A game that saw three players being sent off comes to an end with a 2-0 win for the Murciana U20 side who were solid in defence and did not allow the Indian boys to take advantage of the early numbers advantage. India's Anwar Ali and Jitender Singh were sent off during the course of the match.
80+2' - 2-0!! Murcia have doubled their lead in the dying seconds of the match. The offside trap is beaten by a long ball as the attacker Aitor Gil ushes out to cheekily finish over the rushing GIll from the goal.
79' - As we approach the end of the match, the Indian attack push hard for the equalizing goal from the left flank but are unable to breach the Spanish defence.
66' - India's misery increases further as defender Jitender Singh is red carded for taking a swipe at the opponent while guarding the ball. India down to ten men now with about 15 minutes to go in the match.
57' - Trouble for India !! Anwar Ali brings down a player through on goal and the ref makes no hesitation and gives Anwar his marching orders. Both teams at 10 men but Murciana have the lead.
The first half ends as the young colts are trailing after a freekick was scored by the Murcia side. The Murcia side were depleted in the fifth minute after a sending off.
Stay tuned for all the live updates right here as we return after a short break for the second half action.
40' - The referee has shown added time of four minutes as we head towards the end of the first half. Murciana U-20 lead by a single goal despite being one man down since the fifth minute.
8' - First shot on target for India as Anwar Ali tries his luck from way out with a speculative shot at the Murcia goal. Easily collected by the keeper.
5' - What do we have here!! The referee has called for a VAR check and decided upon review that the tackle by Juan Antonio De Moral was worthy of a red card and sent off the youngster. Murcia down to 10 within the first five minutes of the match.
4' - Early card shown by the referee as Juan Antonio de Moral is booked for a late challenge on Boris Singh who cut in from the right and was almost on his way to the midfield.
2' - Almost the first chance for India as a long ball from the left wing finds the run of Abhijit Sarkar as he stretches for the lob but the Murcia keeper is out to collect the delivery.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of all the action from the Cotif Cup 2018 as India U-20 team is set to take on Spanish side Murcia U-20 in Spain.
Indian youngsters of the sub-junior U-20 category are set to open their campaign in the Cotif tournament as they take on Spanish side Murcia in Spain.
The Cotif tournament will see a host of players from the FIFA U-17 World Cup squad as well as the squad that took part in the AFC U-19 qualifiers held in Saudi Arabia.
The first fixture of the tournament will act as a pre-cursor to tougher fixtures in the Cotif Tournament in the form of Argentina U-20, Venezuela U-20 and Mauritania U-20. Newly appointed coach Floyd Pinto will hope the boys can draw good experience from the matches which will act as build-up for the qualification for FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Indian players Aman Chhetri, Anwar Ali, Boris Singh and Ninthoi Meetei impressed in their last fixture against local club side Union Deportiva Alzira U-22 after arriving in Spain.
Will they start off on a bright note in their first game? Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for all the live updates from the fixture.
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