Only a day after assembling for their preparatory camp in Kolkata for the forthcoming International Friendlies against Nepal in Kathmandu, the Indian Men’s Senior National Team held a morning fitness session at their team hotel and then in the afternoon played the exhibition match against an IFA XI.
India head coach Igor Stimac gave all players playing time as the squad went into this exhibition game without even a training session together, but it wasn’t about the game but rather about the cause of the day.
Now the focus of head coach Igor Stimac and the India probables squad will be to prepare for the Nepal friendlies, while numerous players are missing as they play for their club sides, ATK Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC, in the 2021 AFC Cup – South Zone in the Maldives before they join the camp.