{"id":721,"date":"2018-05-30T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/?p=721"},"modified":"2018-05-30T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T07:15:06","slug":"hero-intercontinetal-cup-2018-key-things-india-can-take-from-its-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/2018\/05\/30\/hero-intercontinetal-cup-2018-key-things-india-can-take-from-its-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero Intercontinental Cup 2018: Key Things India Can Take From It&#8217;s Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India is set to face Kenya, New Zealand and Chinese Taipei in the upcoming <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/2018\/05\/11\/511\/\">Hero Intercontinental Cup<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to build on a platform to test India\u2019s solidity against other strong oppositions, which would further strengthen their preparation for the highly-anticipated <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/2018\/05\/05\/asian-cup-uae-2019-india-in-group-a-with-uaethailand-and-bahrain\/\">AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, three nations representing three continental confederations to face off against India in the first edition. The countries are\u00a0<strong>Chinese Taipei<\/strong>\u00a0from the AFC (Asian Football Confederation),\u00a0<strong>New Zealand<\/strong>\u00a0from the OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) and\u00a0<strong>Kenya<\/strong>\u00a0from the CAF (Confederation of African Football).<\/p>\n<p>We take a look at the key points India can take from this tournament and opposition squad analysis:<\/p>\n<p>1.<strong>New Zealand<\/strong>\u00a0from the OFC (Oceania Football )<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-725\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/05\/63061_wo-730x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All Whites Head Coach Fritz Schmid has named a young and exciting squad to contest The HERO Intercontinental Cup starting June 1st,2018. Schmid, who was named as the new Head Coach of the All Whites in March, said the tournament is an excellent opportunity for his team in the early stages of their rebuilding towards the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.The squad includes six uncapped players in goalkeepers Michael Woud and Nik Tzanez, defenders Nikko Boxall, Justin Gulley and Liberato Cacace and forward Noah Billingsley.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz Schmid squad has some young and exciting players who would be adept to play European style under the Swiss Head Coach of playing tactical possessional football. The squad doesn&#8217;t have any big names or mercurial talent but they have some very competitive players like Adam Mitchell who plays for English Championship side Bolton Wanderers along with 21-year-old forward\u00a0Myer Bevan who plays for\u00a0Husqvarna Fotbollf\u00f6rening in Sweden can bring some European quality to the game.<\/p>\n<p>They also have\u00a0Sam Brotherton from League One side Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points India can take:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Zealand under Swiss Coach\u00a0Fritz Schmid would be playing a very compact football with pass and possession keeping their tactical shape intact. India\u00a0would be tested to take the possession away and create spaces to penetrate New Zealand half.<\/li>\n<li>With few of the All White key players playing in England and Australia, India will have to be physically strong to match the muscle of strong Kiwi players to hold possession in tight space or while competing for the aerial duel. This would be the perfect platform for India to test themselves physically as they are set to face tougher opponents in AFC Asian Cup 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New Zealand Squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"post_partner clearfix\"><p> Goalkeepers<\/strong><br \/>\nMax Crocombe (Salford City, ENG)<br \/>\nMichael Woud (Sunderland, ENG)<br \/>\nNik Tzanev (AFC Wimbledon, ENG )<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders<\/strong><br \/>\nNikko Boxall (Viborg FF, DEN)<br \/>\nAdam