India blank Yemen in U-16 meet
Tuesday - August 7, 2018 10:38 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Amman (Jordan) Aug 7 (IANS) The India U-16 football team defeated Yemen 3-0 to maintain their winning streak in the five-nation WAFF U-16 Championship here on Tuesday.
Centre-back Harpreet Singh headed in the first goal in the 37th minute with two goals coming in consecutive minutes immediately after resumption to take the tie beyond Yemen s reach the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said in a statement.
While the second goal was headed in by Ridge Demello in the 47th minute Rohit Danu lobbed it over the rival goalkeeper a minute later providing the perfect finish to a promising build-up.
Indian head coach Bibiano Fernandes lauded the boys for their "fantastic display".
"We are extremely proud of them. They came up with a superlative performance today and executed it to perfection. The tournament has helped us gauge where we stand and we go back much richer in experience " he stated after the match.
The Indian boys thus finished their engagements in the tournament winning three matches and losing a close battle to Japan.
While the Indian colts had made short work of Jordan 4-0 in their opening encounter and accounted for current U-16 Asian champions Iraq in their previous match by a solitary goal they had lost the lead and the match to Asian powerhouse Japan 1-2 in their other match.
--IANS dm/ajb/sed
Centre-back Harpreet Singh headed in the first goal in the 37th minute with two goals coming in consecutive minutes immediately after resumption to take the tie beyond Yemen s reach the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said in a statement.
While the second goal was headed in by Ridge Demello in the 47th minute Rohit Danu lobbed it over the rival goalkeeper a minute later providing the perfect finish to a promising build-up.
Indian head coach Bibiano Fernandes lauded the boys for their "fantastic display".
"We are extremely proud of them. They came up with a superlative performance today and executed it to perfection. The tournament has helped us gauge where we stand and we go back much richer in experience " he stated after the match.
The Indian boys thus finished their engagements in the tournament winning three matches and losing a close battle to Japan.
While the Indian colts had made short work of Jordan 4-0 in their opening encounter and accounted for current U-16 Asian champions Iraq in their previous match by a solitary goal they had lost the lead and the match to Asian powerhouse Japan 1-2 in their other match.
--IANS dm/ajb/sed
