Ardiya (Kuwait), Sept. 20 -- The Indian men's futsal team will begin only their second-ever AFC Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign against hosts Kuwait in Group A at the Qushaian Al-Mutairi Hall in Ardiya on Saturday, at 22:30 IST.
The 14-member Futsal Tigers squad arrived in Kuwait on September 16 after playing two friendly matches in Lebanon against the hosts.
While India lost both games (2-7 and 4-7), head coach Reza Kordi, who hails from Iran, believed that it was more about gaining international match experience than the results.
He and his boys are heading into the all-important Qualifiers with high spirits after a positive performance in the second friendly, where they held a side ranked 81 places above them at 3-3at the end of ...