Mitchell (Bolton Wanderers, ENG)<br \/>\nSam Brotherton (Sunderland, ENG)<br \/>\nThomas Doyle (Wellington Phoenix)<br \/>\nDane Ingham (Brisbane Roar, AUS)<br \/>\nTe Atawhai Hudson Wihongi (Onehunga Sports)<br \/>\nJustin Gulley (Stop Out)<br \/>\nLiberato Cacace (Wellington Phoenix)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders<\/strong><br \/>\nMatt Ridenton (Newcastle Jets, AUS)<br \/>\nSarpreet Singh (Wellington Phoenix)<br \/>\nHenry Cameron (Limerick, IRL)<br \/>\nCameron Howieson (Three Kings United)<br \/>\nClayton Lewis (Scunthorpe United, ENG)<br \/>\nTim Payne (Eastern Suburbs)<br \/>\nAlex Rufer (Wellington Phoenix)<br \/>\nAndre De Jong (Hakoah, AUS)<br \/>\nMoses Dyer (Manukau United)<br \/>\nJai Ingham (Melbourne Victory, AUS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards<\/strong><br \/>\nNoah Billingsley (Santa Barbara University, USA)<br \/>\nMyer Bevan (Husqvarna FF, SWE) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>2.<strong>Chinese Taipei<\/strong>\u00a0from the AFC (Asian Football Confederation)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-723\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/05\/taipei-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan has taken a youthful squad to the Hero Intercontinental tournament in India. Using the competition as preparation for the up-and-coming Asian Games. Taiwan has taken the chance to call up many youth players. Much of this is due to Chinese clubs not allowing some of their players to leave on international duty. These players are some of Taiwan\u2019s key players \u2013 namely Wen Chih-Hao, Chen Po-Liang and Yaki Yen, while Tim Chow who is playing in Scotland is currently out of contention through injury.Among\u00a0all the Taiwanese players currently playing in China, only Chen Chao-An and Chen Hao-Wei were released, meaning there is a total of ten under 23 players, and four under 21 players.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chinese Taipei<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Squad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_partner clearfix\"><p> GOALKEEPERS:<\/p>\n<p>WEN-CHIEH PAN<br \/>\nSHOU-CHE TSAI<br \/>\nYU-HUNG CHIU<br \/>\nCHIA-HUANG YU<\/p>\n<p>DEFENDERS:<\/p>\n<p>TZU-KUEI HUNG<br \/>\nWEI-CHUAN CHEN<br \/>\nTING-YANG CHEN<br \/>\nYI-WEI CHEN<br \/>\nHAO CHENG<br \/>\nSHAO-CHIEH TU<br \/>\nWEI-PIN WENG<br \/>\nCHIEN-MING WANG<br \/>\nHUNG-WEI CHEN<br \/>\nMAO-TING WEI<\/p>\n<p>MIDFIELDERS:<\/p>\n<p>MING-HSIU CHAO<br \/>\nCHAO-AN CHEN<br \/>\nRUEI WANG<br \/>\nWILLIAM RUPERT JAMES DONKIN<br \/>\nYEN-SHU WU<br \/>\nCHANG-LUN LIN<br \/>\nSIN-LONG JIANG<br \/>\nEN-LE CHU<br \/>\nSHENG-WEI CHEN<br \/>\nKAI-CHUN HUNG<\/p>\n<p>FORWARDS:<\/p>\n<p>HAO-WEI CHEN<br \/>\nMAO LI<br \/>\nCHING-HSUAN CHEN<br \/>\nMAO TING WEI<br \/>\nHUNG-CHIH HSU <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most crucial player for Taipei could be naturalised Taiwanese striker Onur Dogun(formerly Turkish) who plays for\u00a0 China League One club Meizhou Hakka. With some young exciting players like\u00a0 Tsai Shuo-the (Hasus TSU), Tu Shao-chieh (Ming Chuan University),, Wang Geon-myeong (Cheongju City), Chen Sheng-wei, Chen Hung-wei (both Hasus TSU), Wu Yen-shu (Hualien High School FC) Wei Mao-ting and Chen Ching-hsuan (both \u00a0Hang Yuen \/ Fujen University) Taipei would be playing fairly attacking style and fast direct game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points India can take:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India&#8217;s midfield could be in for a test to slow down the fast and attacking tempo of Chinese Taipei. With a young squad having ten under 23 players, and four under 21 players, Taipei could be incredibly fast moving up and down the pitch. India would be tested both defensively as well as going forward to match the intensity and stamina of the Asian team.<\/li>\n<li>India can test their tactical formation with experimenting with 3-5-2( instead of conventional 4-4-2) to take control of the midfield and control the game against fast and direct opposition like Taipei that would set them up perfectly against AFC Cup group rivals Thailand who plays a similiar style.