AFC Asian Cup: Team India will soon start preparing for Asia Cup, coach confirmed

Team India will soon start preparing for Asia Cup 2025. Team India's head coach has given a big statement regarding this. Team India had performed very poorly in the last season.

AFC Asian Cup: Team India will soon start preparing for Asia Cup, coach confirmed

The Indian football team will begin its preparations for the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers from March 14. This national camp will be held two days after the last league match of the Indian Super League (ISL). Indian football team head coach Manolo Marquez had proposed a longer camp to AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey, which came to light a day before the draw. Marquez, who did not achieve any major success in four matches after taking over from Igor Stimac, held several meetings with senior AIFF officials and the technical team. After consultation with our marketing partners, it was decided that the national camp can start from March 14, two days after the last league match of the ISL, the AIFF said in the statement.

What did the head coach say:

56-year-old Spanish coach Marquez expressed confidence in his preparations and said that there were meetings with me and the AIFF President, senior officials and technical team for two days. I am confident that with our preparation, the Indian team will perform well in the Asian Cup qualifiers. Apart from this, it has also been told in the statement issued by AIFF that the draw for the Asian Cup qualifiers will be held on Monday at 12.30 pm Indian time.

This time is very important for Marquez, because he has not yet achieved any major success with the Indian team and all eyes will be on the team's performance during the preparation for the qualifiers. Meanwhile, AIFF's strategy will be important in preparing the team for this challenging tournament, which can prove to be very important for the future of Indian football.

Team India's performance in Asia Cup 2023 was very poor. The Indian team was part of Group B that season. Apart from Team India, Group B also had teams from Australia, Uzbekistan and Syria. Team India had to face defeat against these three teams. Australia defeated India 0-2, Uzbekistan 0-3 and Syria 0-1. Team India finished fourth in the group stage.