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India were handed a 2-0 loss to Australia in the first game of their Asian Cup campaign. As expected India had their backs against the wall for most parts of the game, with positives coming mainly in the first half. The crew gets together to discuss how one analyse a game vs such a superior opponent and what should be the plan vs Uzbekistan.

The biggest 3 games for Indian football are less than a week away. We at 420Grams are starting our coverage of the Asian Cup discussing how India would setup vs the mighty Australia. Former Socerooo and a man who knows Indian football really well, Erik Paartalu joins us on the show to give us insights into how both camps will be lining up for the game on the 13th of January.

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Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac chats with 420 Grams' Siddhanth Aney about his three-year stint at the helm of the national side. The coach from Croatia, who is awaiting confirmation regarding his contract extension from the All India Football Federation, talks about what his plans were for the national side, what worked, and what has he chalked out for the side's future, leading up to the AFC Asian Cup next year.

420 Grams' Jaydeep Basu, recently named on the Committee of Advisors to assist in the creation of a new constitution for the All India Football Federation (AIFF), joins the crew in studio with all the details of the visit by the FIFA-AFC delegation.

The gang gets together to discuss the showdown between Hong Kong and India in the Asian Cup qualifier. Renedy Singh, Ishfaq Ahmed, Richard Hood, Jaydeep Basu, Arjun Pandit completes the panel with Siddhant Aney Joining us live from the YBK in Kolkata to analyse Indian football team's performance in the qualifiers.

Indian men’s national football team plays Cambodia, Hong Kong and Afghanistan in the Asian Cup qualifiers in Kolkata from June 8 to 14. In their pre-show we have a full house with former India captain Renedy Singh, Kerala Blasters coach Ishfaq Ahmed, Bengaluru United head coach Richard Hood and senior journalist Jaydeep. India need to top the four-team group to qualify for next year’s continental championships.

00:00 - Opening thoughts

00:05:03 - Analysing Stimac's comments

00:35:00 - Analysing Cambodia

00:39:00 - Crew's Playing Eleven's

00:59:56 - Importance of 3rd man run

01:06:52 -Ticketing issue

On 18 May 2022 a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court took up a Special Leave Petition (SLP) concerning the All India Football Federation’s constitution and elections. As part of the order the apex court reconstituted the Committee of Administrators, adding Justice (retd.) Anil Dave and handing it the task of updating the constitution with the aim of holding fresh elections as soon as possible. On this episode of 420 Grams Pandit and Aney are joined by Shaji Prabhakar, president of Football Delhi and senior journalist Jaydeep Basu. We examine the legal positions as well and what this means for the AIFF.

Indian men's national football team played two friendlies with Bahrain and Belarus this past week. Both ended in a loss with India scoring one goal and conceding five. Former India captain Renedy Singh, Kerala Blasters FC coach Ishfaq Ahmed and FC Bengaluru United head coach Richard Hood analyse the team's performance, examine the role of the coach, Igor Stimac, and whether anything will change unless everything changes first.

Former India captain Renedy Singh joins Jaydeep Basu, Arjun Pandit and Siddhanth Aney to breakdown India's probables for the upcoming friendlies against Bahrain.