India defeated Sri Lanka 3-1 in their third match to go in a better position to qualify for the final. Indians displayed a fine performance on the ground and clearly deserved the imposing victory that they achieved. Indian team came close to scoring in the first minute only when Anthony Pereira got a nice chip from Climax Lawrence with only goalkeeper to beat but failed to put the ball in. It was the Indian captain Bhaichung Bhutia who put them forward at the 25th minute when he headed home a cross from Steven Dias from the right flank. However at the 63rd minute WDRD Ruwanthilake scored for the lankans. India regained the lead at the 69th minute when Gourmangi Singh scored from a rebound off a Steven Dias. The dazzling performance of Dias was crowned with a goal at the 85th minute when he scored from a NP Pradeep pass. Steven Dias was then taken off the field, but before that he had shown why some European scout was interested in watching his game. The win puts India in a good position to get the final spot. Unless Lebanon defeats mighty Syria in the next match or Sri Lanka defeats Kyrgyzstan by a huge margin India will qualify with the next match to spare.
Lebanon plays against Syria tomorrow at the same time. Live streaming of the match can be viewed here.
india squad:
1-Subrata Pal; 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 5-Anwar, 19-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh, 14-Mahesh Gawli; 23-Steven Benedic Dias (88' 22-Syed Rahim Nabi), 30-Climax Lawrence, 7-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (90'+1' 27-Mehrajuddin Wadoo), 28-Anthony Pereira (63' 8-Potsangbam Renedy Singh); 15-Baichung Bhutia [C], 11-Sunil Chetri
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points tally:
Syria 6 (GD +6)
India 6 (GD +2)
Lebanon 4 (GD 0)
Srilanka 3 (GD -5)
Kyrgyzstan 1 (GD -3)
* every team except Syria has played 3 matches. Syria played two matches.
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