With what’s new in India in 2019, Brandon Fernandez is eager to experience Qatar’s first-class facilities again

The same grass, the same game, the same fierce opponent. When India will face the Asian champions Qatar at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium on June 3 in the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup combined qualifying matches, everyone will have a familiar feeling.

It is at this stadium that India may have achieved one of the greatest recent achievements in international football when the players of Felix Sanchez Bas (Felix Sanchez Bas) drew 0-0 in September 2019. Won eight out of eight games in Asia. But it was Igor Stimac’s India that prevented their dominance. In these eight games, Qatar’s prolific offense scored a staggering 25 goals, which further promoted India’s zero possessions to a higher position.

In fact, in addition to South American heavyweights such as Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, Man in blue, He left with zero goals in the game against Qatar that year.

“We participated in the game with a positive attitude. We know that Qatar is a very good team and we cannot admit it in advance. We want to play until the second half of the game. Once we have the motivation, we will try to create opportunities.” It was a great game for us and we defended very well,” Brandon Fernandez recalled the goal.

Just “good defense” is an understatement, because it’s more like a defensive master class. In the absence of Sunil Chetri, goalkeeper Gupreet Singh Sandu was awarded the captain’s armband. The extra responsibility may motivate him to do better, because his sheer talent under the stick has repeatedly denied players like Almoez Ali and Hassan Al Haydos.He organized his defense from behind to ensure maroon It is difficult to find any space.

The players went all out, but more importantly, they did it as a team, which makes all the difference. Not only Chetri, the team also lacked Ashke Korunyan, and even Fernandez was also used as a substitute by coach Stimck. A few days ago he had a fierce match with Oman and he fell to the ground. But every player knows his job and supports each other. In the end, India rejoices.

This time the challenge will be more difficult. Not only is Qatar eager to prove its point of view, but Indian players will play for the first time in two months.

The mercury content in Qatar is also soaring, but fortunately, the most advanced cooling technology installed in the stadium can counteract this situation.

“Last time we were in Qatar, the stadium was very cool. There was no humidity. The conditions were very good. The conditions for playing football were very good. In fact, Qatar has first-class infrastructure and world-class football facilities. It will be in Al Sadd. It’s great to play at home. (I) look forward to a great experience playing there,” Fernandez said.

The enemies and conditions are well known.It remains to be seen Blue Tiger Their roar can be repeated, which once silenced the cheers of the 15,000 powerful crowd.