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At SAFF CUP 2009, Bangladesh

U23 INDIAN TEAM WINS SAFF CUP 2009 !!!

Final
India u23 bt Maldives 3-1 in penalty shoot-out (0-0 after FT)

Our u-23 boys did unthinkable to lift SAFF title beating full-side Maldives ... In the final Maldives were better on the field but our defenders and goal keeper Arindam Bhattacharya were exceptional ... In end deserving winner with their fighting performance.

In begining our boys matching their game with Maldives national team and were 0-0 after end of first half ... After little boring first half more action happened in second half but Maldives created more chances than us ... Jewel Rana got injured in second half and that cost us in mid-field ... But goal keeper Arindam Bhattacharya and our defenders managed to hold Maldives ... Sushil Kumar Singh missed only clear chance we had.

In extra-times also Sushil Kumar Singh missed few chances (where he needed to beat opponent's goal keeper) in front of the goal, other hand our goal keeper Arindam Bhattacharya was very busy handling Maldives attack ... So match ended 0-0 after extra times.

Our goal keeper Arindam Bhattacharya declared Player of the tournament and also man of the match for the final.

Penalty Shoot-out (Indians taking first kick)

Khangebam Jeevan Singh (IND) 1-0
Ibrahim Fazeel (MDV) 1-1
Denzil Franco (IND) 2-1
Ahmed Thoriq (MDV) 2-1 (Arindam saved to diving his left side)
Nirmal Chetri (IND) 2-1 (hit wide)
Mukhthar Naseer (MDV) 2-1 (Arindam saved to diving his right side)
Subodh Kumar (IND) 3-1
Ali Ashfaq (MDV) 3-1 (hit over the cross bar)