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.Kenya\u00a0from the CAF (Confederation of African Football)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-724\" src=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2018\/05\/kenya-730x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though Indian fans will miss the chance to see Tottenham star\u00a0Victor Wanyama, who has been ruled out injured from the 23 man Kenya squad. Kenya will be a physically strong team that pose threat to any teams with their aerial threat and African style of football.Kenya would also be a well-oiled machine coming off from the back of International friendlies against\u00a0Swaziland and Equatorial Guinea .\u00a0Under Harambee Stars coach S\u00e9bastien Mign\u00e9 Kenya went down fighting \u00a00-1 to Swaziland on Friday, May 25, 2018,<\/p>\n<p>But Kenya managed to shrug off a 0-1 setback over Swaziland to edge out Equatorial Guinea by a similar scoreline in a match played on Monday, May 28, 2018, at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos with a goal from\u00a0Pistone Mutamba got to the end of a low cross by second half substitute Ovella Ochieng .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points India can take:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To maintain shape while chasing game and how to claw back into the game if the opposition has a lead to change up play using different tactical formation.<\/li>\n<li>India can test their diminutive forward line without a big target man against the tall and strong Kenyan backline and try to find ways to penetrate a strong compact and physical defensive line who can be strong on tackles and difficult in aerial duels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"post_partner clearfix\"><p>Goalkeepers:<\/strong>\u00a0Patrick Matasi (Posta Rangers), Timothy Odhiambo (Ulinzi Stars), Boniface Oluoch (Gor Mahia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong>\u00a0Jockins Atudo (Posta Rangers), Musa Mohammed (Unattached), Haron Shakava (Gor Mahia), Timothy Omwenga (Kariobangi Sharks), Erick Ouma, Michael Kibwage (AFC Leopards), Philemon Otieno (Gor Mahia), Erick Otieno, Joash Achieng<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong>\u00a0Chrispin Oduor (Mathare United), Humphrey Mieno (Gor Mahia), Francis Nyambura, Miheso Cliffon, Kenneth Muguna, Duncan Otieno (AFC Leopards), Patillah Omotto (Kariobangi Sharks), John Makwata, Michael Ogada,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attackers:<\/strong>\u00a0Ovella Ochieng (Kariobangi Sharks), Timothy Otieno (Tusker), Jafari Owiti (AFC Leopards), Pistone Mutamba (Wazito FC), Whyvonne Kinyangi <\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India is set to face Kenya, New Zealand and Chinese Taipei in the upcoming Hero Intercontinental Cup to build on a platform to test India\u2019s solidity against other strong oppositions, which would further strengthen their preparation for the highly-anticipated AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019. As the name suggests, three nations representing three continental confederations to face off against India in the first edition. The countries are\u00a0Chinese Taipei\u00a0from the AFC (Asian Football Confederation),\u00a0New Zealand\u00a0from the OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) and\u00a0Kenya\u00a0from the CAF (Confederation of African Football). We take a look at the key points India can take from this tournament and opposition squad analysis: 1.New Zealand\u00a0from the OFC (Oceania Football ) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/2018\/05\/30\/hero-intercontinetal-cup-2018-key-things-india-can-take-from-its-opposition\/\" class=\"tribe-more-link\">Continue reading &#8220;Hero Intercontinental Cup 2018: Key Things India Can Take From It&#8217;s Opposition&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,27],"tags":[338,336,339,129,37,131,337],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-indian-national-football-team","tag-all-whites","tag-chinese-taipei-football-team","tag-harambee-stars","tag-hero-intercontinental-cup","tag-india","tag-kenya-football-team","tag-new-zealdn-football-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}