Nov 18, 2013

Nepal Vs India Friendly Football Match: Match Preview and Head to Head

Nepalese football team will play against Indian side while people of Nepal will be casting vote for their favorite political parties here in Nepal.In the SAFF Championship Nepal had won against india in regular 90 minutes in home ground  by 2-1 and now will face India in Indian  home ground just 40 kilometers far from the Nepal Boarder Kakarbhitta.

Sagar thapa told  his team were looking forward to trump India again, for the second time in as many matches against the hosts.

“We want to play better than what we played at the South Asian Football Federation’s (SAFF) Chmapionship. We grinded out a 2-1 win and we want to do it better when we meet again on November 19th.” 



Though All Nepalese player had gathered for the training just a day before the Match Nepalese coach Jack stefenoski had trained seven members of the Squad in Kathmandu for more than a week. Seven Player who travelled from Kathmandu to Silguri are Ritesh Thapa, Tanka Basnet, Jitendra Karki, Rabin Shrestha, Bhola Silwal, Raju Tamang and Jumanu Rai. Other team mates will Join the Team from Sikkim who were there to play Sikkim Governer's Gold cup for their Club. Three player from the SAFF Championship have been changed as Bhola Silwal is in Army training while Bimal is in Kathmandu and Rohit Chand is in Netherland.Deepak Rai, Shiva Shrestha and Jitendra karki are new replacement of the Team.

In Other hand India is on fire after playing 1-1 draw against Philippines just three days before at the same Ground here India’s inspiring Captain Sunil Chhetri find the Equalizer for their Team. India will be looking to take the revenge of the Defeat they had in Nepal Two Months ago. The India will take this match seriously and is Training since long . India will be playing with the same squad as they played against Philippines.

Nepal Squad:
GK:Ritesh Thapa, Kiran Chemzong, Bishal Shrestha
DEF:Sagar Thapa (c) , Sandip rai, Jitendra Karki, Rabin Shrestha, Sabindra Shrestha, Biraj Maharjan
Mid Fielder: Tanka Basnet, Bhola Silwal, Raju Tamang , Jagjeet Shrestha, Bikram lama, Prakash Budathoki, Shiv Shrestha
Forward: Anil Gurung, Jumunu rai, Santosh Shahukhala, Deepak rai

Indian Squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC), Subhashish Roychowdhury (Dempo SC), Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers).
 DEFENDERS: Denzil Franco (Churchill Brothers), Nicolau Colaco (Salgaocar SC), Arnab Mondal (East Bengal), Aibhorlang Khongjee (Mohun Bagan), Raju Gaikwad (East Bengal), Gurjinder Kumar (Pune FC), Narayan Das (Dempo SC).
 MIDFIELDERS: Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal), Lenny Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers), Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal), Arata Izumi (Pune FC), Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC), CK Vineeth (United SC, Victorino (Sporting Clube de Goa).
Head to Head
Nepal and India has a record of 14 matches where the host Nation has majority of wins(10), meanwhile Nepal won three time and one match has been ended draw but when it comes to last three head to head, the teams remains analogous with both wining 1 and a draw in Nehru cup.

Total : 14, India win : 10, Nepal Win : 3, Draw: 1

1985: SAF 0-2 LOST

1987: SAF 0-1 LOST

1989: SAF 1-2 LOST

1993: SAF 2-2 DRAWN (4-3 TB) WON

1993: SAARC Gold Cup 0-1 LOST

1995: SAF 0-3 LOST

1998: Asian Games 0-1 LOST

1999: SAF 0-4 LOST

2005: SAFF Championships 1-2 LOST

2006: AFC Challenge Cup 3-0 WON

2008: SAFF Championships 0-4 LOST

2009: SAFF Championships 0-1 LOST

2012: Nehru Cup 0-0 DRAWN

2013: SAFF Championship 2-1 won


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