Monday, July 18, 2011

Football News

At FIFA International Friendly, Doha, Qatar

Qatar l India 1-2
Goal Scored - Hamid Ismaeil Khaleefa Hamid (QAT) 74' and Sunil Chhetri (IND) 16′ P, Sushil Kumar Singh (IND) 73′

India have created history by beating FIFA top 100 ranked Qatar team, who r ranked 53 places higher than us, #94 ... Before this Indian senior team won an international match away from home was back in 2004 against Kuwait ... This was definitely confidence boosting performance before the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers against UAE.

As per report, importantly we played well on the field ... Sunil Chhetri gave lead through the penalty kick after Debabrata Roy was brought down inside the box by Qatar skipper Bilal Mohamed ... Sushil Kumar doubled the lead in 73rd min before Qatar reduced margin in the next minute ... But our side managed to keep lead to produced proud victory.

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