India vs Malaysia International Friendly at Kolkata - Preview

India Vs Malaysia
International Friendly
Yuva Bharati Kriangan, Kolkata
16th November, 2011
Live from 6:30 PM IST

                                    

India will look back to bounce back after a late goal by the versatile Rahim Nabi saved the day for the 'Blue Tigers' and for the coach, Savio Medeira. It will be a more familiar territory for the Men in Blue at the artificial turf at the Salt Lake Stadium. On the other hand, Malaysia will find it hard to play in the artificial turf as, for most of the players it will their first time experience in playing in the synthetic turf. 

The first match against Guwahati was a glimpse of what the Malaysians can do. India had to dig deep in the match to secure a draw. Some missed chances and some sloppy defending were the order of the day. India mainly fainted out in the midfield where Climax Lawrence and Jewel Raja failed to control the midfield. Unlike last game Malaysia might get the service of star forward Safiq Rahim from the start. India will be banking on Sunil Chhetri and Jeje again to deliver the goods in the front while Karanjit Singh will have to make sure that India don't concede against Malaysia.

Again, it will be a good opportunity for both the teams to climb up some places in the FIFA World Raking Ladder.

THE SQUAD:

India

Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Karanjit Singh, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury

Defenders: Jaspal Parmar, Sameer Naik, Mahesh Gawli, Debabrata Roy, Anwar Ali, Syed Rahim Nabi, Gouramangi Moirangthem

Midfielders: Baldeep Singh, Rocus Lamare, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Francis Fernandes, Climax Lawrence, Anthony Periera, Clifford Reyes Miranda, Jewel Shaik Raja, Steven Benedict Dias, Lalrindika Ralte

Forwards: Baljit Singh Sahni, Jeje Lalpeklua, Sushil Singh, Joaquim Abranches, Sunil Chhetri

Malaysia

Goalkeepers: G.Jeevanathan, Mohd Sharbinee Allawee, Mohd Farizal Marlias

Defenders: Mohd Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak, Mohd Nasriq Baharom, Mohd Faizal Muhammad, Mazlizam Mohamad, Muhammad Abdul Aziz Ismail, Mohd Azmi Muslim, Mohd Rizal Fahmi Abdul Rosid

Midfielders: Mohd Safiq Rahim, Amar Rohidan, S Chanthuru, Samsudin S Kunanlan, Mohd Bunyamin Umar, Joseph Kalang Tie, Shahurain Abu Samah, Mohd Ashari Samsudin, Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar

Forwards: Shahrizal Mohd Saad, Mohd Safee Mohd Sali, Abdul Hadi Yahaya, Mohd Khyril Muhymeen

The match will be telecasted live in DD Sports(as per information). The match will kick off at 6:30 PM IST live from Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata.

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