Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: November 01, 2023, 20:25 IST
Indian ladies’s soccer staff misplaced to Uzbekistan 0-3 (AIFF)
The Indian ladies’s soccer staff misplaced to Uzbekistan 0-3 and bowed out of the AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2.
The Indian ladies’s soccer staff bowed out of the AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2 with a 0-3 loss to Uzbekistan in Tashkent’s Bunyodkor Stadium on Thursday, November 1, 2023.
In the 4-staff group, India had earlier misplaced to Japan and Vietnam.
Backed by a loud if not capability crowd, Uzbekistan instantly utilized strain on India, and began dominating possession. The equation was clear: A win would put them in prime rivalry for the most effective second-place staff slot. India, in the meantime, have been taking part in for pleasure, and an opportunity to end their marketing campaign off on a excessive.
Within two minutes although Uzbekistan took the lead from a set piece. Karachik Lyudmila’s nook performed on the close to publish glanced off Khabibullaeva Diyorakhon’s head in the direction of the centre of the six-yard space, from the place Kudratova Nilufar kneed it in to give them the lead.
It took some distinctive goalkeeping by Shreya Hooda to be certain that India didn’t fall behind by extra via the half. In the 14h minute, Hooda saved from Nilufar when the striker was one-on-one along with her after a via ball performed from her midfield. From the resultant nook, she tipped over an extended distance effort by Asadova Dilrabo. On one other event she denied Dilruba from level-clean vary once more, the ahead’s first time shot from a cutback palmed to security. Right on the finish of the half Astam Oraon’s goalline clearance from a nook routine ensured India went down solely down by one.
India got here out of halftime with extra conviction of their attacking play, and as has been the pattern, Manisha Kalyan and Anju Tamang have been on the helm of most of it. In the forty ninth minute, having picked up a go on the prime of the field, Manisha drove in from the left earlier than unleashing a shot in the direction of aim from an acute angle. She beat the keeper however the ball bounced off the crossbar.
Sensing the hazard of an Indian comeback Uzbekistan ramped the strain up once more and within the 51st minute Karachik doubled the staff’s tally, scoring after some interaction on the prime of the field. She added a 3rd with an extended ranger that snuck in on the close to publish to hand the house aspect a 3-0 win and an actual probability at qualifying for the following spherical.
