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AFC U20 Asian Cup qualifiers: India men's team registers a big win against Mongolia - Highlights
India men's U20 team take on Mongolia in their first game of the qualifiers, at the Lao National Stadium in Laos.
The Indian Men's U20 football team will kickstart its Asian Cup U20 qualification journey on Wednesday at the Lao National Stadium in Laos, against Mongolia.
Coached by Ranjan Chaudhary, the Indian team faces a stiff challenge, with games against Iran and Laos coming up after the Mongolia game.
The 10 group winners & 5 best runner-up sides will qualify for the AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025, scheduled in China.
As it happened:
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- 25 Sep 2024 10:57 AM GMT
Full Time: India 4-1 Mongolia
A very improved second half for the Indian team as they completely dominated the half and scored three crucial goals to start their tournament on a winning note.
Kipgen scored a brace in the second half while Koeou scored the fourth goal in the 85th minute of the match, this will help the Indian side to improve their goal difference.
Indian will now face the tough Iranian team on 27th September, which will be a challenging match for them.
- 25 Sep 2024 9:53 AM GMT
Half time: India 1-1 Mongolia
Indian men's team had a good start to the first half having an early goal, where Kelvin Singh scored an Olympic goal to take the lead in the match.
India started their domination in the half and eventually forced the Mongolian team to go for risky tackles, conceding a red card.
However, the Mongolian team finished the first half with high spirits, scoring a very late injury-time equalizer to level the score to 1-1.