Mumbai: The Indian national team were to play an international friendly against Syria on the Boxing Day and according to the latest information, the match will no longer see the light of the day.
The West Asian nation are also to participate in the biggest football extravaganza of the continent come January and are placed alongside Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Japan.
The last friendly played by the Men in Blues was back on November 18 against a UAE side who were without most of their star players and yet the result was a 5-0 thrashing for India.
Qatar were to play against India too but the match never became a reality due to logistical issues....
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11:16 AM, Dec 23, 2010
