India thrashed Bahrain 5-0 in a one-sided match to
begin their AFC Under-16 football qualifiers campaign on
a bright note here today.
India thrashed Bahrain 5-0 in a one-sided match to
begin their AFC Under-16 football qualifiers campaign on
a bright note here today.
Aman struck twice (19th, 47th) while Gaston (15th),
Boris (27th) and Suresh (75th) scored one apiece at the
Tabriz Yadegar-E-Emam Stadium here. Nicolai Adam's
Indian boys, who could be part of the 2017 Under-17
World Cup, dominated throughout the match so much so
that it turned out to be a totally one-sided encounter.
Bahrain's goalkeeper Bashar Abed was the busiest
player on the pitch with the Indians, who have come
here from a tour of Germany, toyed with their
opponents. The Bahrain players often resorted to foul
play as a last ditch attempt to thwart the nimble footed
Indians and they were reduced to 10 men in the 65th
minute when striker Abdulla Jasim was flashed the red
for a foul on Sarif.
The barrage of attacks started immediately after the
match started. In the 10th minute, Komal's shot hit the
post and bounced back. Boris pounced on it and
centered but Komal's shot was cleared off the goal line.
The livewire Boris and Ninthoi were consistently
combining down the right. Ninthoi's centre was blocked
for a corner in the 15th minute. Off this corner, Gaston
blasted the ball onto the roof of the net to put India in
the lead.
Aman doubled the lead four minutes later. Following a
long ball, he beat the off-side trap and even as the
goalkeeper rushed out, he lobbed it over from an acute
angle into the goal.
Just as the half-hour mark approached, Boris collected
the ball near the centerline, dribbled his way past a few
rival players and blasted it in to the left of a diving
Basher. India were 3-0 up by the 27th minute
itself. Nicolai brought in his first substitution
immediately thereafter - in 28th minute -- with Aimol
replacing Gaston.
Changing over, Aniket was denied by an onrushing
Basher in the 46th minute. It did not matter much as in
the very next minute, Aniket with a deft touch found
Aman in the clear who bulged the net with a rasping
left-footer to make it 4-0. The fifth goal came in 75th
minute. The trio of Suresh, Amarjit and Aman opened up
the rival defence with Suresh placing the ball home.
India next play hosts Iran in their second match on
September 18.
(SOURCE: DNA)
begin their AFC Under-16 football qualifiers campaign on
a bright note here today.
India thrashed Bahrain 5-0 in a one-sided match to
begin their AFC Under-16 football qualifiers campaign on
a bright note here today.
Aman struck twice (19th, 47th) while Gaston (15th),
Boris (27th) and Suresh (75th) scored one apiece at the
Tabriz Yadegar-E-Emam Stadium here. Nicolai Adam's
Indian boys, who could be part of the 2017 Under-17
World Cup, dominated throughout the match so much so
that it turned out to be a totally one-sided encounter.
Bahrain's goalkeeper Bashar Abed was the busiest
player on the pitch with the Indians, who have come
here from a tour of Germany, toyed with their
opponents. The Bahrain players often resorted to foul
play as a last ditch attempt to thwart the nimble footed
Indians and they were reduced to 10 men in the 65th
minute when striker Abdulla Jasim was flashed the red
for a foul on Sarif.
The barrage of attacks started immediately after the
match started. In the 10th minute, Komal's shot hit the
post and bounced back. Boris pounced on it and
centered but Komal's shot was cleared off the goal line.
The livewire Boris and Ninthoi were consistently
combining down the right. Ninthoi's centre was blocked
for a corner in the 15th minute. Off this corner, Gaston
blasted the ball onto the roof of the net to put India in
the lead.
Aman doubled the lead four minutes later. Following a
long ball, he beat the off-side trap and even as the
goalkeeper rushed out, he lobbed it over from an acute
angle into the goal.
Just as the half-hour mark approached, Boris collected
the ball near the centerline, dribbled his way past a few
rival players and blasted it in to the left of a diving
Basher. India were 3-0 up by the 27th minute
itself. Nicolai brought in his first substitution
immediately thereafter - in 28th minute -- with Aimol
replacing Gaston.
Changing over, Aniket was denied by an onrushing
Basher in the 46th minute. It did not matter much as in
the very next minute, Aniket with a deft touch found
Aman in the clear who bulged the net with a rasping
left-footer to make it 4-0. The fifth goal came in 75th
minute. The trio of Suresh, Amarjit and Aman opened up
the rival defence with Suresh placing the ball home.
India next play hosts Iran in their second match on
September 18.
(SOURCE: DNA)