India face strong Uzbekistan In crucial tie

The India under-19 team will have revenge on mind when it takes on Uzbekistan in its third Group A encounter of the AFC Championship (Qualifiers) here tomorrow.
The Indian Under-16 team -- comprising the same batch playing the AFC U-19 Qualifiers at present -- went down 2-3 to eventual champions Uzbekistan in the AFC U-16 Championships in Tehran last year.
Fresh from their one-goal triumph over Nepal last Sunday, the Boys in Blue will be looking to pull off a heist against a side their head coach Colm Joseph Toal is all praise about.
"The fact that Uzbekistan have three different Teams between the age group of 1995-1998 reflects the depth of their pool of Youth Players," Toal told www.The-aiff.Com.

"They have a Team who will play the U-17 World Cup in UAE this month; they have a U-16 Team and a U-19 Team here in Doha. Also they have an U-20 outfit who took part in the FIFA U-20 World Cup recently and did remarkably well," he added.
Uzbekistan have four teams between 1993 and 1998 borns. While their Under-17 team (1996 borns) is all set to take part in the FIFA U-17 World Cup starting October 17 in the United Arab Emirates, their U-20 Team reached the quarterfinal of the recently-concluded FIFA U-20 World Cup where it went down to eventual champions France 0-4 in the last-eight stage.

The 2012 AFC U-16 Champions also have their U-16 team which will be playing in the finals of the AFC meet next year in Thailand.
"The win against Nepal was vital and the Boys were excellent in that game. Even if the match had ended goalless, I would have been proud of the way we played. But of course it would have dashed our hopes of qualification," he said.