Having been frustrated by India\u2019s resilient defending and their own inability to put away chances, second half goals from Jackson Irvine and Jordan Bos finally secured Australia the points and the early lead in Group B, with Uzbekistan and Syria settling for a goalless draw in the other tie. <\/p>\n
\u201cI have to give credit to India for their determination and fight. They put their bodies on the line. A lot of times we had opportunities in the penalty box to score, they blocked them,\u201d said head coach Arnold.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn our side, there was probably a little bit too much excitement and impatience for the competition to start. At half-time, we showed them some clips on how to do better and we got there.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nThe Socceroos boss said there was no denying there is room for improvement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can honestly say that we\u2019ve got to improve a lot more than just set-pieces. It was a disappointment with our set-pieces because we worked a lot on that and that\u2019s where we are strong.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut again, we have to give credit to India, the way they set up for free-kicks and corners. We didn\u2019t have much variety and that\u2019s something that we have to work on, and we will.\u201d<\/p>\n
Igor Stimac said India were to blame for the conceded goals. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe expected a very difficult match with the physicality of Australia and suffering from all the corners. Both goals, however, came from our sloppiness, not from Australia\u2019s brilliance and action,\u201d said the head coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy as a coach because we held Australia in the first half and even had the best chance in the half. But the second half was not good. We couldn\u2019t get out of that zone, were not capable of making that second pass and going over the half line because we worked a lot on that.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall I\u2019m happy, which is difficult to say because we lost the game but it was against Australia and looking ahead to the next two games, now our competition starts.\u201d<\/p>\n
India meet Uzbekistan on Thursday with Australia to play Syria. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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