‘We deserved to win’: Igor Stimac reacts to India’s goalless draw against Lebanon – ArtidlLife

Bhubaneswar, June 16 Indian soccer crew head coach Igor Stimac rued missed alternatives as his facet performed out a goalless draw with Lebanon of their remaining group recreation of the Intercontinental Cup.

In an evenly-matched contest on Thursday, India created extra and higher probabilities than Lebanon, however couldn’t breach the impasse in the long run.

Lebanon was already confirmed to be India’s opponent in Sunday’s remaining earlier than the sport kicked off as Vanuatu beat Mongolia 1-0 earlier within the day.

Stimac said his facet deserved to win the sport and guaranteed that his crew would do their finest to emerge triumphant in Sunday’s remaining.

“I might say it was a very good recreation with a lot of motion. Each side gave their finest to create a very good recreation of soccer. We knew that we’re going to face a very good opposition and we knew that they have been going to check our talents defending which occurred a few occasions however we defended nicely,” Stimac said within the post-match press convention.

“They caught to the plan and created sufficient probabilities to win the sport, greater than sufficient. I’m sorry for them as a result of they didn’t rating with very clear alternatives. We had significantly better probabilities than Lebanon, that was clear. We deserved to win this recreation. It didn’t occur, however we’re going to make sure that we win it in three days.”

India are but to concede within the ongoing Intercontinental Cup version, having registered clear sheets in all of their group video games. This was the sixth straight clear sheet for the Blue Tigers, a run starting from their thumping 4-0 win over Hong Kong within the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in June 2022.

Stimac was happy along with his facet’s consistency in defence and inspired them to maintain constructing on it.

“Even for those who play lower-ranked groups, you will concede objectives. You’ll be able to see how far we’ve gone with this self-discipline in defending. We’re not permitting our opponents to create probabilities, by no means thoughts who they’re.

“Lebanon had one clear probability. Mongolia and Vanuatu didn’t even come near the aim. That’s what we’re constructing. That’s the base and it’s basic, preserving clear sheets,” Stimac defined.

India may have put the sport to mattress towards Lebanon with two huge probabilities coming their approach through the dying phases however substitutes Rahim Ali and Sunil Chhetri each missed the goal. Stimac spoke concerning the power in depth inside his squad and the way his crew is making progress.

“I’m attempting to assist them (gamers) rise of their recreation. Making an attempt to assist them with what to do and provides them a transparent thought of the place they should be when the ball is in other places and inform them about their place and accountability in every second of the sport on the pitch.

So far as I’m involved, India seems to be a really organised facet. Very disciplined, very compact and (a crew with a) clear thought of what must be executed and with many gamers to make use of. That’s our richness,” Stimac stated.

–IANS

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