The Indian men's football team will play an international friendly against higher-ranked Zambia in Doha on May 25, the sport's apex body said on Friday. (More Football News)
The match is part of India's preparation for the forthcomin💫g AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Final Round scheduled to b😼e held in Kolkata from June 8.
The Indian senior team is ranked 106th in🉐 th𒁏e FIFA chart, 19 places below the 87th ranked African nation.
&ಌquot;All India Football Federation confirms a friendly match for the Blue Tigers against Zambia in Doha on May 25," the AIFF said in a release.
The match comes close on th😼e heels of the international friendlies in March when India had played against Bahrain and Belarus in Bahrain.
The Blue Tigers have been ca🦂mping since April 23 -- first in Bellary, and then in Kolkata where the national squad will also be playing two more friendly matches -- one against a combined All-Star XI from the I-League and the other with the Bengal Santosh Trophy contingent.
The Blue Tigers have alre൲ady played ATK Mohun Bagan in another friendly match on May 11, 🦩which they lost 1-2.
The Asian Cup🌠 Qual💞ifiers Final Round will be held across three match days on June 8, 11 and 14, with the group winners and the best five second-placed teams earning a ticket to the main tournament in China which is slated to kick off on June 16 next year.
