Sunil Chettri scored a penalty within the thirty seventh minute. (Image: Screengrab/@JioCinema)
Sunil Chettri marked his one hundred and fiftieth match in Indian colors with a positive penalty struck within the first-half however it was not sufficient as Afghanistan managed to come again to take the win.
Lower-ranked Afghanistan shocked India 2-1 as the house workforce suffered one among its most embarrassing defeats in recent times regardless of talisman Sunil Chhetri’s 94th worldwide purpose in his one hundred and fiftieth match, within the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers right here on Tuesday.
In his landmark recreation, Chhetri did what was anticipated of him and located the again of the web from the spot within the thirty seventh minute after Haroon Amiri dealt with the ball contained in the field in India’s residence leg match within the second spherical of the joint qualifiers for the World Cup and 2027 AFC Asian Cup.
Attacking on the counter with three strikers up entrance, Afghanistan equalized as Rahmat Akbari restored parity within the 71st minute after he shot from outdoors the field and the ball went via the legs of Rahul Bheke after a deflection to make it 1-1.
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Disaster struck the Indians when a charging Gurpreet Singh was proven a yellow card and Sharif Mukhammad transformed the resultant penalty (88′) to give his workforce a 2-1 lead with simply two minutes left in regulation time.
Afghanistan goalkeeper Ovays Azizi guessed it proper however the 39-12 months-previous Chhetri packed sufficient energy in his shot to beat the visiting custodian, a lot to the delight of the gang that thronged the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in anticipation of a positive efficiency from their a lot-beloved footballer.
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After a quick section of relentless end-to-end assaults, Chhetri’s strike separated the 2 groups at half time and India held on to the lead till Rahmat Akbari equalised within the 71st minute earlier than Mukhammad’s later strike, which might finally go on to sprint Indian hopes because the guests earned three factors from the match.
Long earlier than that, Liston Colaco got here shut to doubling India’s lead. But he failed to management the ball and the Afghans managed to retrieve it from him.
Right initially of the match, Manvir Singh missed a straightforward likelihood to put India forward however his shot off a rebound, after a Chhetri shot rattled the woodwork, flew over the web.
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India coach Igor Stimac made three substitutions and introduced Anirudh Thapa, Naorem Mahesh and Lallianzuala Chhangte rather than Brandon Fernandes, Liston Colaco and Chhetri.
But, these modifications did little to lengthen India’s dominance and as a substitute, the guests discovered the equalizer. The worst was in retailer for India because the guests put one other one previous a hapless Sandhu to break Indian hearts.
India and Afghanistan drew the primary leg 0-0 in Abha, Saudi Arabia on March 22.
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