Sunil Chhetri-led Indian workforce received the SAFF Championship for the ninth time as they prevailed towards Kuwait in an exhilarating penalty shootout within the ultimate after the scoreline stood at 1-1 at Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Tuesday, July 4. The scoreline was shared not solely after the traditional stoppage time but additionally after the penalties (4-4), as the match went into sudden demise the place Mahesh scored for India and the goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saved Hajiah’s try to win it for India.
Kuwait started the goal-scoring on the night time within the 14th minute with Shabib Al Khaldi discovering the again of the web. India fought exhausting earlier than lastly getting some success within the thirty eighth minute as Lallianzuala Chhangte scored the equaliser. Both groups sweated exhausting to get it proper once more as the second half was action-packed however the defence of each groups proved to be stronger than the assault.
As India clinched their ninth SAFF Championship title, let’s take a full list of the award winners:
Highest goal-scorer: Indian captain Sunil Chhetri received the Golden Boot for scoring probably the most quantity of objectives within the match (6).
Most Valuable Player: Chhetri bagged the MVP award as nicely not only for being the very best goal-scorer for his aspect but additionally main his aspect to the final word glory – winning the championship.
Best goalkeeper: Bangladesh’s Anisur Rahman Zico received one of the best goalkeeper award of the match.
Fairplay award: Nepal soccer workforce received the Fairplay award for taking part in within the spirit of the sport.
Prize Money
The runners-up Kuwait acquired a cheque of USD 25,000 which is roughly INR 20.56 Lakh whereas the winning Indian workforce acquired a cheque of USD 50,000, which is roughly INR 41 Lakh, aside from the gamers of each groups receiving their medals. India remained unbeaten all through the match as they beat Pakistan, Nepal within the group stage and drew with Kuwait. India then received on penalties within the semi-final towards Lebanon after which Kuwait within the ultimate.
