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  Intercontinental Cup Football: India make winning start
09 Jun 2023
 

Indian senior men team made a winning start in the 3rd Intercontinental Cup Football Tournament, defeating Mongolia 2-0 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar today. Earlier in the day, Lebanon prevailed over 3-1 in the opening game of the four-nation tournament.

In what was the first-ever match of the Indian men football team in Odisha in a competitive meet, the Blue Tigers wasted no time stamping their authority, with Sahal Abdul Samad finding the net inside two minutes before Hero of the Match Lallianzuala Chhangte doubled the lead in the 14th minute.
 

The Blue Tigers, beginning their bid to reclaim the Intercontinental Cup title they last won in 2018, started off in blistering fashion and took the lead after Anirudh Thapa was set free in acres of space down the right wing. He sent in a menacing low ball into the box which Mongolian goalkeeper Enkhtaivan Munkh-Erdene could only palm into the way of Sahal Abdul Samad. The 26-year-old swung it first-time with his left foot to score his third goal in the blue of India.

Thapa would be the architect of the second goal too just 12 minutes later - this time from a dead ball situation. His right-swinging corner was met with a towering downward header from Sandesh Jhingan, which was cleared off the line by Batbold Baljinnyam.

The rebound hit Jhingan again before Chhangte, almost hiding in plain sight, pounced on the ball in a flash, volleying it into the net with the outside of his left boot. It was the first goal by Chhangte for India since his strike against DPR Korea in the 2019 Intercontinental Cup in Ahmedabad.

Before the start of the match, the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met both the teams and conveyed his best wishes. All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey and Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran were present on the occasion.

TEAM INDIA: Amrinder Singh (GK), Nikhil Poojary, Sandesh Jhingan, Anwar Ali (Mehtab Singh 83rd), Akash Mishra, Lalengmawia (Jeakson Singh Thounaojam 71st), Sahal Abdul Samad (Naorem Mahesh Singh 59th), Anirudh Thapa, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Sunil Chhetri (Captain) (Rahim Ali 71st), Udanta Singh (Rohit Kumar 59th).
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TOP: Sahal Abdul Samad, the man who scored the first goal for India in their Intercontinental Cup match against Mongolia in Bhubaneswar on 9 June 2023.
RIGHT: Lallianzuala Chhangte (17) scores the second goal for India in their Intercontinental Cup match against Mongolia in Bhubaneswar on 9 June 2023.
 
   
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