SAFF Championship: Head coach Igor Stimac urges India to be ‘clever and patient’ against Sri Lanka

A 1-1 draw against 10-man Bangladesh dented their confidence. India will need to quickly get their act together as they take on Sri Lanka in their second SAFF Championship match in Male on Thursday. The Indians go into Thursday's game on the back of a disappointing stalemate with Bangladesh.

India head coach Igor Stimac on Thursday said that his team will have to be patient and clever against Sri Lanka in their second SAFF Championship match in Male on Thursday.

The Indians go into Thursday's game on the back of a disappointing stalemate with Bangladesh, against whom they should have won considering that they dominated the majority of the proceedings and even took the lead courtesy of a Sunil Chhetri strike.