Asian Cup 2019: India vs Bahrain - 5 Hits and Flops as Blue Tigers crash out

#2 Flop - Rowllin Borges

Rowllin Borges' time in the Indian

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might be up

The moment the Playing XI was announced, eyebrows were raised over the inclusion of Rowllin Borges for Anirudh Thapa by coach Stephen Constantine. It was not surprising that India lost the battle in the central midfield completely. Borges offered little in the attack and Bahrain had the complete leverage in the centre of the park against India.

Borges only had the upper hand over Anirudh Thapa in height and dead-ball deliveries. Moreover, he was brought in so that he can prevent Bahrain from passing the ball freely in India's half. However, the stats show that India performed miserably in all these three departments.

Bahrain won 58.5% of the aerial duels, which indicates that India came second best in the air almost every time. The 113rd-ranked nation had a staggering passing accuracy of 68% and 61.1% of that in India's half. Even in set-pieces, his crosses were wayward and failed to clear the first defender.

Rowllin Borges was one of Stephen Constantine's trusted soldiers who underperformed for his clubs. His time might be up too.