THE scoreline, in the end, was on expected lines. India lost 1-5 to China in their opening match of the Asian Games at the Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou on Tuesday.
The match, though, was more of an indictment of the preparations that this team had for the Games, than of the performance of the players or of coach Igor Stimac's tactics. Indeed, there was a spell in the game that left fans wondering what could have been had Stimac been allowed to take the team he wanted and given the time to prepare his team.
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