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NEW DELHI: India bounced back from their defeat to Bangladesh with 3-0 win over hosts Bhutan in their second encounter of the ongoing SAFF U-18 Championship 2017 played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimpu, Bhutan today (September 22, 2017)<\/p>\n
Lalawmpuia doing the star turn with his brace for India. After a missed penalty in the 26th minute. He redeemed himself with an opportunistic goal from a corner in the 38th minute and a superb strike from 25 yards out after a solo run in the 79th minute. Asish Rai scored the final goal in injury time of the 2nd half to secure victory for India.<\/p>\n
With this win India are currently 3rd on the table with 3 points from 2 matches in the tournament.<\/p>\n
India started off as the better team with Bhutan unable to string together a proper attack in the first 20 minutes of the game.<\/p>\n
Princeton shot wide from a free kick while Lalawmpuia and Edmund both saw their shots either going wide or being picked up by the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
Abhisek Halder hit the post in the 19th minute and soon after India earned a penalty. But Lalawmpuia could only hit it over the post as India wasted its opportunity. A series of corners finally gave the away side the breakthrough as Lalawmpuia captilised on a goal-mouth melee to give India the lead.<\/p>\n
The teams headed 1-0 into half time as Deepak\u2019s point blank header was kept out by the goalie.<\/p>\n
The second half began on a similar note to the first with India dominating proceedings. Edmund shot wide while Lalawmpuia saw his attempt being saved by the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
The game slowed down considerably after this as both sides committed fouls and errors.<\/p>\n
Roshan\u2019s blistering pace changed all that as his solo run on the counter was just about kept out with Edmund hitting the rebound just wide.<\/p>\n
But a minute later another solo run, this time from Lalawmpuia saw him striking from 25 yards out to double the lead.<\/p>\n
Subsititute Ashish Rai scored deep into injury time to complete the rout for India.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s next match is against Maldives on September 25<\/p>\n
India U-18 lineup: Aditya Patra (GK), Deepak Tangri, Sahil Panwar (C), Abhisek Halder, Namgyal Bhutia, Edmund Lalrindika (Ashish Rai 75\u2019), Lalawmpuia, Zonunmawia, Roshan Singh, Pranjal Bhumij, Princeton Rebello (Bodo Baoringdao 87\u2019)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW DELHI: India bounced back from their defeat to Bangladesh with 3-0 win over hosts Bhutan in their second encounter of the ongoing SAFF U-18 Championship 2017 played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimpu, Bhutan today (September 22, 2017)<\/p>\n
Lalawmpuia doing the star turn with his brace for India. After a missed penalty in the 26th minute. He redeemed himself with an opportunistic goal from a corner in the 38th minute and a superb strike from 25 yards out after a solo run in the 79th minute. Asish Rai scored the final goal in injury time of the 2nd half to secure victory for India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[22761,1343,6480,466,22760],"class_list":["post-35588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-changlimithang-stadium","tag-football","tag-indian-sports","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-saff-u-18-championship-2017"],"yoast_head":"\n