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SAFF U17 C'ship: India 3-0 Maldives - HIGHLIGHTS
Follow us for all the LIVE updates from the group clash between in India and Maldives from SAFF U17 football championships.
India will face Bangladesh in the opener of the SAFF U17 Championship 2024 in Bhutan.
SAFF U17 Championships LIVE: The Indian U17 men's football team is ready to take on Maldives in the group game of the SAFF Championships. The Indian team has already secured a berth in the semis.
The team defeated Bangladesh 1-0 in the extra time in the first game and will look to rotate players today as mentioned by coach Ishfaq Ahmed.
Stay tuned for updates.
Live Updates
- 24 Sep 2024 12:40 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
38' A good one-two at the edge of the Maldivian box sets up a winger who earns a corner for India.
Maldives, however, clear the corner.
Desperate defending from Maldives at the moment.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:38 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
35' India move in rather smoothly into the Maldivian box with a string of passes through the center-field.
An Indian shot on goal is high and wide though.
The good build-up amounted to nothing there.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:33 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
31' A free-kick for India and Arbash, in the box, looks to back-heel the ball on to the goal but the contact isn't strong enough and the keeper makes a simple gathering.
The Indian boys look confident out there after the first goal.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:31 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
It was a clash of heads that caused the injury to the Maldivian player.
Samson, the goal scorer, was involved in an aerial collision there and the Maldivian player has been stretchered away in an ambulance.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:28 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
26' A player from Maldives is down and the ambulance has made its way to the middle of the pitch.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:25 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
24' It's been all India so far in the opening twenty-five minutes.
They've moved the ball around well.
Maldives, meanwhile, have struggled to keep possession and are having to do the bulk of the defending.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:23 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
22' A free-kick for India and the curler doesn't quiet do the job and the shot is wide of the target.
India continue to apply the pressure on Maldives.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:21 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
The Maldives looking to respond now but India making the bulk of the opening plays so far.
They're keeping their forward line active with a set of long balls delivered from inside their own half.
- 24 Sep 2024 12:17 PM GMT
IND vs MAL: India lead 1-0
A brilliant cross from the right flank is met by a stellar diving header from Samson and India have a lead early in the first half of the game.
