Football: Stimac announces second list of 15 probables for training camp ahead of FIFA WC Qualifiers
The first list consisted of 26 players all of whom will be reporting for the camp on May 10.
Indian national football team coach Stephen Constantine, presently in charge of the India U-23 side, prefers 'long-term goals' rather than looking for quick results from the forthcoming AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers which kicks-off in Doha on Wednesday.
India are scheduled to play Syria in their opening match of the tournament on Wednesday.
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“I've been a person who have always preferred to build a team for the future. I'm working with this bunch of guys so that a few may come up the ranks and land up with the senior national team in the coming days,” Constantine said in the pre-tournament press conference, here today.
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India U-23 side are coming into tournament on the back of a two-week long camp in New Delhi followed by two back-to-back international friendlies against Singapore.
A year back, Syria had made it to the finals of the last edition of the AFC U-23 AFC Championship, but their campaign didn't go as planned.
“This tournament is of immense importance for us and I believe, as it is for every team here. We'll give our best to qualify from this group,” Syrian coach Hussein Afash mentioned.
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