AFC Challenge Cup 2010: Preview | India v/s Turkmenistan

India plays Turkmenistan in their second Group B match of the AFC Challenge Cup 2010
at Sughatadasa Stadium ,Colombo on Friday.India lost their opening match 1-2 to Kyrgyzstan after a spirited display in the second half .The match will Kick Off at 7 PM (IST).

According to India Coach Sukhvinder Singh, India along with DPR Korea ,Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan are place in a very tough Group B.All the teams are physically and technically strong.
Due to different style of the opponents and Boys Could not cope UP in the first half against
Kyrgyzstan.But Boys came back strongly in the second half ,reduced the margin, created 2-3 open chances and the way they played second half ,they did not deserve to lose.
Turkmenistan is also a very good team and play a fast paced and long passing game.they
did wellto restrict DPR Korea to a 1-1 draw.It is also a strong team and we have to maintain performance displayed in the second half against Kyrgyzstan to get the result in our favour.

There may be few changes in the match against Turkmenistan due to injuries to Left Back
Robert and Joaquim Abranches who had stitches on his forehead. Final team will be decided
Friday morning after monitoring players fitness.

Source: AIFF

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Friday 19 February 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.