'Let Ourselves Down...Can't Wait To Correct It': Sunil Chhetri Hungry For 2027 Asian Cup Qualification

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 16:23 IST

India aims to suffice for 3 consecutive Asian Cups for the archetypal time. Chhetri calls it a 'bare minimum' and emphasizes taking it crippled by game.

Sunil Chhetri successful grooming (AIFF Media)

Between 1960 and 2007, India qualified for lone 2 Asian Cups. Now, arsenic the Blue Tigers purpose to marque past by qualifying for 3 consecutive Asian Cups for the archetypal time, Chhetri describes it arsenic a ‘bare minimum’ request for the nation.

However, the talisman striker admits that the year-long qualification travel requires the squad to instrumentality things ‘game by game’.

“We should suffice for each Asian Cup; it’s mandatory. But I don’t privation to unit the boys and the team. Let’s instrumentality 1 crippled astatine a time. Hong Kong is going to beryllium precise crucial, but for India, qualifying for the Asian Cup is the bare minimum. It allows america to trial ourselves against the champion successful Asia and shows that we are improving," said Chhetri.

India was held goalless by Bangladesh connected Matchday 1 of the Qualifiers successful March and volition look Hong Kong adjacent successful Kowloon City successful June.

Before that, Manolo Márquez’s squad volition play Thailand successful a preparatory affable connected June 4 successful Pathum Thani.

“The archetypal feeling aft the Bangladesh crippled was that we fto ourselves and the state down," said Chhetri.

“After watching the replays, I thought we, arsenic a team, could person done truthful overmuch more. It was a immense accidental to instrumentality the pb successful the table, playing Bangladesh astatine home. We should person done galore things better. Ending up with conscionable a point, I deliberation we person nary 1 but ourselves to blame. We didn’t execute arsenic we should have, and that’s wherefore we drew the game. We’ve discussed it, watched the videos, and we can’t hold to close it."

Despite India not having the champion commencement to the existent campaign, Chhetri knows determination is ample clip to get backmost connected track.

“All the boys look good, everyone is crisp and confident. We had immoderate video sessions with galore lessons to learn. Everything looks positive," said Chhetri.

On May 28, the Blue Tigers volition question to Thailand for further grooming sessions earlier facing the hosts astatine the Thammasat Stadium connected June 4.

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