Football
India vs Oman LIVE: Live Blog, Updates, Score and Result
India versus Oman kicks off in less than an hour's time and you can follow all the action right here on our LIVE Blog.
Indian football team (Source: AIFF)
It's finally here. After an enormously long wait of 492 days, the Indian football team takes to the field tonight as they square off against Oman in an international friendly. The match at the Maktoum Bin Rashid Stadium in Dubai will be the first of two friendlies that India plays ahead of their remaining three 2022 World Cup qualifying games against Qatar, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Follow our LIVE Blog for all the latest goings on in tonight's match as the Indian team, sans captain Sunil Chhetri, takes on Oman.
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Live Updates
- 25 March 2021 2:33 PM GMT
HALF-TIME
India have it all to do in the second period if they are to make a match out of this one.
At half-time, the score reads Oman 1-0 India.
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- 25 March 2021 2:31 PM GMT
Into added time
45'
One minute is added as injury time at the end of the first half with India trying to get back in the match.
- 25 March 2021 2:28 PM GMT
GOOAAAAL for Oman
43'
Own goal scored by Chinglensana as he deflects a cross from the left into his own net.
- 25 March 2021 2:27 PM GMT
Injury for Oman's number 12
39'
Break in play as Al Maashani is treated for a bad fall. Igor Stimac gets a word in with his players with 3 minutes left in the half.
- 25 March 2021 2:20 PM GMT
Bipin almost put through on goal
34'
Manvir wins the ball from the Omani central midfielder and Bipin Singh is almost put through on goal before the centre back intervenes and clears the ball. It remains goalless.
- 25 March 2021 2:18 PM GMT
It's a battle of attrition at the moment
With less than 15 minutes remaining in the first half, neither team has been able to break the deadlock.
Score 0-0
- 25 March 2021 2:12 PM GMT
SAVED by Amrinder
27'
Amrinder Singh guesses the right direction and saves the penalty with ease.
- 25 March 2021 2:12 PM GMT
PENALTY to Oman
26'
Rowllin Borges brings down the Omani number 9 inside the box. Penalty.
- 25 March 2021 2:11 PM GMT
Another Oman shot goes over
24'
Yet another attempt from Oman is off target as a shot from the edge of the box fails to trouble Amrinder.
- 25 March 2021 2:10 PM GMT
India giving away cheap free-kicks
India is giving away a lot of cheap free-kicks and might well end up regretting that by the end of this match.
