Key Highlights
- To do that India would have to defend like they never had and capitalise on the few chances they got.
- So, after India came from behind to lead 2-1 and tried running down the clock but kept conceding possession, Fernandes said he tried to stay calm.
- Help the team“I wanted to focus on how we can defend with Iran all over us,” said the India under-17 head when I asked what was going through his mind once his team was ahead.
- “So, I was thinking of substitutions.
- The instruction to staff was: let me know quickly if somebody was dropping (in intensity).” At an online media conference on Wednesday, Fernandes said: “I knew as time ran out, the opponents will start to panic.” There are enough examples of teams doing anything but against India.
