Some atrocious defending saw India lose the advantage of Renedy Singh's splendid goal from a free kick, and drag an otherwise hard fought encounter to penalties onto sudden death. But in the end Baichung & Co. prevailed. In an outfit full of experienced campaigners such as Baichung, Renedy, Surkumar Singh, Mahesh Gawli and in form young guns like Sunil Chettri and Steven Dias, it was Bengal boy Subrata Pal whose intimidating stance and safe hands saved the day in the end for India. The Bengal keeper saved 3 spot kicks to give India their 2nd Nehru Cup in a row with a win over Syria in a packed Ambedkar Stadium at the capital.
A nailbiting finish, and a well deserved victory. As usual I got lucky to catch the highlights.
2 comments:
Kee delo gur. Tried so hard but no one was streaming it here...followed the commentrary on the net.
boss pal-er last save ta durdanto chilo. any keeper anywhere in the world would be proud of making such a save.
unfortunately indian football doesn't get on youtube etc. i'll see if i find a clip, i'll mail it to you.
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