Singapore, July 12:
The Indian football U-23 team went down 0-1 to its counterparts from Singapore in an international friendly, as the two-match series ended in a 1-1 draw here today.
The match was played at the Choa Chu Kan Stadium.
Singapore’s Ikhsan Fandi scored the lone goal of the game when he converted a penalty in the 51st minute.
India had beaten Singapore 1-0 in the first match on Sunday, a Germanpreet Singh left-footed curler making the difference between the two sides on that occasion.
The Indian contingent next travel to Doha where they have been clubbed with hosts Qatar, Turkmenistan and Syria in Group C of the AFC U-23 Qualifiers, which kick off on July 19.
“I am disappointed with the result. I thought the boys fought very hard but we lacked a bit of quality in the final third and it cost us in the end,” India coach Stephen Constantine said.
“However, I can say that we didn’t deserve to lose the game. The objective is to find players for the senior team and there are certainly some players who if they continue in the manner they are doing now have a serious chance to push for the senior national team,” he stated.(PTI)
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