match between India and Qatar resulted in a goalless draw, however, Indian team’s coach is more than happy with solitary point that Indian football team snatched. Igor Stimac said, "As a coach, I don't have time to waste in thinking too much as it was only a few days ago when we lost to Oman. Still today as a coach, of course, I am more than happy to get a point against reigning champions of Asia,"

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Igor Stimac happy with team's performance

coach and former Croatia player Igor Stimac, w wants team to focus and garner more points for future matches. India qualified for FIFA World Cup round two in a goalless match against Qatar. Talking about team’s performance, Stimac said, "We need to improve in certain areas, on or hand, all congratulations t just to my players but also for Qatar. re was excitement in front of both goals, of course." He also said that match was a great experience and asked team to stay calm as this was just one point.

Despite absence of ir regular captain and talisman Sunil Chhetri, who was down with a fever, team mand to defend successfully against Qatar who won Asian Cup in January. Taking into consideration Qatar’s effort Indian coach Igor Stimac said, "Qatar deserved more from this game. y created more chances today but we also had many chances." 

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Stimac takes a dig at critics

Igor Stimac also took a dig at those who were criticising team’s fitness levels. "You see, I cant reply to each comment after a game because t many people are well educated about football. We are a fit team and we proved it today.  People had criticised team’s fitness after it lost to Oman with a 1-2 score. During game, Oman's goals came in final eight minutes of game." He said that fitness was never a problem for team. "We played against Qatar and we made for ourselves even in last minutes. We made sprints even in 95th minute, showing a lot of concentration. So we showed good fitness," Stimac said.

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Indian football coach urges people to support team 

India will play Bangladesh in ir next World Cup qualifying match in Kolkata on October 15 and coach expects a full house at mecca of Indian football. Urging people to support team, coach said that "Our country has a population of over 1.3 billion people compared to that this was a very small crowd."I want to see 80,000 people in Kolkata against Bangladesh. We deserve that and y need to come and support us."  team thanked people for ir support after match.

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(With inputs from PTI)