India suffered a heart-breaking 1-2 loss to Afghanistan in their reverse fixture of the FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Tuesday, March 26. Captain Sunil Chhetri’s 150th International game went in vain as the Blue Tigers conceded the match regardless of main for fairly a while on the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati.Â
Chettri scored in his 150th game as he transformed a penalty kick to hand India a lead in the thirty seventh minute. The hosts went into the break unscathed at 1-0. The Indians regarded to double their lead after the half-way time however Manvir failed to clear Azizi and the possibility went begging.Â
Indian coach Igor Stimac made three modifications and two minutes later in the seventieth minute, the guests equalised. Rahmat Akbari outfoxed Rahul Bheke from outdoors the field and made it 1-1. The momentum shifted and the Afghans then struck again two minutes earlier than the regulation time ended in the 88th minute. This time Sharif Mukhammad transformed a penalty as he despatched Gurpreet Singh Sandhu the unsuitable approach to make it 2-1 for the guests.
India’s hopes of reaching the third spherical of the FIFA World Cup Qualifier now hold by a skinny thread. They have collected solely a degree from the 2 fixtures towards Afghanistan. The first game ended in a goalless draw.
