Friday, December 09, 2011

Football News
At 2011 SAFF Championship, New Delhi, India

Semi Finals
India bt Maldives 3-1

Goal Scored - Syed Rahim Nabi (IND) 24′, Sunil Chhetri (IND) 70' P and 90+' and Shamweel Qasim (MDV) 60'

Afghanistan bt Nepal 1-0 ET (0-0)

India defeated Maldives after brace from Sunil Chhetri in the second half to entered their 8th SAFF champions final ... In the final they will face surprised package of the tournament, Afghanistan, who upset Nepal in extra-time.

Sunil’s spot-kick turned the tie in India's favor after Shamweel Qasim had cancelled out Syed Rahim Nabi’s first half goal ... In this match India played well ... They were positive on the field ... Syed Nabi scored opening goal on Clifford Miranda’s free-kick to gave 1-0 lead to India at half-time ... Maldives had couple of chance in late of the first half but failed to convert due to tight defending by Indians ... In the second half Maldives were attacking from the start and they managed to equalized through Qasim ... India were lucky to earned penalty as referee Timur Faizullin penalized Afghan when Mohamed Umair pulled down Chhetri in the box ... Sunil converted it confidently ... Sunil added another in injury time after receiving pass from Jeje to complete comfortable win.

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