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Women's Olympic Qualifiers: India advances to Round 2 with 4-0 win v/s Kyrgyz Republic - Highlights
India defeated Kyrgyz Republic in back-to-back meetings to enter Round 2 of the AFC Qualifiers of the Paris 2024 Olympics Women's Football Tournament.
India won 4-0 against Kyrgyz Republic in their final match of Round 1 of the AFC Qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics Women's Football Tournament. With the back-to-back wins over the Kyrgyz, the Blue Tigresses have entered the Round 2 of the Asian qualifiers.
It was Sandhiya, Anju Tamang, and Renu who found themselves on the scoresheet on the day, with skipper Tamang finding the net twice.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 7 April 2023 2:25 PM GMT
24'- India doubles their lead!!!
Red card? No problem! Anju Tamang doesn't miss the third time as she blasts the ball into the roof of the net!
IND 2-0 KGZ
- 7 April 2023 2:23 PM GMT
22'- RED CARD
India's Karthika is given marching orders as the player is shown the red card.
- 7 April 2023 2:19 PM GMT
18'- GOAALLLL
Brilliant solo run from Sandhiya, skipping past the Kyrgyz backline, as she calmly passes the ball past the goalie to give India the lead. The constant attack on the Kyrgyz box finally pays off!
IND 1-0 KGZ
- 7 April 2023 2:16 PM GMT
15'- Tamang misses, once again
Anju was clear on goal from the left flank but she took one touch too many, and the Kyrgyz goalie made a good save.
- 7 April 2023 2:09 PM GMT
7' Costly miss from Anju Tamang
Ashalata Devi puts one free-kick in the box which is mishandled by Kyrgyz goalkeeper and it falls to Anju who miscues the shot.
India 0-0 Kyrgyz Republic
- 7 April 2023 2:04 PM GMT
Match starts with Indian forward line getting into action.
As expected the Indian team has seen more of the ball and they have created the first chance from outside of the box to only hit it at the goalkeeper.
India 0-0 Kyrgyz Republic
- 7 April 2023 1:14 PM GMT
India trounced the Kyrgyz Republic 5-0 in the first leg.
The Indian team will look to put the game beyond the reach of the hosts in this game after defeating them 5-0 in the first leg.
Indian coach Thomas Dennerby wants to go back home with a clean-sheet tonight.
