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We are the favourites in the group. There is no hiding from that. I see India in the final stages of the Asian Cup. I have no doubts about that. We have a few debts to pay to our supporters in Kolkata. We know we were not at our best against Bangladesh India drew 1-1 in that game in 2019 . Hopefully, after the last match we will celebrate together. The Indian team during a training session in Bellary AIFF In answers to two other questions stanley cup during Tuesdays virtual media interaction, India head coach Igor Stimac said different versions of the same thing: that India will be among Asias top 24 teams when the continental competition begins in China next June. India play Cambodia, Afghanistan and Hong Kong here next month in Group D in the third round of the qualifiers. Winning the group will assure a berth in the finals and India could even make it as one of the five best second teams. Playing teams ranked lower鈥?Hong Kong are 147; Afghanistan 150 and Cambodia 171 to Indias 106鈥攊n the Fifa rankings needs more work in the final third where space will be less . So, Stimac said, Indias training in the first phase of the camp in Bellary from April 24 focused on finishing . For the second phase of the camp in Ko stanley cup lkata from Monday, the accent would be on plenty of set-piece situations and pressure in the opponents half. India w stanley cup ill play four games in the build-up to the qualifiers which begin on June 8. The first is on Wednesday against ATK Mohun Bagan. There will be two Lccw How Venus Williams was made to feel old by a teenager
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