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i couldn't find a thread to post this so i am putting it here. its given on indianfootball.com that Viva kerala defeated Iran XI  Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup 2007. It might not be the regular Iran team but still it should be a great accomplishment for a small club like Viva Kerala. Atleast somewhere w...

indian football seems to have made a bright start with 2007. it was great to hear an European PIO going to ply his trade in India. But i guess it would have better if he played club football for sweden and play for our national team not sure if he is going to develop to the potential he said to have...

great to hear this. wish the lad performs and gets into the main squad. Atleast the Birmingham should take him considering the potential fans they will get from India as the EPL so popular here. from the above articles posted it says he has to play 7 games for the national team. so will be included ...

is there any chance of FIFA pulling out  Iran, i guess FIFA is still pondering over Iran's participation.

india needs to hang on till half time. its always in the second half they start performing.

seems like what commentery i read from soccernetindia.com iran seems to be all over india.

we have been the whipping boys for most of the top asian sides for long time its time for change and hope things start rolling in the right direction with an upset win over iran. though its going to be a very tough encounter for india i will try to remain optimistic about our chances i predict a 2-1...

here is an article from TOI bangalore edition which says India managed a draw!!!!!!!! India hold Yemen New Delhi: A goal eight minutes from close from Yemen’s substitute striker Ali Al Nono denied India victory in their final match of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers at Sana’s on Wednesday. India f...

we will have to wait and see if this  PIO Izumi Arata is able to perform and get used to his new surroundings. i am very skeptical about his chances of being a hit here as he might just turn out to be like other PIO's who trained for sometime and later were either taken out or they themselves left t...

I am very excited about India's chances in this championship. This is a wonderful opportunity for our junior squad to prove themselves among the best of asia. We might never get a similar chance like this one. I hope there is local support cheering for India. IMO India should beat Kyrgyzthan by a 2 ...

here's an article in TOI about Iran's brazilian coach to help indian football. Veteran Brazilian coach willing to help India By Biju Babu Cyriac/TNN Bangalore: Coach of the Iranian U-20 team, Brazilian Clovis De Oliveira, has expressed his willingness to help Indian soccer. “You see I am a professio...

its encouraging to see that we don't much set back due to injuries. it would have been good if we could have drafted some PIO's into the squad.

here are the results of Korea, Kyrgyzstan and Jordan during the qualifying round held in 2005.

Qatar 1-4 Jordan
Jordan 0-2 Bahrain

Nepal 0-1 Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan 2-0 Nepal

Korea Republic 13-0 Mongolia
Hong Kong 0-2 Korea Republic

murlikt my views are similar to that yours to see India into the semis. India must take full advantage of playing at home. Korea will be difficult to beat as the defending champs as well, but i think we can very much fancy our chances against Kyrgyzstan and Jordan. Our main challege will be the qua...

i had been to the game. japan dominated the first half they kept attending through the wings all the time. india could have scored a goal before half time through a corner which the indian player managed to head to the keeper.that was india's best chance of the match. india played well during the se...