly as they were  outplayed by their counterparts in every aspect. But they received the  patronage of their coach, who said that he would not like to disturb his  mid field combination. \u201cThey had a bad day against Afghanistan but they  would come out of it soon,\u201d said Madeira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Even the formation might not see much change and  all the players that started against Afghanistan would play against  Bhutan, except for Sameer Naik who is out with a twisted ankle and  either of Nirmal Chhetri or Govin Singh would make the cut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Madeira also wants to retain the same combination  and would not like to disturb it. \u201cWe are in a middle of a tournament  and I don\u2019t have time to experiment. I cannot play whatever combination  according to my fancy because to do that we would require to practice  the same way,\u201d said Madeira.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">India were given a run for their money in the South Asian Games 2010, when they scraped Bhutan past 2-1 in the 28<sup>th<\/sup> minute of the extra time need to keep that in mind and avoid complacency to stay away from further slip-ups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For Bhutan, if they have to bother India in any  means like how they did last time, would have to organize their act and  make sure that their striking pair of Nim Sangay and Sangay Khandu fire  out on all cylinders.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Samikshan Dutta Choudhury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>New Delhi:<\/strong> It is going to be a battle of  unequals at least on papers when India, the defending champions take on  Bhutan the lowest ranked team of the tournament in a group A league  match up of the 2011 SAFF Championship on Monday. India who entered the  tournament as favorites started were made to slog to their guts out to  secure a draw against the less fancy side Afghanistan in their opening  match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India need to win it big against Bhutan - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1298\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India need to win it big against Bhutan - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 New Delhi: It is going to be a battle of unequals at least on papers when India, the defending champions take on Bhutan the lowest ranked team of the tournament in a group A league match up of the 2011 SAFF Championship on Monday. 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