China 5-1 India, Asian Games 2023: Fatigued Blue Tigers Suffer Crushing Defeat to Hosts in Continental Competition Opener
Despite the loss, India are still in contention to qualify from the group but would need some big wins to wipe out the negative goal difference.
Indian Football team suffers heavy defeat to China in the Asian Games 2023 opener at Hangzhou by a margin of 5-1. India didn't get a training session ahead of the match and the players were underprepared as admitted by coach igor Stimac ahead of the match. It showed during the game as India struggled to keep tempo with an Intense China side. Although goalkeeper Gurmeet Singh and Rahul KP shoed heroic displays with the former's penalty save and the latter's astounding goal kept India at level terms in half-time. But the intensity kept dropping in the second half. forcing mistakes with China capitalizing. India are still in contention to qualify from the group but would need some big wins to wipe out the negative goal difference.
China vs India Asian Games 2023 Result
FULL-TIME ⌛
Not the best second half, but we will come back stronger in the next game.
🇨🇳 5-1 🇮🇳
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— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) September 19, 2023
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