Ahead Of Brazil Friendly, India To Play Another FIFA World Cup 2026 Team - Full Details

The Indian nationwide soccer staff is about to play Panama later this 12 months© AIFF

India will host Panama in a world pleasant on September 26 through the FIFA males’s worldwide window, with the venue for the match to be introduced later, the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) mentioned on Tuesday. The match would be the first assembly between the 2 sides and solely the ninth completely different CONCACAF opponent India have confronted. Panama, ranked forty fourth within the newest FIFA standings, featured on the 2026 World Cup and can present Khalid Jamil’s facet with a powerful check. The fixture is at present scheduled to be the primary of 4 matches India will play towards nations that featured at this summer time’s World Cup in 2026. The Blue Tigers are slated to face Brazil on October 3 and New Zealand on November 12 and 15.

“Enjoying towards Panama shall be a troublesome battle forward of the Brazil recreation. Panama are a top-50 staff on the earth, and will probably be a very good check for Khalid Jamil’s boys,” AIFF Deputy Secretary Common M Satyanarayan mentioned.

“We’re wanting ahead to our gamers getting the fitting publicity, and we usually do not get to play such World Cup groups. So it is a good FIFA window for us, the place we’re taking part in such powerful groups,” he added.

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