AFC Asian Cup 2019, Thailand 1-4 India: 5 Hits and Flops from the game 

#4 Flop: Pronay Halder

Halder was loose with his challenges

The reason why India lost out in midfield during the stages of the first half was due to the careless positioning and defending of Pronay Halder.

The central midfielder was beaten too often and early on in the game, he should have received a card for horribly fouling Songkrasin. Indeed, it was a poor challenge and more importantly, the Indian was beaten.

His positioning wasn't close enough to Thapa and that created acres of space down the left for Thailand in the middle-thirds of the pitch. Not once but thrice in the first half, he was caught napping when the War Elephants looked to commit bodies forward.

Also to mention, the gap between the back line, Thapa and Halder was more than it should have been. There was more space in a diamond-like shape, which made it harder to play the short passes.

Although he did improve in the second half and worked his socks off, there's a lot of scope for improvement as far as the ATK midfielder's concentration levels are concerned.