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A near-capacity crowd at the iconic Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata witnessed the Indian national football team qualify for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in style, beating Hong Kong 4-0 on Tuesday.
Anwar Ali's persistence and optimism in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds paid rich dividends on Tuesday. Thanks to goals from Anwar, Sunil Chhetri -- he does that almost every other day -- Manvir Singh and Ishan Pandita, India capped off their historic AFC Asian Cup qualification campaign in style, sweeping aside a strong Hong Kong side 4-0 under heavy rains at the Salt Lake Stadium. Igor Stimac's side brought out it's A game on a stormy night and started off with a blitz as Anwar (2nd) and Chhetri (45') gave India a 2-0 lead. It was then a tale of super subs as Manvir (85th) and Pandita (90+3rd) came off the bench to complete the rout and help India (nine points) top group D with three wins on the trot, ahead of Hong Kong (six).
Legendary Indian striker IM Vijayan lauded the efforts of Sahal Abdul Samad who scored the winning goal against Afghanistan helping India secure a spot in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Sahal came off the bench to score during injury time in India's 2-1 win over the Afghans in a third-round qualifier for the Asian Cup in Kolkata. Vijayan feels Sahal's crucial goal will provide immense aspiration for youngsters following the rise of Indian football.
Stimac's India brace for Hong Kong's challenge at that Salt Lake Stadium here on Tuesday, looking for a perfect end to their Asian Cup qualifying campaign. Both teams go into the contest with six points each, but Jorn Anderson's Hong Kong are topping the standings thanks to a better goal difference. Winners of six groups, now in action across the continent, as well as five best-placed runners-up will join the already qualified 13 teams in next year's Asian Cup.
India men's football have a lot to achieve as they take on Hong Kong in the final match of the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday. The Blue Tigers are on the cusp of qualifying for back-to-back editions of the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in their history and need just a point against Hong Kong to secure their berth in the AFC Asian Cup finals.
Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri shared a heartwarming message on social media after completing 17 years of service as a player for his country, saying that it has been an honour to don the national side shirt all these years. Chhetri took to Instagram to share the message with his fans. The Indian legend made his debut against Pakistan in June 2005.
India won the match against Afghanistan in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers in dramatic fashion on Saturday evening as Sahal Abdul Samad produced a winner in the injury time of the game. Sunil Chhetri's side won the contest 2-1 and as a result, the side have consolidated their position in the group as they aim to make a second straight appearance in the AFC Asian Cup. Heading into the final few moments of the game, the scoreline was level at 1-1, but it was Sahal Abdul Samad who drilled the ball past the goalkeeper to give India a memorable win.
Three late goals were scored as India beat Afghanistan in a thrilling contest at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday in their AFC Asian Cup Qualifier match. But the drama did not end there as a scuffle broke out between players from both teams after the final whistle. What started as an argument between a couple of players was soon seen snowballing into a big fight, with several members of both teams running in. An Afghanistan reserve player was even seen hitting Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on the face.