India vs Kuwait: India won the South Asian Football Federation Championship (SAFF) by defeating Kuwait 4-5 on penalties in the final. The score remained 1-1 till full time in the match played at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening. There was no goal even in 30 minutes of extra time. After this, the winner died from the penalty. India won the championship for the ninth time. Lalin Juwala Changte scored the goal for India.
The thrill of the penalty- Sunil Chhetri of India scored the goal. India 1 -0 Kuwait
- Kuwait's Abdullah's shot is saved by India's Sandhu India 1 -0 Kuwait
- India's Sandesh Jhingan scores, India 2 -0 Kuwait
- Fawaz of Kuwait scores the penalty. India 2 -1 Kuwait
- Changte of India hits the ball into the top corner and scores. India 3 -1 Kuwait
- Al Dafri of Kuwait scores in the left. India 3 -2 Kuwait
- Udanta Singh of India misses the ball. The ball went over the goalpost. India 3 -2 Kuwait
- Abdul Aziz of Kuwait hits the ball into the top and scores. India 3 - 3 Kuwait
- India's Subhasish Bose takes the lead by hitting the top corner. India 4 -3 Kuwait
- Al Khaldi of Kuwait scores a penalty in the bottom left corner. India 4 -4 Kuwait
- Mahesh Singh of India scores in the right top corner. India 5 -4 Kuwait
- Kuwait's Al Ibrahim Gurpreet Singh Sandhu made a save and India won. India 5 -4 Kuwait
There was no goal in the second halfNot a single goal came in the second half of the match. The score remained equal to 1-1. India hit 7 shots on goal in the match. At the same time, Kuwait hit 14 shots. However, 4 of India's and 3 of Kuwait's shots went towards the goal. The match went into extra time, yet the score remained 1-1. The match went to penalties and India won.
Many cards came out after half timeThe score remained tied at half time. After this the referee took out several yellow cards. India's Rohit Kumar got yellow card in 75th minute. Prior to that, Reda Hani, Abdullah Amar, Mohammad Abdullah and Ahmed Dhahferi, Hamad Al Kalaf and Mohammad Daham of Kuwait received yellow cards, while Ashike Kurian of Team India received yellow card.
Score 1-1 till half time, India came on par with Changte's goalAfter trailing 0-1 in the first 15 minutes, Lalin Juwala Changte equalized for Team India before half time. Changte scored in the 38th minute. He scored off Sahal's cross, which was passed by Sahal to skipper Sunil Chhetri. In fact, from the center of the box, Chhetri passed to Sahal, who was on his left, which Sahal crossed back to Changte and Changte made no mistake in tricking the Kuwaiti goalkeeper.
Gurpreet failed to stop Khaldi's shot.Kuwait striker Shabev Al Khaldi scored in the 14th minute to give his team a 1-0 lead. He scored on the left wing Abdullah Amar's cross. Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet failed to stop the shot.
Yellow card to Sandesh Jhingan in the 28th minute.Indian defender Sandesh Jhingan got a yellow card in the 28th minute. He hit the hosts instead of the ball in an attempt to take a header inside Kuwait's box. In such a situation, another yellow card can become a cause of concern for Team India. Because the message may have to go out if there is another yellow card. He is returning from suspension.
Return of Sandesh in India's Starting-11Ahead of the match, India's star center defender Sandesh Jhingan returned to the starting XI. He was suspended for one match for two yellow cards.
See the starting-11 players...India: Gurpreet Singh (goalkeeper), Sandesh Jhingan, Anwar Ali, Jackson Singh, Nikhil Pujare, Anirudh Thapa, Akash Mishra, Ashike Kurian, Sahal Abdul Samad, Lalin Juwala Changte and Sunil Chhetri.
Kuwait: Al Rahman Kamin (goalkeeper), Hassan Al Ainji, Khalit Hajiya, Abdullah Amar, Hamad Al Kalaf, Sultan Al Ainji, Reda Hani, Shabeev Al Khaldi, Mohammed Dahm, Mubarak Al Faneni.