Indian Football team arrives in Dubai for training

Indian Football team arrives in Dubai for training

 03 November 2010 (report in Mathrubhumi)

As part of their preparation programme, the Indian Football team arrived in Dubai. They will be playing 3 international friendly matches. On 11th they will play Asian Champions Iraq. On 14th they will play Kuwait and on 18th they will play UAE. The matches of 14th and 18th will be held in Abu Dhabi. In addition there will be practise matches with UAE local clubs on 24th, 27, 29.

The visit is part of an intensive training programme under the leadership of coach Bob Houghton. In January 2011 the Indian national footbal team will participate in the championship to be held in Doha, Qatar. A similar training tour was successfully conducted to Portugal recently in which the team played 5 friendly matches with leading teams.

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