New Delhi: The India Under-19 national football team will play Tajikistan in the 11-12th position play-off of the Granatkin Memorial Tournament at the Turbostroitel Stadium, in St Petersburg, Russia, on Thursday.
Tajikistan lost to Armenia 0-3 in the other playoff match on Tuesday to set a date with India, which lost to the Kyrgyz Republic in the penalty shootout after going down to 10 men in the second minute of the match.
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Coach Floyd Pinto felt his team missed a number of chances despite dominating the game against the Kyrgyz Republic. But the team displayed discipline and improved gradually from the first game against hosts Russia, Pinto said.
"Obviously, we are not happy with the result (against the Kyrgyz Republic). We played almost the entire game with one man down. Still, we created more chances and had we been able to convert those, we could have finished the game within 90 minutes," Pinto said on the eve of the Tajikistan match.
"We were excited before the game and the boys stuck to the game plan. We dominated the possession and we have been doing that for the last three matches," he remarked.