SAFF Championships: Late strike from Sunil Chhetri strike helps India beat Nepal 1-0
Xtra Time Web Desk: A late strike by captain Sunil Chhetri handed India a solitary goal win over Nepal in the SAFF Championship 2021 Group Stage, at the National Football Stadium in Male, Maldives, on Sunday. The win see the Blue Tigers climb to third spot in points table with 5 points from 3 matches, just one behind Maldives and Nepal, both of whom have acquired six points each.
India captain Sunil Chhetri scored the only goal of the match eight minutes before the regulation time. Substitute Farukh Choudhary headed an aerial through ball by Brandon onto Chhetri’s path, as the India captain volleyed it home with his left foot.
Conceding the goal Nepal mounted on the attacks, looking for the equaliser. Anjan Bista managed to penetrate the box and got his shot away with a few minutes of regulation time to go, but it failed to trouble India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
The Blue Tigers will play their final Group Stage game against hosts Maldives on Wednesday, October 13 at the same venue. The match kicks off at 9.30 PM IST.
With Inputs from AIFF Media
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Karla Gleichauf
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
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M Shyamalan
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment
Liz Montano
12 May 2017 at 05:28 pm
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment