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Gambia's football friendly against India called off
Monday, 13 September 2010 17:40
The Gambia's international friendly match against India slated for Sep 19 has been called off as chief coach Bob Houghton was not interested
in playing African teams in preparations for the Asian Cup in Doha in January.An AIFF official told IANS that the federation was forced to call off the friendly at the last hour as Houghton stood his ground.
'We have called off the match since coach Bob Houghton was not in favour of playing African teams,' said the official.
Houghton always had some reservations about playing against African teams like Namibia and Gambia. India will play Namibia here Wednesday.
'We are playing the Asian Cup not the African Cup of Nations. My logic was since we are playing an Asian tournament, we should concentrate on playing Asian teams,' Houghton had said last week.
The AIFF is now looking to replace Gambia with a higher ranked Asian team next week. India will play Yemen and Vietnam next month in Pune.
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