{"id":1360,"date":"2011-12-08T03:48:55","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T03:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2011-12-08T03:48:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T03:48:55","slug":"saff-cup-india-book-semi-final-berth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1360","title":{"rendered":"SAFF Cup: India book semi-final berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Partners in crime Sunil Chhetri and Jeje  Lalpekhlua\u2019s second half goals complimented with an own goal by Sri  Lankan defender Bandara Warakagoda helped India register a 3-0 victory  over Sri Lanka and book a semi final berth in the last group A league  matchup of the SAFF Championship played here at the Jawaharlal Nehru  Stadium on Wednesday. India who finished with seven points however could  not finish on top as Afghanistan pipped the men in blues by virtue of  goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>India, who  just needed a draw the match in order to march into the semis, never  showed any intent of playing for a draw and should have sealed the fate  in the first half itself had they materialized on the chances created.<\/p>\n<p> India  got as many as four free-kicks, but failed to capitalize. Sri Lanka who  made some nice run on the counter attack had a chance at the cherry in  the 30th minute when Mi Mohamed Zain\u2019s shot was stopped by Indian  Custodian Karanjit Singh. <\/p>\n<p>After the change of ends, India  started from where they left and drew the first blood in the 50th minute  when Chettri\u2019s shot rebounded off Sri Lanka\u2019s Goalkeeper Sujan Perera  and Jeje cashing on in the opportunity fired in a right footer to give  India the lead. <\/p>\n<p>India looked upped the ante furthermore, but could not make any inroads due to lack of good finishing up in front.<\/p>\n<p>Chhetri,  who was amidst all the action from the beginning got his fourth goal of  the tournament\u00a0\u00a0 when his brilliant flying header off a free kick from  last match\u2019s hero Clifford Miranda caught the Lankan custodian unaware.\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>Pushed to the wall and their chances of making it to the last  four of the tournament virtually over, Sri Lanka tried to put up some  fight, but eventually ended up adding to their own misery as Bandara who  tried to clear a shot from Sushil Singh slashed past his own net in the  injury time of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday\u2019s performance,  Coach Savio Madeira said: \u201cWe had many chances but it\u2019s up to the  players to learn from their mistakes. Practically it\u2019s not possible to  perform the same way every day when there is a match on every alternate  day.\u201d<br \/><strong><br \/> Samikshan Dutta Choudhury<br \/> Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Delhi: <\/strong>Partners in crime Sunil Chhetri and Jeje  Lalpekhlua\u2019s second half goals complimented with an own goal by Sri  Lankan defender Bandara Warakagoda helped India register a 3-0 victory  over Sri Lanka and book a semi final berth in the last group A league  matchup of the SAFF Championship played here at the Jawaharlal Nehru  Stadium on Wednesday. India who finished with seven points however could  not finish on top as Afghanistan pipped the men in blues by virtue of  goal difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SAFF Cup: India book semi-final berth - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=1360\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SAFF Cup: India book semi-final berth - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Partners in crime Sunil Chhetri and Jeje Lalpekhlua\u2019s second half goals complimented with an own goal by Sri Lankan defender Bandara Warakagoda helped India register a 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka and book a semi final berth in the last group A league matchup of the SAFF Championship played here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday. 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