Sunday, August 26, 2012

Football News
At Nehru Cup 2012, New Delhi

Group Stage
India bt Syria 2-1
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 45+', Anthony Pereira (IND) 84' and Alaa Alshbli (SYR) 90+'

India bt Maldives 3-0
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri 45'+ P and 70', Syed Rahim Nabi (IND) 54'

With consecutive two wins we r leading group stage with 6 points in on-going Nehru Cup ... We won the first match against Syrian with timely strikes by captain Chhetri by header and excellent tap over goalkeeper's head in the second half by Pereira ... Syrian scored a goal in extra times but that was late for them.

In the second match Indians gave solid performance to beat Maldives ... Two goals from Chhetri and a header by Syed Nabi helped to register this win.

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