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A late strike by captain Sunil Chettri helped India
escape with a 2-2 draw with Bangladesh in
international football friendly at Nehru Stadium here
Wednesday.
Chettri gave India an early lead in the 14th minute
and took his tally to 44 international goals. With his
team staring at defeat at 1-2 in the 89th minute,
Chhetri rose to the occasion again - this time with a
stunner that helped India manage a face-saving
draw.
Down by a goal at the interval, Bangladesh came
back strongly in the second half with goals from
Mithun Chowdhury and Hemanta Biswas.
The first goal set the tone for India in the first half.
The Robin Singh-Chettri combination, transpiring
right from the drawing board paved the way for it.
Sunil essayed it to Robin who shielded his marker
and played the wall-pass to set up Chhetri all in the
clear.
A composed Chettri gratefully gathered it, entered
the rival box and even as rival goalkeeper Sahidul
Alam tried to narrow the angle, Chtetri curled it past
him into the far corner.
Chettri's second goal was a volley off a Denzil
Franco cross from the right. It wan't from the
drawing board; rather it had class written all over it.
And it set the tone for the match.
In the 42nd minute, Robin, faster than any off the
blocks, anticipated it right and went past two rival
defenders but with only Sahidul to beat, his
placement hit the latter. That was easily the easiest
chance of the first half.
The last three minutes of the first half witnessed
two raspers form both sides. First, Clifford Miranda's
boomer just sailed past and the very next minute,
Sohail Rana's long-ranger was fisted away by
Indian goalkeeper Subrata Paul.
India's pressing football was on display right from
the kick-off. Bangladesh did seize the initiative early
trying to push India on the backfoot.
By the half-hour mark, Francis and Clifford Miranda
had interchanged flanks. Chettri always stayed the
spare man in the midfield. So much so, that Jamal
Bhunyian couldn't flourish into his....
playmaking role as he had to keep a tab on the
Indian captain's movements.
India made a double substitution as both teams
changed over - Victorino Fernandes and Rocus
Lamare replacing Clifford Miranda and an injured
Mehtab Hossain respectively.
Bangladesh pulled it back in the 52nd minute -
Mithun tapping it in after a Sohel Rana centre
deflected off Arnab Mondal for Mithun to find the
net.
Bangladesh looked much more purposeful in the
second-half. India's thrust was nowhere to be
found. But Chettri's brilliance frustrated them
once again.
Meanwhile, Subrata Paul was given marching
orders for his second booking in the match in
injury time but Bangladesh weren't able to
capitalise on the free-kick from just outside the
box.
escape with a 2-2 draw with Bangladesh in
international football friendly at Nehru Stadium here
Wednesday.
Chettri gave India an early lead in the 14th minute
and took his tally to 44 international goals. With his
team staring at defeat at 1-2 in the 89th minute,
Chhetri rose to the occasion again - this time with a
stunner that helped India manage a face-saving
draw.
Down by a goal at the interval, Bangladesh came
back strongly in the second half with goals from
Mithun Chowdhury and Hemanta Biswas.
The first goal set the tone for India in the first half.
The Robin Singh-Chettri combination, transpiring
right from the drawing board paved the way for it.
Sunil essayed it to Robin who shielded his marker
and played the wall-pass to set up Chhetri all in the
clear.
A composed Chettri gratefully gathered it, entered
the rival box and even as rival goalkeeper Sahidul
Alam tried to narrow the angle, Chtetri curled it past
him into the far corner.
Chettri's second goal was a volley off a Denzil
Franco cross from the right. It wan't from the
drawing board; rather it had class written all over it.
And it set the tone for the match.
In the 42nd minute, Robin, faster than any off the
blocks, anticipated it right and went past two rival
defenders but with only Sahidul to beat, his
placement hit the latter. That was easily the easiest
chance of the first half.
The last three minutes of the first half witnessed
two raspers form both sides. First, Clifford Miranda's
boomer just sailed past and the very next minute,
Sohail Rana's long-ranger was fisted away by
Indian goalkeeper Subrata Paul.
India's pressing football was on display right from
the kick-off. Bangladesh did seize the initiative early
trying to push India on the backfoot.
By the half-hour mark, Francis and Clifford Miranda
had interchanged flanks. Chettri always stayed the
spare man in the midfield. So much so, that Jamal
Bhunyian couldn't flourish into his....
playmaking role as he had to keep a tab on the
Indian captain's movements.
India made a double substitution as both teams
changed over - Victorino Fernandes and Rocus
Lamare replacing Clifford Miranda and an injured
Mehtab Hossain respectively.
Bangladesh pulled it back in the 52nd minute -
Mithun tapping it in after a Sohel Rana centre
deflected off Arnab Mondal for Mithun to find the
net.
Bangladesh looked much more purposeful in the
second-half. India's thrust was nowhere to be
found. But Chettri's brilliance frustrated them
once again.
Meanwhile, Subrata Paul was given marching
orders for his second booking in the match in
injury time but Bangladesh weren't able to
capitalise on the free-kick from just outside the
box.
