Highlights Nepal vs India SAFF Championship 2021
Channel: RS Media Music
Date: 14/10/2021

MATCH REPORT 

90'+2' Subhasish with a crucial block to deny Ananta Tamang a chance to score.

Three minutes of added time.

90' Oh my word. Suman Aryal nearly with the goal of the tournament! he danced his way from the left, twisting and turning past three Indian players before his toe-poke/pass went wide of the far post.

88' Nepal throwing the proverbial kitchen sink with balls and bodies into the box. India with bodies to block efforts and booting it out of the area.

87' India sub: Sahal on, Lalengmawia ON

86' A huge chance for Anjana Bista, who was found inside the box, but his curling effort was just wide.

Stimac with a celebratory dance for the Chhetri goal.

84' Chhetri goes for an audacious left-footed volley from outside the box which goes wide.

83' GOAAL! Chhetri puts India ahead!Brandon loops a ball into the box where Farukh turns the ball into the six-yard area for Chhetri to poke it into the net!


78' Gautam with a good tackle on the left to dispossess Liston, who looked to dribble his way into the box.

76' Liston cuts in from the left and is fouled in the process. A freekick from the left where Brandon swings it in to the unmarked Chhetri, who misdirects his header before the follwing header is straight at Kiran!

72' Lalengmawia pulls down Bista as he looked to wriggle away to set off a Nepal counter-attack.

70' Double change for India: Liston, Farukh ON; Mandar, Yasir OFF

67' Uparkoti requires treatment after he came off worse from a sliding challenge.

Gurpreet is booked for showing dissent.

65' Anjan wins the ball off Lalengmawia near the centre-circle and begins a Nepal counter attack but his ball to the left is not kept in play by Sujan.

63' Yasir goes for a shot from distance but his effort isn't on target.

62' Foul from Anjan Bista as he collides against Bose.

It's been one-way traffic since the start of the half with India dominating possession in the opposition half.

60' Nepal change: Suraj Thakuri ON, Sujal OFF

58' Double change for India: Thapa, Udanta ON; Suresh, Manvir OFF

57' WHAT A SAVE! Yasir loops a ball into the six-yard area where Manvir heads it towards goal and needed a sprwaling save from Kiran!

56' Brandon looks to curl it into the top right corner but he can't quite bring it under the bar...

55' Chhetri fouled outside the box. A free-kick from a promising position for India.

51' Pingball from the corner by Brandon before he ball rolls into the hands of Kiran.

49' Yikes.. Kotal with a volley from distance and the ball sails way wide.

SECOND HALF

HALF-TIME
45' India finding spaces in between the defensive lines and this time Yasir finds Kotal on the indie but he can't find Manvir's run on the overlap.

43' A long ball into the box where Chhetri, who peeled away from his marker, heads into the six-yard area, where Manvir just needed a touch to divert it towards goal. Lucikly for Nepal, Kiran collects it.


38' India is dominating proceedings here in the last few minutes.

34' Oh my.. Sunil Chhetri misses an open goal!!! Possibly the best build-up play from India in the three matches as it moves the ball quickly through the right with Suresh running between the channel inside the box to play in a cut-back across goal, where Chhetri pokes it wide. Chhetri kicks the post in frustration.

32' Handball from Apuia on the left side of India's box from 35 yards. Shreshta goes for goal but Mandar is in the way to head it out.


27' Manvir makes a surging run down the right and drills in a low cross towards Chhetri in the box, but the 'keeper Kiran Kumar swoops in to collect the ball.


21' Chhetriiiiiiiiiiii! He leaps high to connect well with Brandon's corner from the right but his header zooms wide. Bose, right behind Chhetri, was perhaps better suited to attempt the header.

19' Chhetri gets past the Nepal defence and has a go at goal from a tight angle and wins India a corner. That's the first one of the game!

17' Manish is on the run again, trying to get at the end of a long ball, but Gurpreet races off his line to clear the danger.

15' Another loose ball from Apuia outside India's box this time. Manish has possession and has a go form outside the box but his shot is off target.


9' Nepal's gameplan is clear. Hold its shape in defence and capitalise any mistakes from India in possession and hit them on the counter. India has obliged with a couple of sloppy passes in the middle of the park but Nepal hasn't punished them yet with the important final pass.


5' Brandon looks to thread a through ball for Manvir on the left but the Nepal centre-back intercepts it.

3' Yasir looks to dribble through two defenders on the right but is dispossessed. India wins a corner in the process. Brandon's corner is cleared first time at the near post.

2' Bose cuts out a pass from the back to find the run of Manish Tangi

1' Suresh gets the match underway from the centre-circle. India will play in its white away kits.

FIRST HALF