Indian Football Team played a historic game last night in Doha against the Asian Champions Qatar and managed to hold them to a draw 0-0 at the World Cup qualifiers. The men in blue became the only Asian team to not lose against Qatar in 2019.
No matter the result was a draw, but yesterday’s match will be cherished by the football enthusiasts for a long time because of the way team India fought till the last 60 seconds and it helped India to secure their first point in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers.
Here The Viking Clap @BluePilgrims 😍😍😍🔥🔥💪💪💃💃 #QATIND #BlueTigers pic.twitter.com/cyYVenhCHh
— SouthSoccers (@south_soccers) September 10, 2019
The star footballer of Indian football team our captain Sunil Chettri’s wasn’t part of the last match even that didn’t stop the team from roaring. Indian ace goal keeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was given the armband of the captain. Gurpreet single-handedly changed the game with his magnificent skills and didn’t allow the Qataratis to score a single goal.
After the match captain Sandhu said, I am extremely proud of our team the way we fought till the last-minute they pulled off a brilliant performance against Qatar. The team effort helped us achieve the result, it’s going to help us a lot in the qualifiers.
Gurpreet also thanked the fans for coming in huge numbers to support the men in blue, he said, We had incredible support away from home and that helped us throughout the game.
🗣”We had incredible support away from home and that helped us throughout the game”🙇🏽♂️💯
Here’s what @GurpreetGK had to say after tonight’s historic performance🙌🏽👏🏽
💙#BackTheBlue💙#QATIND ⚔ #WCQ 🌏🏆 #BlueTigers 🐯 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/Nhpynb4rPl
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) September 10, 2019
Sandu further said, I believe everyone played their heart out and gave everything on the field that’s why it was possible to return to the dressing room with a smile on our faces.
FULL-TIME! IT'S OVER! INDIA HAVE HELD THE @afcasiancup CHAMPIONS! 🙌🙌@QFA threw the proverbial kitchen-sink at the #BlueTigers 🐯, but it was @stimac_igor and boys have held on to the draw! 👏👏
🇶🇦 0-0 🇮🇳#QATIND ⚔ #WCQ 🌏🏆 #BackTheBlue 💙 #BlueTigers 🐯 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/03lnm57Zo4
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) September 10, 2019
Desi Twitter is lauding the gritty Indian football team for owning the pitch last night and are hailing Indian goalkeeper for saving some tremendous goals. Read the best tweets:
#1
@GurpreetGK : Today's match Arabic commentary was exceptional for you buddy 👍. You were just awesome today as usual 🤘, we can get 3 points easily if @chetrisunil11 played ! Anyhow still we have chance to entry in history #WCQ2022 #BlueTigers #IndianFootball #QATIND
— Abu Mohd (@eryatpmr) September 10, 2019
#2
https://twitter.com/hinduforever123/status/1171507278026956800
#3
— Dhaval (@SaltedOutsider) September 10, 2019
#4
0-0.. Gurpreet the real Hero. The Champ of the Champion Team.
— Nikhil Bhartia (@nikhil___tweets) September 10, 2019
#5
Ab aao India Mein khelne Asain Champions.. See the passion of our people for our team.. 8% made their voices heard out there, yaha toh 100% hum hi honge..
— Football Maniac (@blue_pilgrim_) September 10, 2019
#6
@ManUtd sign this boy up! #gurpreetsaves
— Dhiraj (@dhirajmuttreja) September 10, 2019
#7
You did yourself proud. Well done Saviour, this night is yours
— Neev✨ (@therealist90s) September 10, 2019
#8
India is proud of you Gurpreet ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
— Sleepy Somdatta (@Culer1018) September 10, 2019
#9
Give him another Arjuna award,
The great wall of 🇮🇳— Nitesh Pandey (@NiteshP28953941) September 10, 2019
#10
Your presence is a nightmare for other teams.!!
We could not ask for more.
That ' nothing to lose ' factor should be there in you in all matches big or small.— B K Sharma (@BKSharm06604018) September 10, 2019
The blue tigers did thunder claps with their fans present in the stadium after holding the Asian champions. Go boys, we just need 3 more points!
