Chonburi (Thailand):
The India U-17 boys got here up with a brutal efficiency, hammering Brunei 13-0 of their opening Group D recreation of the U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers on Wednesday. The Blue Colts took the lead inside the eighth minute by Vishal Yadav’s strike from the precise aspect of the field. The Indians continually stored the stress on the inexperienced Bruneiese boys, as 16 minutes later, Md Arbash doubled the lead through a penalty. Yadav made it three for India after changing a free ball from the nook, which Brunei didn’t get correctly cleared. Arbash was additionally concerned in an help within the thirty eighth minute, reducing the ball from the left for Bharat Lairenjam, who slotted it house effortlessly, as India led by 4 objectives.
Mohammed Kaif scored the fifth aim 4 minutes later, heading it house from a nook earlier than the half-time break.
Six minutes into the second half, Yadav secured his hat-trick after he picked up a by ball to around the Brunei goalkeeper and calmly end it for India’s sixth aim.
The aim allowed the Indian head coach Ishfaq Ahmed to check his bench energy, whereas skipper Ngamgouhou Mate took benefit of the poor Bruneiese defence and netted his aspect’s seventh aim by a free-kick within the sixty fifth minute.
9 minutes later, substitute Manbhakupar Malngiang additionally entered the scoring sheet with a aim much like the one scored by Yadav at the beginning of the half.
Within the 82nd minute, Hemneichung Lunkim used his weaker foot to faucet in a free ball contained in the field for India’s ninth aim, whereas Azlaan Shah swiftly transformed an help from Rishi Singh to make it 10 objectives for them two minutes later.
By this time, the Bruneiese gamers had been visibly down and out. However, the Blue Clots had been nonetheless not accomplished but.
Within the last minutes, Mahmad Sami (86th minute) and Sumit Sharma (88th minute) made it a dozen for the aspect earlier than Usham Thoungamba Singh’s long-range effort 4 minutes into the damage time sealed an emphatic 13-0 obliteration.
The Indians subsequent play Turkmenistan right here on Friday, adopted by Thailand on Sunday.
Matters talked about on this article
