'Rather see taking risk' – Fans react to India's 6-1 loss against Uruguay

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Published at :October 6, 2026 at 11:10 PM

Modified at :October 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM

Stupid decision to play one-sided opponents & not ASEAN - fans react as India lose 6-1 to Uruguay

India lose their final match in the Sept-Oct International Window.

The Blue Tigers lost against two time World Cup Champions Uruguay on 6th October, 2026 at the VYBK in Kolkata. Diego Forlán’s team put 6 past India, while conceding only once during the game.

This match marks the end of the international window for India, as Indian fans now look forward to start watching the Indian Super League (ISL), starting from 10th October, 2026.

Even though Uruguay scored in the 11th minute, rom kick-off till the end of the first half, the Blue Tigers ensured to make their intent clear, which was to fight and to win. The team played with courage in the first half, which led to Anirudh Thapa scoring India’s equalizer, and only goal, during the match.

At the end of the first half, Uruguay stayed 2-1 up, due to goals from Darwin Núñez & Maxi Araujo. After the second half started, it seemed almost as if India had lost their spark, as they went on to concede 4 goals in the second half. The remaining goal scorers for Uruguay were, Rodrigo Zalazar, Maxi Aruajo (again), Juan Sanabria & Rodrigo Aguirre.

FULL TIME | India 1-6 Uruguay 🇮🇳🇺🇾

A game of two halves. India showed plenty of effort in the first half, but it all fell away after the break.

The September-October international window comes to an end for the Blue Tigers. #IndianFootball #INDURU #Uruguay pic.twitter.com/UNp4VW7QAe
— Khel Now (@KhelNow) October 6, 2026

Indian fans have mixed reactions

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The fans of Indian football have mixed reactions regarding the match and the entire international window itself. Some fans are delighted by the brave fight that the Blue Tigers put up against difficult opponents, while some fans criticized India’s decision to pull out of the FIFA ASEAN Cup just to end up being humiliated against World Class teams.

During the entire window, India managed to score only 2 goals from 3 matches, 1 against Panama and 1 goal against Uruguay.

We gave it our all. #INDURU #BlueTigers #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/tsl1fxzukw
— Indian Football (@IndianFootball) October 6, 2026

1-6 hurts. No hiding from that.

But I’d rather see India take risks, play forward and get punished than spend 90 minutes sitting deep and hoping for a miracle.

Uruguay showed us the level. Now India has to use this experience to raise its own. Keep the belief. 🇮🇳💙#INDURU…
— GAURESH MAHADIK (@Gaureshsm53) October 6, 2026

From these three matches, there are lots of good things👏👏👏
but:
1. Indian goalkeepers are exposed against quality shots. they can't manage.
2. India doesn’t have the quality to focus for 90 minutes; after 45 minutes, they lose focus and become tired.#Indianfootball
— Nuhman (@ImNuhman) October 6, 2026

Indian team wouldn't even string passes once upon a time and now is currently being called out for missing multiple chances vs Uruguay. We have come a long way 😭
— sohom (@AwaaraHoon) October 6, 2026

If India wants to grow, these are exactly the nights we need to experience.

Uruguay showed the difference in quality, but India got valuable minutes against a genuinely elite side.

This shouldn’t be the end of the conversation. It should be the beginning. 🇮🇳⚽#IndianFootball
— GAURESH MAHADIK (@Gaureshsm53) October 6, 2026

Our all in this window:

11 Goals conceded
Empty stadium even after free tickets
Winless in last 7 matches
Will be playing WCQ round 1
— Rudra Hada (@RudraHada6) October 6, 2026

Indian football in last 15 days have convinced me to follow it more one more month.
millions of casuals like me will watch it again for next few matches.
hope we can at least draw or defeat new Zealand in next match who are ranked around 85.
improve the intensity and play like…
— Rangilo Rajasthan (@InfraholicR) October 6, 2026

Indian football team against Uruguay in second half of the game pic.twitter.com/H7iPB9KoyQ
— SwatKat💃 (@swatic12) October 6, 2026

Uruguay fans react to the game

Uruguayan fans have overwhelmingly positive reactions to the game, with most fans confident in Diego Forlán being the right choice as the head coach for La Celeste. A small amount of fans pointed that India is not a good footballing country and that Uruguay should have put more than 6 past them. One fan asked for re-match to be a Cricket match, so that he can feel how the Indian fans felt.

Que empiece el mundial ya mismo, traigan a España que les hacemos 10
— Valverde Del Cap  (@papadenaciomall) October 6, 2026

Que diferencia cuando sacas a el burro de nandes Martínez y Josema.
— Nando Manya (@Maicol3966) October 6, 2026

Los amantes de Bielsa que salieron luego de perder con Japón, están calladitos últimamente ehhh
— Roberto Baggio (@BertoBaggio10) October 6, 2026

Positiva la dirección técnica de Forlán. Fuimos de menos a mas (lo ideal en un torneo (en la copa america 2024 con Bielsa fuimos de mas a menos)), se integra con los jugadores como uno mas, buenos cambios, mayormente jugamos para adelante.. Buenas sensaciones, ojala siga 💪!
— Mateo Rodríguez 🇺🇾🇲🇽🇨🇺🇵🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳🏳️‍🌈☭☪️ (@Mateo14051899) October 6, 2026

Ahora la revancha en cricket ,para saber lo que sintieron ellos
— lucas dickson🇺🇾 (@lucasdickson8) October 6, 2026

What was the score of all matches India played in the September-October International break?

India drew their first game to Panama, 1-1. They lost their next match 4-0 against Brazil. India rounded up their final game before the start of the ISL with a 6-1 loss against Uruguay.

When does the ISL start?

The 13th edition of the ISL will start on 10th October.

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