{"id":37496,"date":"2019-09-26T00:12:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37496"},"modified":"2019-09-26T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T00:12:07","slug":"india-progress-to-saff-u-18-championship-semis-after-win-over-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=37496","title":{"rendered":"India progress to saff U-18 championship semis after win over Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-37495\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis.jpg\" alt=\"India progress to U 18 SAFF semis\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 8px;\" width=\"738\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis.jpg 738w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/>AIFF Media Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KATHMANDU:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Indian U-18 National Team progressed to the semi-finals of the SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 after defeating Sri Lanka 3-0 in their last group stage match today (September 25, 2019) at the AFP Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gurkirat Singh\u2019s brace coupled with a late Aman Chetri strike proved to be the difference between the two sides despite India having the lion\u2019s share of possession and creating multiple opportunities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking shortly after the win, Head Coach Floyd Pinto said, \u201cIt was good to get the win and gain some momentum. But none of these goals and this win matters unless we win the SAFF Championship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim is to win the SAFF Championship and the boys produced a much better performance against Sri Lanka and we look forward to even better performance by them\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe wanted to put up a better display of performance and score as many goals as we wanted. And we owed this performance to ourselves\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Indian U-18s had started the match on an attacking note and despite having possession the Colts could do little infront of goal with Sri Lanka heaping bodies in defence and making it difficult for the U-18 boys to play their passing game. The half-time scoreline read 0-0 as both teams went into the tunnel on level pegging.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Colts started the second half with much vigour but once again complacency infront of goal cost them chances. In the 65<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;minute, Gurkirat Singh found the back of the net after a meele in the box with a cross coming in through the flanks. Gurkirat Singh and Aman Chetri added more to India\u2019s tally in the dying embers of the match to extend India\u2019s lead and make it unassailable.<\/p>\n<p>The three goal margin proved enough for the Indian colts to seal their win and progress to the semi-finals of the SAFF U-18 Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-37495\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis.jpg\" alt=\"India progress to U 18 SAFF semis\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 8px;\" width=\"738\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis.jpg 738w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/India-progress-to-U-18-SAFF-semis-696x464.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/>AIFF Media Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KATHMANDU:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Indian U-18 National Team progressed to the semi-finals of the SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 after defeating Sri Lanka 3-0 in their last group stage match today (September 25, 2019) at the AFP Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gurkirat Singh\u2019s brace coupled with a late Aman Chetri strike proved to be the difference between the two sides despite India having the lion\u2019s share of possession and creating multiple opportunities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking shortly after the win, Head Coach Floyd Pinto said, \u201cIt was good to get the win and gain some momentum. But none of these goals and this win matters unless we win the SAFF Championship\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India progress to saff U-18 championship semis after win over Sri Lanka - 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=37496\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"India progress to saff U-18 championship semis after win over Sri Lanka - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AIFF Media Team KATHMANDU:&nbsp;The Indian U-18 National Team progressed to the semi-finals of the SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 after defeating Sri Lanka 3-0 in their last group stage match today (September 25, 2019) at the AFP Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.&nbsp; Gurkirat Singh\u2019s brace coupled with a late Aman Chetri strike proved to be the difference between the two sides despite India having the lion\u2019s share of possession and creating multiple opportunities.&nbsp;&nbsp;Speaking shortly after the win, Head Coach Floyd Pinto said, \u201cIt was good to get the win and gain some momentum. 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