But again, international football is a different beast. It takes a different level of focus,” lanjut Lowe.

Selain itu, Lowe meminta para pendukung untuk memberikan waktu dan kelonggaran bagi pelatih interim Rudolph Speid dalam menerapkan strategi barunya.

“As coach reiterated earlier, he has his own playing style, and as players, we have to be able to adapt and adjust as he wants us to,” jelas Lowe.

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Pemain belakang senior ini berharap para penggemar bisa bersabar dalam proses pembangunan tim yang memadukan talenta muda demi masa depan.

“I just hope the fans and everyone else just give more grace and give him time to share his ideas with us and build the team and bring the young ones in and give them experience so we can build something good for the future,” tutur Lowe.

Skuad India

Di kubu lawan, tim nasional India yang berada di peringkat 136 FIFA datang sebagai tim non-unggulan dibandingkan Jamaika yang menempati peringkat 71 dunia.

“We have selected players who performed well in the ISL.

Based on that, we will continue to build the team and whoever performs well gets selected,” kata Khalid Jamil, Pelatih Kepala Timnas India.

Jamil membawa 17 pemain ke London setelah mundurnya sejumlah pilar dari Mohun Bagan SG.

Kiper Hrithik Tiwari, gelandang Macarton Nickson, serta bek Nikhil Barla bergabung kemudian.

“Jamaica are definitely a stronger team, but we will try our best to do well. It is important for us to make a good start.

We are focused on the opening match. Then we will think about the next game.

We want to go step by step,” tambah Jamil.

Penyerang India asal klub East Bengal, Edmund Lalrindika, menyambut positif partisipasi timnya dalam turnamen yang turut diikuti oleh Nigeria dan Zimbabwe ini.

“This is a very good exposure for us and a great experience. It is an opportunity to test ourselves against higher-ranked teams.

We will try our best to get positive results,” cetus Edmund Lalrindika.

Pemain berusia 27 tahun tersebut juga mengharapkan kehadiran komunitas ekspatriat India di London untuk memberikan dukungan langsung di stadion.

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“To all the Indian fans, I hope they come in big numbers and support us,” harapnya.