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Indian football team coach Igor Stimac has been banned for two matches and fined USD 500 for a red card offense during the SAFF Championship match against Kuwait. “Indian football coach Igor Stimac has been banned for two matches and fined US$500 for a red card offense during the Kuwait match,” All India Football Federation (AIFF) reported. It was his second red-card offense in the tournament. He had earlier committed a red-card offense in India’s opening campaign against Pakistan.
India will take on Lebanon in the semi-finals of the SAFF Championship.
In their last match, India and Kuwait played out a 1-1 draw in the final Group A encounter of the SAFF Championship 2023 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Lebanon beat Maldives 1-0 in their previous match.
According to the latest FIFA men’s rankings released on Thursday, India have moved up one place to be ranked 100th on the back of their Intercontinental Cup win.
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“India moves up in latest FIFA Men’s World Rankings, we continue to grow in #IndianFootball,” tweeted AIFF’s official Twitter handle on Thursday. “I am happy with the news, but we need to consolidate that position in our next few matches,” Stimac was quoted as saying in an AIFF release after the rankings were released.
Coming back to the match against Kuwait, a high-paced and high-tempo contest from start to finish, Sunil Chhetri’s clinical volley, his 92nd international goal, put India ahead at the stroke of half-time. However, an unfortunate own goal from Anwar Ali in second-half injury time put a sad and unfortunate end to India’s hopes of topping the group. Next few games,” commented Stimac.
Tempers continued to mount after Stimac was dismissed after fouling Sahal Abdul Samad in the Kuwait half, and the West Asians prevented an early restart, resulting in a scuffle, after which Hamad Al-Kallaf and Rahim Ali were shown red. of was shown.
However, it was a brutal end to India’s seven-match clean-sheet. Abdullah Al-Bloushi’s harmless-looking cross from the right was deflected into the Indian net as Anwar Ali tried to clear it. While the visuals on the pitch were unfortunate, the Kanteerava crowd made sure to keep the Blue Tigers’ heads held high, chanting their loudest slogans all night to show how proud they were of their team who fought till the end but were unlucky to lose. Couldn’t win it.
