SAFF: Sunil Chhetri’s late objective helps India ease previous Nepal

India received a a lot wanted respite within the type of a Sunil Chhetri objective which enabled them to beat Nepal 1-0 and keep alive within the SAFF Championshiops. This was a large three factors for India which received the Blue Tigers again within the reckoning for a spot within the ultimate. India had been made to work laborious for it however Sunil Chhetri netted the winner eight minutes from time. Chhetri had missed an open objective within the opening half however redeemed himself after scoring the winner within the 82nd minute when he turned in a Farukh Choudhary header into the online.

🗣️ @chetrisunil11: We have finished a variety of issues, proper, and we have to enhance a variety of different issues. We are nonetheless alive in #SAFFChampionship2021 🏆, and we’ll preserve enhancing 🙌#NEPIND ⚔️ #AgainTheBlue 💙 #BlueTigers 🐯 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/JBrXM6yc5v
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 10, 2021
With this, Igor Stimac’s males now have 5 factors from three matches and have moved into third within the desk behind Nepal on six. India should now win in its ultimate spherical robin match to make sure place within the ultimate.
Women beat Bahrain 5-0 in worldwide pleasant
The Indian girls’s soccer group beat lower-ranked Bahrain 5-0 of their worldwide pleasant match right here on Sunday.
Pyari Xaxa (nineteenth and 68th minutes) scored twice whereas Sangita Basfore (thirteenth), Indumathi thirty fourth, Manisha (69th) had been the opposite goal-getters.
Pyari was, nevertheless, despatched off by the referee in 73rd minute.
Bahrain are ranked eighty fifth within the FIFA chart as in opposition to India’s 57th place.
India had crushed UAE 4-1 and misplaced to Tunisia 0-1 in Dubai in worldwide pleasant matches earlier this month.
The group faces Chinese Taipei, who’re ranked larger at fortieth within the FIFA chart, right here on Wednesday.

FULL-TIME!
India full their dominant present with a 5️⃣ – 0️⃣ victory over Bahrain. Full marks to Dennerby’s women.
🇧🇭 0-5 🇮🇳#BAHIND ⚔️ #AgainTheBlue 💙 #ShePower 👧 #IndianFootball ⚽ pic.twitter.com/qR2pPG3xL0
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 10, 2021
The pleasant matches are a part of preparations for the AFC Asian Cup, which will likely be hosted by India in January-February.
Before the win in opposition to a hundredth ranked UAE on October 2, the Blue Tigress have been winless within the 5 earlier matches this yr, although all of them had been in opposition to larger ranked European sides.
This tour of 4 worldwide pleasant matches was the primary beneath the cost of Thomas Dennerby.