SAFF Championship 2018: India vs Sri Lanka, 5 Talking Points

Credits: AIFF Media
Credits: AIFF Media

#4 Can you find the back of the net?

This tweet from the national team's handle sums this game up quite succinctly.

It was quite the shocker that this game finished 2-0 for in truth India should have scored a minimum of five goals at least in this encounter.

The finishing was the biggest disappointment in this game with some of the attempts downright comical. Farukh Chowdhury was one of the biggest culprits on the night with a truckload of misses just by himself.

One of these head-scratching moments came in the 71st when Farukh's attempted shot from inside the box with just the keeper to beat, only found the crossbar. The rebound though fell to Manvir Singh, who had no one to beat and an empty net staring at him with welcoming arms. Yet he scuffed his shot into the ground and over.

It was as if India's players either largely overestimated the size of the goal or their own finishing abilities.

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