Under a team picture with the lights shining in the background, Igor Stimac chose just one word to send the message across: “Believe,” the India coach said in bold on social media.
The picture was presumably taken after the last training session, before the Indian football team takes on the might of Australia in their opening round clash of the AFC Asian Cup at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on Saturday. India find themselves in a tough group that also includes strong Uzbekistan and Syria. But having won three trophies last year and qualified for successive Asian Cups for the first time since this format started, they are not there merely to make up the numbers.
