India 1-0 Cambodia
14′ GOAL! Captain Sunil Chhetri puts the Blue Tigers forward with a pin-point accurate kick that beats the Cambodian keeper even though he had guessed the direction correctly. Huge roar at the Salt Lake Stadium as Team India seize the lead early on in the game!
India 0-0 Cambodia
12′ The Blue Tigers have earned a penalty just after the 10-minute mark after Liston Colaco is brought down inside the Cambodian penalty box. Sunil Chhetri to take the kick.
India 0-0 Cambodia
4′ Cambodia get the free kick in the early minutes of the game. Indian custodian Gurpreet Sandhu though collects the ball safely after a shot from about 20 yards out.
Here’s the Blue Tigers lineup for this game
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Play is about to get underway at the Salt Lake Stadium. The players are currently out at the centre to sing their respective national anthems. There are fans holding a giant banner of the late Chuni Goswami, the Indian football legend who breathed his last on 30 April, 2020.
Packed to the rafters at the Salt Lake Stadium!
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“Indian football team coach Igor Stimac’s moment of reckoning is here. The Blue Tigers open their 2023 AFC Asian Cup final round qualifiers campaign on Wednesday and will be playing three matches in total as they aim to get to the finals of the continental showpiece event for the fifth time in history. And for the first time in consecutive editions, having featured in 2019.”
Ujwal Singh previews India’s qualification campaign for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, starting with the match against Cambodia.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of India’s opening game of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers with the Blue Tigers taking on Cambodia at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan, a.k.a. the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Wednesday.