AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers: India outshines Timor Leste to win second game on trot - Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from India's second match at the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers in Thailand.
India Women is taking on Timor Leste in the second match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers 2025. (Photo Credits: AIFF)
The Indian Women's Football Team took on Timor Leste in their second match of the 2025 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Sunday.
India had a brilliant start to the campaign, registering their biggest ever win at the continental competition against Mongolia, snatching a massive 13-0 win last week.
The team, returning to the field after having a good six-day rest after the previous game, doubled their points with a 4-0 win against Timor today.
As it happened:
India continued their good run in the tournament with another comfortable win in their second game of the tournament. The team scored three goals in the second half thanks to Manisha Kalyan, Anju Tamang, and Lynda Kom's clinical finish.
India had a lot of missed chances at the start of the second half, but then coach brought in some new names to put more speed in India's attack, helping the team to find two late goals in the half.
India is now at the top of the leaderboard with six points out of two matches. They will have two more matches against Iraq and Thailand, which will decide the team's fate for the Asian Cup.
A quick goal for the Indian team as Dangmei Grace showed brilliant skills to beat two of her markers and make an attacking move with a minus pass to Lynda Kom, who was making her run towards the goal
The unmarked Lynda had no problem in converting this pass into a goal, and she did the same with a ay slow shot on the right hand of Timor's goalkeeper.
India 4-0 Timor Leste
Manisha Kalyan bagged a powerful shot on the near end of the goalkeeper to add another goal to her tally and solidify her team's situation in the match.
Lunda Kom was the creator of the goal as she picked up a loose ball in the midfield and found Anju Tamng on the edge of the box, who made an easy assist to Manisha, who had a lot of space in front of her to make it an easy finish.
India 3-0 Timor Leste
Sanju made another brilliant cross in Timor's defensive box, which was beautifully chested down by Anju Tamang, setting up an easy shot for Lynda Kom.
Lynda grabbed on this opportunity tofore a shot on target, but it was very much central and Timor's goalkeeper made an impressive save on a low and powerful half-volley from Lynda.
India 2-0 Timor Leste
Manisha Kalyan is making a lot of speedy runs from the left flank and trying to find the striker with her curling cross, but hasn't yet delivered a pinpoint cross, making it a dreadful end to an impressive move.
India 2-0 Timor Leste
Sanju provided a brilliant cross from the left flank, which beats Timor's goalkeeper on the near end and finds the unmarked Anju Tamnag, who had an empty goal in front of her.
Anju made no mistake and just touched the ball, guiding it to the back of the net and doubling India's lead in the second half.
India 2-0 Timor Leste
Indian forward Pyari Xaxa is having a bit of an off day as she is not able to convert some comparatively easier chances made by the Indian wingers in the second half, keeping the scoreline unchanged.
India 1-0 Timor Leste
India maintained their narrow 1-goal lead at halftime thanks to a wonderful finish from Manisha Kalyan early in the match.
Indian team received a lot of big chances to double their lead, but a couple of reckless shots and a solid defensive display from Timor Leste's defensive unit kept the scoreline unchanged.
Soumya Gugolith and Manisha Kalyan are looking the most comfortable players right now, whereas Pyari Xaxa and Anju Tamang aren't able to keep their radar towards the goal.
Soumya found a space on the right flank and made a counter-attacking run, but she could not find a minus-pass to Pyari and run through because of constant pressure from Timor Leste's right wing back.
India 1-0 Timor Leste
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