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SAFF U19 C'ship: India beat 3-0 Maldives in the semi-final - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the semi-final of the 2025 SAFF U19 Championship in Arunachal Pradesh.
Indian Men to take on Maldives in the semi-final of the 2025 SAFF U19 Championship. (Photo credit: AIFF Media)
The Indian boys were up against the Maldives in the semi-final of the 2025 SAFF U19 Championship at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh, on Friday.
This was the first-ever semi-final of the U19 category for the Maldives, whereas the defending champion Indian team was competing in its third consecutive semifinal after topping the group.
India hadn't conceded a single goal in the tournament and had qualified for the final four with big wins over Sri Lanka and Nepal in the group stage.
As it happened:
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- 16 May 2025 2:17 PM GMT
14' The Star Danny scores opening goal for India with an acrobatic kick on the far side
India made full use of the set-piece of the match, and Prashan played a short one-two on the corner to find a big empty space and made a cross on the far side to Danny, who scored his faith goal of the tournament.
India 1-0 Maldives
- 16 May 2025 1:40 PM GMT
This will be the sixth meeting between the two sides at the SAFF U18/19/20 Category
Head-to-head: India 5-0 Maldives
The last meeting between the two sides was in the 2024 SAFF U20 Championship, where India edged past Maldives with a late injury-time winner.
- 16 May 2025 1:15 PM GMT
Here is the Indian lineup of the crucial semi-final match against the Maldives
The current golden boot holder, Danny Meitei, will have all the high hopes again, whereas the Punjab FC player, Singamyum Shami will continue to lead the side.
