Kathmandu: The captain of the Sunil Chhetri Indian football team expects difficult sightseeing in their two internationals to fight Nepal.
India is scheduled to play Nepal on September 2 and September 5 in two away matches.
“This is a very good opportunity for us to improve as a team.
Given the current situation, it is not easy to get a friendly match,” Chhetri said to the Indian football federation.
“The Federation of Nepal and the government invited us to play, and we thank them for the opportunity and movement.” Nepal is a very difficult side, especially when they play against us, and we are aware of the extreme challenges of the two matches this serves us.
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Besides Chhetri, Pritam Kotal and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, no players from the team today who have been to Nepal with the senior team.
Trio was there in 2015 when India qualified from Russia to Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Chhetri, this is his fourth visit to the Himalayas.
The head coach Igor Stimac said, “I only hope that not heavy rain.” By chance, the preparatory camp in Kolkata has also witnessed heavy rain, but not extreme enough to be a concern.