Injured Robin ruled out of SAFF Cup
Robin scored both goals against Lanka before he was stretchered off. (File Photo)
The Indian football team suffered a blow of sorts ahead of their SAFF Cup semifinals against Maldives after striker Robin Singh was ruled out for the rest of the competition owing to a knee injury he picked up against Sri Lanka on December 25.
India coach Stephen Constantine released Robin from the squad on Tuesday. Robin had been in good form of late, finding the target on a couple of occasions for his ISL club Delhi Dynamos while scoring both goals in India’s 2-0 win over Sri Lanka in the team’s opening match of the tournament. He was stretchered off in the 75th minute after scoring his second goal. He did not play India’s second group match against Nepal which the home side won 4-1 to book a semifinal berth.
Constantine said Robin’s unavailability for remainder of the tournament was ‘disappointing.’ “Yesterday’s (December 28) MRI revealed that his knee problem is a bit more serious that we had expected. The doctors have advised us that he will need 10 days rest before undergoing another MRI,” Constantine said. “It’s a blow and a loss for us. He had started to score for the national team on a regular basis and is such a hard working guy,” he added.
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As per the guidelines of the SAFF Cup, India will not be allowed to register any replacement for Robin. A day prior to India’s match against Nepal, Constantine had said that Robin’s injury was not a serious one and he will be back. But, it seemed that the situation has changed now and Robin must be disappointed as he has been having an impressive season so far, scoring goals for Delhi Dynamos in the recently-concluded Indian Super League and finding the target for the national team in the World Cup qualifiers and the ongoing SAFF Cup.-with PTI
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