Manolo Marquez should look forward to his first win as India head coach as his facet drew 1-1 in an entertaining worldwide soccer pleasant towards Vietnam right here on Saturday. Vietnam took the lead within the thirty eighth minute by Nguyen Hoang Duc earlier than Farukh Choudhary equalized within the 53rd minute at Thien Truong Stadium, about 100 kilometers from Hanoi. In Marquez’s two matches as head coach, India drew with Mauritius and misplaced 3-0 to Syria within the Intercontinental Cup in Hyderabad final month.
Within the FIFA rankings, Vietnam ranks 116th, 10 locations larger than India (126th).
In an eventful first half, India goalkeeper and captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saved Vietnam’s goalkeeper Rahul Baker within the tenth minute. A penalty awarded after Bheke fouled the house workforce’s attacker. Nonetheless, Vietnam captain Que Ngoc Hai’s shot went straight at Sandhu.
Chaudhry was launched in an Indian assault two minutes in the past, however his left-footed shot from outdoors the penalty space was blocked by Vietnam goalkeeper Nguyen Philippe.
As the sport progressed, the Vietnamese workforce steadily took benefit. Nguyen Van Quan’s shot within the seventeenth minute went barely large of the objective.
India additionally had an opportunity within the twenty seventh minute, however Chaudhry’s tough left-footed shot from a move by Brandon Fernandez once more did not beat the Vietnamese goalkeeper.
Chau Ngoc Quans almost gave Vietnam the lead within the thirty second minute when his flip outmaneuvered the Indian defenders and his left-footed curling ball beat Sandhu however missed the put up by inches. .
Vietnam’s objective lastly got here six minutes later. Pei Weihao’s volley within the penalty space was blocked by the Indian defender. Gurpreet’s outstretched leg was in a position to contact the ball, nevertheless it was not sufficient to ship the ball out of hazard.
All Nguyen Hoang Duc needed to do was push the ball from the objective line into an empty web.
India performed a lot better within the second half. They dominated for some time and equalized within the 53rd minute.
Defender Anwar Ali despatched an extended aerial ball from close to the midway line, and Choudhury simply gained an aerial duel with Vietnam captain Que Ngoc Hai and slotted the ball previous onrushing goalkeeper Nguyen Filip. Empty door.
Ten minutes later, Lallianzuala Chhangte almost touched Choudhary’s foot when he broke into the Vietnamese penalty space, however the house workforce’s goalkeeper had his arms on the ball.
India was calling the photographs early within the second half, with the Blue Tigers recurrently disrupting the house workforce’s defence. In the meantime, Chaudhry was changed by Edmund Lallindika.
Within the 71st minute, Changte’s shot missed the nook kick.
However after that, the Vietnamese workforce counterattacked strongly and referred to as the photographs within the final quarter-hour. They created a sequence of scoring probabilities however did not convert any of them.
Within the 79th minute, Sandhu made an exquisite reflex save to dam Fan Wu’s shot within the penalty space.
Three minutes later, central defender Anwar Ali headed the ball in the direction of the objective, however the ball was saved by the objective line.
India was set to take part within the Tri-Nations match however Lebanon withdrew citing the continued disaster at house making it tough to fly in a foreign country. The sport was initially scheduled to be performed in the course of the FIFA worldwide competitors window from October 7 to fifteen.
India was beforehand scheduled to play Vietnam on October 9 and Lebanon on October 12, however after Lebanon withdrew, the Indian workforce solely performed one sport.
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