Cannot describe how proud I am: Sunil Chhetri lauds valiant teammates after goal-less draw against Qatar

Sunil Chhetri, who sat the recreation out due to fever, praised his teammates after a gritty show against the Asian Champions Qatar in Doha.
India captain Sunil Chhetri missed out on their indispensable match in opposition to Qatar in their World Cup qualifier however couldn’t be stopped from supporting his boys despite being down with fever.
India put on a exhibit of braveness and willpower after a poor show against Oman, where their lack of fitness ranges price them the sport in the end. But, on Tuesday, Igor Stimac’s guys dug in and someway manage to preserve the ball away from their net after a barrage of photographs from the Asian Champions in Doha.
And, Chhetri took to Twitter to categorical how blissful he was.
“Dear India, THAT is my group and THOSE are my boys! Cannot describe how proud I am at this moment. Not a huge end result for the table, but in terms of a fight, as large as it can get. Huge credit score to the coaching group of workers and the dressing room,” Chhetri tweeted.
Gurpreet also took to Twitter to share his happiness after the result towards Qatar.
“Definitely a night to remember, the effort, the will and the guts shown by all people in the group was once sincerely inspiring. This result will assist us to keep grow as a team and as a Nation. Thank You to all the @indianfootball fans who got here to guide us, you were our pillar of strength,” Gurpreet tweeted.
Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, who additionally wore the captain’s armband, was the superstar of the traveling facet as he single-handedly stopped the Qataris from scoring any intention in the Group E fit which will be remembered for long via the Indians.
It was, no doubt, one of the high-quality results by means of India in latest times.
Qatar, ranked 62nd in the world, had more than two dozen photographs on Indian goal out of which at least a dozen have been on target. India, 103 in the trendy FIFA rankings, on the different hand, had simply two photographs on the opposition aim in the entire match.
To the credit of the Indians, they defended brilliantly, maintained their structure all through and did now not supply house to the speedy Qatari attackers.
In the first half, India expectedly sat deep and defended their citadel. The home facet had at least half of a dozen on-target photographs and seven corners in the first 1/2 while India did not have any.
Sandhu was a busy man as he was known as into action various times, however he remained unbeaten.
Qatar captain Hassan Al-Haydos had two photographs early into the healthy but Sandhu was once up to the task, together with the brilliant finger-tip shop in the twentieth minute.
A mispass from Mandar Rao Desai in the 14th minute just outdoor the penalty field fell for Abdul Aziz Hatem, but his curling strike flew just above the crossbar.
A free header off Boualem Khoukhi in the 26th minute was also off the target as India escaped unscathed in the first half.
The 2nd 1/2 saw India opening up a bit and they had been seeing greater of the opposition aim than the first half but still may want to no longer get a clear goal-bound shot.
India now have one factor from two suits while Qatar have 4 factors as they had beaten Afghanistan 6-0 in their first match.