Chhetri Wastes with a Foul
50’ Chhetri fouls Jurien Gaari at the edge of the box and we waste the attack.
Curacao Beat India 3-1 at King’s Cup | Highlights
Curacao scored thrice (Leandro Bacuna, Rolieny Bonevacia and Elson Wuincy Hooi) while Indian football team got one back through Sunil Chhetri, all goals coming in the first half. Get highlights and analysis of the Curacao vs India King’s Cup football match in Buriram,Thailand, below.
Debutant Sahal Abdul Samad was one of the positives for the Indian football team from their King's Cup match against Curacao. Get highlights and analysis of the Curacao vs India King’s Cup football match in Buriram,Thailand, below.
Curacao beat Indian football team 3-1 in their King's Cup match in Buriram, Thailand, on May 5. All the goals in the matches came in the first half with Curacao opening the scoring after taking control of the midfield. Curacao scored thrice in the match -- opening with Rolieny Bonevacia, before Leandro Bacuna made it 2-0, Sunil Chhetri got one back via a penalty for India, who conceded again with Elson Wuincy Hooi striking it past Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. (Get highlights and analysis of the Curacao vs India King’s Cup football match in Buriram,Thailand, below)
Despite the result, India have a lot to look forward to for the future. Five debutants for starters, Sahal Abdul Samad the standout among them. The Kerala boy has a bright future for the team, based on his display. He has skill, the pace, and most of the will necessary to succeed as a midfielder. Stimac’s reign is off to a start, even it is with a loss. It can only get better from here though. Onwards and upwards.
The four-team tournament’s format is pretty straight-forward with the winner of the opening round of matches advancing to the final. With the loss, India will either play hosts Thailand or Vietnam for the third place.
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Rainier Fouls Hooi
51’ Hooi runs past Rainier, but is brought down by the midfielder at the edge of the box. Free kick in a dangerous spot. 30 yards away.
Bacuna Hits the Wall
52’ Bacuna smacks it into the wall.
Bheke Defends, Phew
53’ For once Bheke gets tight to his man, well done!!!
Ishfaq Ahmed's Analysis
On call Ishfaq Ahmed has some harsh words for the team. ‘It’s unfortunate we don’t have a replacement for Anas, a centre half in the entire country. It is unbelievable that we are playing Bheke in the centre, a position where he isn’t obviously very comfortable.’
Ishfaq has some nice words too by the way. ‘Sahal and Brandon have been hugely impressive. They need to obviously get physically tougher, because right now they dominate when they avoid body contact, but are bullied off the ball sometimes. There is no need to feel for the result right now, but rather enjoy the good football these young boys are playing. They are holding the ball, and the chance created for Udanta was brilliant. If that had gone in it would’ve been a great start for Stimac.’
Amarjit Tad Slow
56’ Sahal again twists, turns and finds Udanta at the edge of the box with a brilliant diagonal. Udanta muscles his way past his Curacao marker and plays to Amarjit. Not enough pace on the pass, and Amarjit was too slow to react. You can guess what happened. Good opportunity, but not enough commitment.
Amarjit Overwhelmed
Amarjit has been thrown off the ball at least 58 times in the last 5 mins
Raynier Looks Good
57’ Raynier Fernandes looking good in the middle of the park. It was him who won the ball to put it to Sahal for that earlier chance.
Sahal-Raynier Freshness
59’ Sahal and Raynier looking good in the middle, finally some freshness to India’s midfield.
Sahal Fouled
61’ Sahal fouled by Hooi. Upon the whistle Hooi makes the universal gesture for ‘I didn’t do nothing’! But you did Elson. You did. You brought the kid down.
Missing Dias
63’ After seeing Udanta flounder yet another cross, just reminds you how good a crosser Steven Dias was.
Gurpreet Palms It
64’ Gurpreet makes a good save, from a shot by Hooi. He turned, twisted, loaded and fired. Gurpreet’s big palms kept it away.
Soosairaj in for Brandon
67’ Michael Soosairaj comes on for Brandon Fernandes. Another debutant. No matter the result Stimac has truly started a new era for Indian football. Five new boys today.
Rain and Thunder
68’ It's pouring at the game now by the way. And the stand with Thunder Castle written on the seats makes much more sense.
Positives Appear for India
73’ For all their problems at the back, India have shown some positives going ahead, keeping the ball on the ground and quick passes moving forward.
Stopper Back Question Mark for India
India really needs to sort their stopper backs going forward, hopefully a solution should have been found by the end of the Intercontinental Cup after this tournament.
A Case for Boris
76’ In our live blog centre, Arjun Pandit goes on a rant about how Boris deserves a look in at left back. To be fair, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard this rant, but it makes more sense today with the strangely flaccid game Subashish has had in the position.
Curacao Take it Easy
77’ The only danger for Curacao now seems to be if they get too casual and end up making a silly mistake. It’s clear they have come out pretty relaxed with the lead and are not looking to do anything more than what is necessary.
Chhetri's Lonely Battle
Sunil Chhetri has been absent for most of this game, that lone striker position does not bring the best out of him, as well as a stopper back, we need to find a striker up front.
Another Sahal Set-Up
80’ Sahal with another great ball. Amarjit gets his legs, the ball and the defenders legs into a washing machine tumble. Chance gone.
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