Intercontinental Cup 2023: India begins campaign with win v/s Mongolia- Highlights

67' Free Kick !

Chhetri wins a free kick from a good distance. Thapa takes it after a restart gimmick, however it goes out without creating any threat.

62' Mongolia are defending well!

Unlike the first half, Mongolia are defending confidently this time. They are closing in on the flanks, however India is still causing troubles.

59' Substitution India!

Mahesh Naorem and Rohit Kumar comes on for Sahal Samad and Udanta.

54' OFFSIDE ???

Udanta runs through the left and finds Chhangte who successfully broke the defense of Mongolia, the ball falls to Thapa and he has the ball in the net but the flag is up. From the replays its clearly onside. Unfair call from the referee !

51' Not so easy for the visitors!

Mongolia are on their second gear and it is tough for them to break the India defense and on the other side they are struggling to keep the attacking threat of India. 

45' SECOND HALF BEGINS!

India comes bcak into the game with a comfortable two goal lead ! Mountain to climb for Mongolia.

HALF TIME

Great start by the Blue Tigers as India go into the half time with a comfortable lead, thanks to goals by Sahal Abdul Samad and Lallianzuala Chhangte.

HT: IND 2-0 MNG

Four minutes added on

40'- Sahal's shot misses by inches

Sahal almost had his second goal of the match with India's seventh shot in the match as it whistled over the crossbar.

37'- Anwar Ali breathes a sigh of relief

What initially looked like a great last-ditch tackle was a well-hidden attempt from the eyes of the referee as Anwar Ali's last-ditch tackle seemed to have get 'all man and no ball'.