New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The draw against Panama in Bengaluru last week has offered encounraging signs for Indian football. Facing the 44th ranked side, who just featured in the FIFA World Cup a couple of months back in the United States, the 138-th ranked India stunned the opposition with a first-half lead. Although Panama equalised in the second half, but the 1-1 scoreline gave a major psychological boost to Khalid Jamil's boys.

Certainly, the matches against Brazil and Uruguay on October 3 and 6 respectively at the Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata, will serve as a real test to Jamil's whether his emerging blueprint can truly travel or not. One a top-100 side in the world, India's performance dipped in recent times. The draw against Panama ca...