The intent is clear: it’s largely through such set-piece movements that India will have to look for breakthroughs against powerful opposition. There are only two survivors from the 2011 squad which took on Australia — Chhetri and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. Reflecting on the difference between two campaigns, Chhetri said that a major change has been the amount of knowledge on the opposition available this time: “We didn’t have much knowledge of the Australia back in 2011. Not when compared to the minute details we have now. We’ve watched their friendlies against Palestine (defeated 1–0) and Bahrain (2–0), so we know about the challenges ahead.” As for Gurpreet,…
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