India Defeated Kyrgyzstan 2-1 to remain in contention for the final spot of the tournament in New Delhi. India took a 2-0 lead by the 58th minute. Baichung Bhutia scored the first goal for India at the 43rd minute when he recieved a long ball in the opponent penalty box and fired a shot that hit both the posts before getting in. It was the Indian captain again in the 58th minute who was close to scroing for India but the Kyrgyzstan goalkeeper fouled him to give a penalty to India. Sunil Chhetri scored from the spot. India loosened up in attack in the end and played defensively and thus conceded a goal at the 90th minute when Mirlan Murzaev scored for the visitors.
India captain Baichung Bhutia played his 100th match for the national team after starting his career in the same tournament back in 1995. It was a successfull centenary for him as he helped the team win in this must win match.
Earleir yesterday, Sri Lanka defeated Lebanon 4-3 in an entertaining match in which the Lebanese side was leading 2-1 at the halftime. The match scheduled to be held on friday was posponed due to heavy rainfall in Delhi.
INDIAN SQUAD:
1-Subrata Pal; 12-Deepak Kumar Mondal, 5-Anwar, 19-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh, 14-Mahesh Gawli; 23-Steven Benedic Dias, 30-Climax Lawrence, 7-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (88' 27-Mehrajuddin Wadoo), 28-Anthony Pereira (8-Potsangbam Renedy Singh); 15-Baichung Bhutia [C] (82' 18-Sushil Kumar Singh), 11-Sunil Chetri
points tally:
Syria 3 (GD +2)
Srilanka 3 (GD +1)
Lebanon 3 (GD 0)
India 3 (GD 0)
Kyrgyzstan 0 (GD -3)
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