India football team coach Thomas Dennerby on Saturday acknowledged that his side will need to be more clinical with its finishing if it is to make the quarter-finals of the women’s Asian Cup. 

India were held to a goalless draw by lower-ranked Iran in their tournament opener, while Chinese Taipei, the home team’s opponents on Sunday, were blanked 4-0 by eight-time champions China. Despite all the domination against Iran, the Blue Tigresses were unable to find the net, and it cost them three points. “These things come from everyday training, and we are working on it. If you have a chance, you need to take it quickly, maybe in the first touch itself, if possible,” Dennerby said. “We need to convert our chances. We were a little slow in the last match and that gave the rival defenders time to recover, and come at us. These are the little things we need to be better at.” He said the team is now solely focussed on the game against Chinese Taipei and is not thinking about the outing against Iran.