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At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup - Third Round Qualification, Macau

Group A
India vs Myanmar 2-2 (1-2)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 13' P, Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 69' and Yan Naing Oo (MYA) 1', Kyaw Ko Ko (MYA) 19'

Myanmar shocked us after taking lead after only 14 seconds ... Indians equalized through a penalty conversion by Sunil, who was brought down in the box ... Our goalkeeper Gurpreet made rare miscalculation (mistimed the jump) to concede a soft goal in 19th minute ... The first half was mostly dominated by Myanmar side ... In the second half, we played an attacking game and putting extra pressure on Myanmar team ... Jeje equalized on an assist by Lyngdoh ... After that, we created multiple chances but failed to convert ... The referee disallowed a goal scored by Sunil (as that was an indirect kick but the ball did not move after Jeje touched it before Sunil's kick) and after that match ended in a draw ... We are now unbeaten for 13 games with 11 wins.

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At the u-17 FIFA World Cup, New Delhi, India

Group A
India u-17 l Ghana u-17 4-0 (0-1)
Goal Scored - Eric Ayiah (GHA) 43' and 52', Richard Danso (GHA) 86', Emmanuel Toku (GHA) 87'

India ended their maiden FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign in a cry of pain and agony as they were handed a 0-4 thrashing by two-time champions Ghana in their final group match ... The Indians played their hearts out in the final Group A game but that was not enough as formidable Ghana outplayed them in all departments ... Our players physique were a small comparing other players so they struggled in physical aspect of the game but our boys having excellent individual skill which matches with almost all u17 players ... They were deserve to be in this World Cup mix.

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At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Bangaluru, India

Group A
India bt Macau 4-1 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Rowllin Borges (IND) 28', Sunil Chhetri (IND) 60)', Ho Man Fai (MAC) 70' OG, Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 90+2' and Nicholas Tarrao (MAC) 37'

India has secured direct qualification to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be held in UAE as a result of their 4-1 win over Macau in the qualifier ... The last time India reached the tournament through the direct qualification route was in 1984 ... After 1-all at halftime, an introduction of Balwant Singh in place of Jackichand Singh had an impact on the game ... As we created more chances and converted from them.

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At the u-17 FIFA World Cup, New Delhi, India

Group A
India u-17 l Colombia u-17 1-2 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Jeakson Thounaojam (IND) 82' and Juan Penaloza (COL) 49' and 83'

Another heartening performance by Indian colts against Colombian boys ... They played a superb game but finally go down fighting 1-2 against Colombia ... Jeakson Thounaojam wrote his name in the history books for India to score India's first ever FIFA World Cup goal ... Indian boys had few more chances in front of the goal but they failed to capitalize on those ... I like the way they r performing and showing they r belong in all these top teams.

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At the u-17 FIFA World Cup, New Delhi, India

Group A
India u-17 l USA u-17 0-3 (0-1)
Goal Scored - Joshua Sargent (USA) 30' P, Chris Durkin (USA) 51', Andrew Carleton (USA) 84'

India gave a good account of themselves but in the end the gulf in quality showed between these two teams ... American boys were better on the field but our boys managed to hold them till 30th minute ... Jitendra Singh gave a soft penalty when he fouled Sargent inside the box ... Sargent converted for giving lead to Americans, our players kept fighting and score remained 1-0 in the favor of Americans ... In the second half our defenders made few mistakes and Americans took full advantage for scoring two more goals for a win.

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At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup - Third Round Qualification, Macau

Group A
Macau l India 0-2 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Balwant Singh (IND) 57' and 82'

A brace from Balwant Singh in the second half helped India to score another win and also cementing top spot in their Group with 3 wins in 3 matches ... In the first half, Jeje and Sunil missed few sitters.

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At the AIFF Tri-Nation Series 2017, Mumbai, India

India dw St. Kitts and Nevis 1-1 (1-0)
Goal Scored - Jackichand Singh (IND) 38' and G'Vaune Amory (SKN) 72'

Indian men failed to make it ten wins out of ten but still emerged as champions of the international triangular series ... This was struggling draw for us.

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At the AIFF Tri-Nation Series 2017, Mumbai, India

India bt Mauritius 2-1 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Robin Singh (IND) 37', Balwant Singh (IND) 62' and Mervyn Jocelyn (MAU) 15'

India came back from a goal down to beat Mauritius 2-1 in the opening game of the AIFF Tri-Nation series at the Mumbai Football Arena ... The Indians next face Caribbean side St. Kitts & Nevis on Thursday.

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At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup - Third Round Qualification, Bangalore, India

Group A
India bt Kyrgyzstan 1-0 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 69'

The Indians overcame a stiff challenge from the Kyrgyz Republic by a single goal in Bengaluru and gain upper hand in qualifying for the Asian cup ... Sunil Chhetri's second-half goal was enough as the Indians maintained top spot in the group, opening up a three-point lead.

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At FIFA International Friendly 2017, Mumbai, India

India bt Nepal 2-0 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Sandesh Jhingan (IND) 60', Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 78'

The Indian team beat Nepal 2-0 in an international friendly match ... Stephen Constantine went in with a familiar 4-1-3-2 formation without injured Sunil Chhetri and Udanta Singh ... After a slow first half, our players lifted their game into the second ... Robin missed almost half-dozen chances in this match ... India won their 6th consecutive international game ... Next Tuesday, they r playing 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against the Kyrgyz Republic in Bengaluru.

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At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup - Qualifying, Yangon, Myanmar

Group A
Myanmar l India 0-1 (0-0)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 90'

India scored a labored 1-0 win against Myanmar at the Thuwanna YTC Stadium in Yangon, courtesy a goal in dying minutes by Sunil Chhetri ... In this match, Myanmar forwards tested Indian defense and our goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh ... They failed to score from created chances and in end, they paid a heavy price as Sunil scored a sole goal in the last minute of the game ... So with that winning start for us in Group A.

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At FIFA International Football Friendly 2017, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

India br Cambodia 3-2 (1-1)
Goal Scored - Sunil Chhetri (IND) 36', Jeje Lalpekhlua (IND) 50', Sandesh Jhinghan (IND) 54' and Khuon Laboravy (CAM) 37', Chan Vathanaka (CAM) 62'

Indian team (132nd) struggled to beat lowly ranked Cambodian team (173rd) at Phnom Penh ... Sunil gave us a lead but Khuon scored equalizer on next minute ... In the second half we scored 2 goals in five minutes from JeJe and Sandesh but they reduced margin by one when Chan scored ... Last 25 minutes Cambodian side tried hard to equalize but we managed to keep our lead ... Last time we thrashed them 6-0 so this time spirited performance by Cambodian team ... Next, India will play Myanmar in their AFC Asian Cup qualifiers opener on March 28.

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At the 2019 AFC Asian Cup - Qualifying,

Group A
WR# 124 Kyrgyzstan, WR# 129 India, WR# 159 Myanmar and WR# 184 Macau

We received favorable draw and having a great chance of qualifying for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup ... India was seeded into the second pot for the draw, thanks to their latest FIFA ranking 129th..

India will start their campaign by playing Myanmar away on 28th March before hosting Kyrgyzstan on June 13th ... After that back to back matches against Macau on September 5th (away) and October 10th (home) ... Then we host Myanmar on November 14th before finishing their group matches away to Kyrgyzstan on March 27th, 2018.