Manolo Marquez should anticipate his first win as India head coach as his workforce performed out a 1-1 attract an entertaining worldwide soccer pleasant match in opposition to Vietnam right here on Saturday. Vietnam took the lead within the thirty eighth minute by way of Nguyen Hoang Duc earlier than Farukh Choudhary equalised within the 53rd minute on the Thien Truong Stadium, round 100 km from Hanoi. In Marquez’s two matches as head coach to date, India drew in opposition to Mauritius and misplaced 0-3 to Syria within the Intercontinental Cup in Hyderabad final month.
Ranked 116th, Vietnam are 10 spots larger than India (126th) within the FIFA rankings.
In an eventful first half, India goalkeeper and captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu stopped a penalty kick awarded to Vietnam within the tenth minute after Rahul Bheke fouled a house aspect attacker. Vietnam captain Que Ngoc Hai’s shot, nonetheless, went straight to Sandhu.
Two minutes earlier than that, Choudhary was let free in an Indian assault however his left-footer from simply exterior the field was stopped by Vietnam goalie Nguyen Filip.
Vietnam have been on the ascendency because the match progressed and Nguyen Van Toan’s shot within the seventeenth minute went simply vast off the mark.
Within the twenty seventh minute, India additionally received an opportunity however once more Choudhary’s left-footed shot from a tough angle off a cross from Brandon Fernandes couldn’t beat the Vietnam goalkeeper.
Chau Ngoc Quans virtually gave Vietnam the lead within the thirty second minute when he outsmarted an Indian defender along with his flip and his left-footed roller beat Sandhu however the ball went vast of the submit by few inches.
Vietnam’s objective ultimately got here six minutes later. Bui Vi Hao’s volley from contained in the field deflected from an Indian defender and Gurpreet’s outstretched leg was capable of contact the ball however not sufficient to ship it out of hurt’s means.
All Nguyen Hoang Duc needed to do was simply push the ball into the open internet from the goal-line.
India performed significantly better within the second half. They’d durations of dominance and likewise discovered the equaliser within the 53rd minute.
Defender Anwar Ali despatched a protracted aerial ball from close to the centre line and Choudhary received an aerial duel with Vietnam captain Que Ngoc Hai somewhat simply and he chipped the ball over an onrushing goalie Nguyen Filip into the empty internet.
Ten minutes later, Lallianzuala Chhangte’s chip into the Vietnam field virtually discovered Choudhary’s ft however the house aspect goalkeeper was capable of lay his hand on the ball.
India known as the pictures within the preliminary interval of the second half and the Blue Tigers rattled the house workforce’s defence very often. Within the meantime, Choudhary was substituted by Edmund Lalrindika.
Within the 71st minute, Chhangte’s shot took a deflection and went out for a nook.
However from there on, Vietnam got here again strongly and dictated phrases within the final quarter-hour. They created a sequence of scoring probabilities however couldn’t convert any of them.
Within the 79th minute, Sandhu made an excellent reflex save to disclaim Van Vu’s snap shot from contained in the field.
Three minutes later, central defender Anwar Ali made a goal-line save as he headed out a goal-bound shot.
Initially, India have been to play in a tri-Nation event however Lebanon pulled out, citing difficulties in flying in a foreign country as a result of ongoing disaster at house. The event was deliberate within the FIFA worldwide match window from October 7-15.
India have been earlier scheduled to play in opposition to Vietnam on October 9 and in opposition to Lebanon on October 12 earlier than Lebanon’s pulling out left them to play only one match.
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