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Jamil Takes Blame After India’s 1-6 Defeat to Uruguay
India lost 6-1 to Uruguay in a football match.
India’s coach, Khalid Jamil, said he blamed himself and would not make excuses.
Uruguay scored first from a penalty, but Anirudh Thapa soon scored for India.
Rain and lightning stopped the game for 34 minutes.
After play restarted, Uruguay scored five more goals.
The loss came three days after India had lost 4-0 to Brazil.
Jamil said the team needed to improve its concentration.
Uruguay coach Diego Forlan said his team changed how it played after India took advantage early on.
India coach Khalid Jamil accepted full responsibility for the 1-6 loss to Uruguay and said he would make no excuses.
Anirudh Thapa equalised Darwin Nunez’s 11th-minute penalty in the first half.
A 34-minute interruption for lightning and rain came before Uruguay scored five more goals.
The defeat followed India’s 0-4 loss to Brazil, leaving them with 10 goals conceded across the two matches.
Uruguay coach Diego Forlan said his side adjusted after India initially took advantage of slow passing and transitions.
- Who
- India, coached by Khalid Jamil, and Uruguay, coached by Diego Forlan.
- What
- Uruguay defeated India 6-1 in an international football match.
- Where
- Kolkata, India.
- When
- October 6, according to the report’s dateline.
- Why
- The report gives no specific cause for the result; Jamil said India made mistakes and needed better concentration.
Key facts
- Final score
- Uruguay 6, India 1
- India’s scorer
- Anirudh Thapa, in the 22nd minute
- Uruguay’s first goal
- Darwin Nunez scored an 11th-minute penalty
- Weather interruption
- Play was stopped for 34 minutes because of lightning and rain
- India’s previous result
- India lost 0-4 to Brazil three days earlier
- Goals conceded
- India conceded 10 goals against Brazil and Uruguay across the two matches
- Next club schedule
- The Indian Super League was set to begin on October 10
Quotes
Khalid Jamil
India head coach
“We knew that they could press. They have really good players. At the beginning, our transition and passing were a little bit slow, so India took advantage of that. Then we tried to fix it. In the end, we controlled their pressing really well, as we did against South Korea.”
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“I fully blame myself. We should not give any excuse. I am not blaming anyone, but I made many mistakes. We have to rectify those mistakes.”
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Sources
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