FIFA 2022: Blue Tigers hit artificial turf ahead of Afghan clash

In a bid to acclimatise conditions at two back to back qualifiers in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Indian football team didn’t waste much time to hit “artificial turf" at national capital on Saturday evening.

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'We need to get acclimatised soon'

“re is a long travel in front of us, a different climate and a match on an artificial pitch. We needed to train on an artificial turf to get acclimatised soon," he said. “It’s most important that we are toger w and are concentrating on upcoming games. We need to work on players’ movements and passing. se days of training will be extremely crucial in order to stay on top of our preparation against Afghanistan,” head coach Igor Stimac said on  sidelines of training session.

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"It is an away game, so we have to be more cautious and utilise opportunities that we get. We are monitoring all players and we’ll fix our strategy accordingly,” he added. team underwent a "ball passing" session, followed by a short stretching session under strength and conditioning coach Luka Radman at artificial turf of Sports Academy. medical team was seen monitoring and taking tes of all players who were present. squad is scheduled to depart from India on Monday for game against Afghanistan on vember 14, and with Oman in Muscat on vember 19.

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