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Indian football team coach Igor Stimac said that he had a lot of difficulties in the journey. He told that 7 out of 25 players remained in Mumbai and are still waiting for their visa approval. S. …Read more
Coach Igor Stimak said that all the players had applied for the visa about 2 months ago. (AFP)
Manama 7 members of the Indian Football Team could not travel with the team from Mumbai to play in the international friendship match against Bahrain due to visa issues. There is a possibility that they will not be available for the match. Head coach with 18 players out of India's 25 -member team Igor Stimak (Igor Stimac) and associate staff reached Manama on Monday. The national team has to play international friendship matches against host Bahrain on Wednesday and against Belarus on Saturday.
Goalkeeper Amarinder Singh, Defense-Planning players Chinglensana Singh and Akash Mishra and midfielders Anirudh Thapa, Brandon Fernandes, Aniket Yadav and Bipin Singh could not climb the aircraft with their fellow players on Monday as their visa approval could not come on time. Coach Igor Stimak In the virtual press conference, he said, 'We had to face difficulties in our journey. 7 players (out of 25) are left in Mumbai. We are waiting for his visa approval right now, for which we applied 2 months ago.
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He further said, 'Hopefully he will get permission (visa approval) and they will all fly from (Mumbai). Currently, he cannot say anything about his presence in Wednesday's match. Meanwhile, a source of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said that the visa of 7 players came on Tuesday and they will leave for Manama on Wednesday. He said, “The visa of all the players has arrived and they will fly on Wednesday.”
When asked about the team's plan from Steamic, he said, 'I don't know what I will do in such a situation. I have to see how many players are available in Manama here. Even if these 7 players are not available, I will field the best XI among the available players.
India has never defeated Bahrain in its football history. The team's best performance has been a goalless draw match in 1982. However, the Indian team gave a tough fight to Bahrain in 2019. At that time the team was close to making it to the knockout stage of the Asian Cup but Bahrain won by scoring a goal in stoppage time.
