This was india appearance at the asian cup after a gap of 27 years and their first match was against australia. The final score was 4 - 0 in favor of australia. Australia dominated the match totally and had possession of around 70 % to india 30 %.
I saw this game live on TV and i did not feel that india played badly. We were playing a world cup team and we did match them to some extent.
Some of the indian players played well like chettri, Steven Dias, subrata pal and abhishek yadav.
Subrata pal had the game of his life and pulled of some amazing saves, without him the score would have been more. Abhishek and Rennedy singh came on the second half and they did make a lot of difference in the game.
India were more attacking in the second half and Rennedy singh and Chettri missed good opportunities to score.
In my opinion on a good day we would have scored two goals. I felt that the players were sometimes scared to dribble and move up the field.
I think the next opponents will be more difficult as in south korea but i am sure abhishek and chettri will give korea a lot of scares.
At the least the return of bhutia in the final game will be a bolster to the morale and help us to bring some respectibility.
