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NEW DELHI: India U-23 registered a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Bangladesh to breeze into the Final of Men’s Football Championship in the ongoing South Asian Games in Guwahati on Saturday (February 13). India led 2-0 at the interval.<\/p>\nNEW DELHI: India U-23 registered a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Bangladesh to breeze into the Final of Men’s Football Championship in the ongoing South Asian Games in Guwahati on Saturday (February 13). India led 2-0 at the interval.<\/p>\n
After Udanta Singh put India into the lead in the 22nd minute, Mawihmingthanga followed it up with a “fantastic” strike from outside the box five minutes before the interval.<\/p>\n
Changing over, Jayesh Rane sealed the fate in the 65th minute, a half which also saw Bangladesh Coach Gonzalo Moreno being sent to the stands.<\/p>\n
“We were more organised in defence and midfield and though Bangladesh had more possession they were not able to penetrate,” Head Coach Lee Johnson said post match.<\/p>\n
The first goal came in the 22nd minute. Jerry pressed Razaul Karim inside the 18-yard box forcing a bit of indecision on art of the latter. Udanta, who was complementing Jerry took advantage, sidestepped Topu Barman and pushed it into the net.<\/p>\n
The second goal — Jerry’s strike from outside the box which dug deep into the right bottom corner will stay in memories for long, especially when you will remember that it came from an 18-year old.<\/p>\n
“It was so encouraging to have two U-18s and a U-19 Player on the field in the second half,” Johnson stated, referring to Zuala, Jerry and Vinit Rai.<\/p>\n
“Jerry’s goal was fantastic. But he still has a long way to go,” he added. All three, in fact!<\/p>\n
“There were Players whom we could have selected who were available but we preferred to give these boys a chance. It’s a big achievement and good for the development of Football in India,” he maintained. “<\/p>\n
“The scouting network set up by the AIFF is allowing us to get new boys and without giving a chance to Players you don’t get to know their potential.”<\/p>\n
Jayesh put it beyond the reach in the 65th minute, sending it in from inside the box.<\/p>\n
The final is slated for February 15.<\/p>\n
INDIA:<\/strong> Rehenesh; Pritam Kotal, Sandesh Jhingan, Bikramjt Singh, Narayan Das (Captain) (Samad Ali Mallick – 80th); Udanta Singh, Rowlin Borges, Germanpreet Singh (Vinit Rai – 86th), Jayesh Rane, Jerry, Halicharan Narzary (Zuala – 74th).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After Udanta Singh put India into the lead in the 22nd minute, Mawihmingthanga followed it up with a “fantastic” strike from outside the box five minutes before the interval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[13932,12975,14786,14752,11960,14788,14655,14787,5205,14448,13772],"class_list":["post-25757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-12th-south-asian-games","tag-football-news","tag-india-u-23-football-team","tag-india-vs-bangladesh-football","tag-jayesh-rane","tag-jerry","tag-lee-johnson","tag-mawihmingthanga","tag-narayan-das","tag-sa-games","tag-udanta-singh"],"yoast_head":"\nNEW DELHI: India U-23 registered a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Bangladesh to breeze into the Final of Men’s Football Championship in the ongoing South Asian Games in Guwahati on Saturday (February 13). India led 2-0 at the interval.<\/p>\n