Sunday, January 03, 2016

Football News

At the SAFF Championship 2015, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Final
India bt Afghanistan 2-1 AET (0-0)
Goal Scored - Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 72', Sunil Chhetri (IND) 101' and Zubayr Amiri (AFG) 70'

Stephen Constantine wins his first title in his second stint as the coach of India as our boys fought back to beat Afghans in entertaining final ... In the first half both teams missed chances so score remain goalless ... In the second half Afghanistan broke the deadlock in the 70th minute but we responded immediately in two minutes when Jeje scored on Chhetri's header ... In extra time Indians started well but Afghans fought back and increase pressure but Chhetri scored goal on quick free-kick yo give lead to India ... In second extra-time half our players missed couple of chances ... Umpires also missed to give penalty to Afghans when Mondal handled the ball inside penalty area ... In injury time Jeje fouled Hatifie inside penalty area and again Referee denied penalty for Afghan ... With this we won SAFF title after four years ... In 2013 Afghanistan defeated us 2-0.

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