India vs Nepal SAFF Championship 2021 Final Live Score and Updates

FULL TIME: India 3-0 Nepal. India are SAFF champions.

90'Additional Time: 3 Minutes

89' GOAAAAAAAAAAAAL! Sahal Abdul Samad. (IND 3-0 NEP)

85' Nepal building from the back in the last ten minutes or so but nothing so far.

74' Substitution for India: Udanta and Glan on for Yasir and Apuia.

69' Mandar Rao Dessai beats two markers on the left side and goes for goal, hits the side netting.

65' Sheer injection from pace as Chhetri makes a darting run on the counter and his shot on goal is saved by Kiran.

That 2️⃣-goal cushion 😊

🇮🇳 2-0 🇳🇵

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— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 16, 2021

57' Lalengmawia is brought down by Chand in the midfield. The youngster is infuririated on the challenge and goes into an altercation with the Nepali defender.

54' Nepal defend the resultant corner with ease.

52' CHANCE! Chhetri plays out Manvir with a through ball but the latter's shot is blocked by Chand.

50' GOAAAAAAAAAAAAL! Suresh Singh Wangjam. (IND 2-0 NEP)

49' GOAAAAAAAAAAAL! Sunil Chhetri scores. (IND 1-0 NEP)

46' Second-half kicks-off.

HALF TIME: India 0-0 Nepal

45' Additional Time: 1 Minute.

40' India playing the ball through the wings and getting in crosses but to no luck.

36' Suresh chips it to Chhetri, who nods it down for Apuia, but the pass is again cut out.

31' Rohit Chand waits for a cross to reach him inside the box but Sandhu collects mid-air.

30' Nepal 0 India 0. #SAFFChampionship2021 pic.twitter.com/drKYSOQac5
— GoalNepal.com (@Goal_Nepal) October 16, 2021

27' Chhetri's shot from a tight angle is collected by Kiran with ease.

24' Pritam Kotal gets a corner in, Chinglensana Singh's header is blocked. Suresh Singh's shot from distance is also blocked.

21' Anirudh Thapa gets acres of space in the Nepal box but is intercepted with a sliding challenge from Dinesh Upakoti.

15' Nawayung Shrestha has a shot at goal, Sandhu saves.

13' Chaos in the Nepal box as Kiran fails to collect a regular bobbling ball. India get two shots on target but Nepal clear their lines on the goal line.

10' Pritam Kotal's cross goes to Manvir Singh whose flick on is intercepted inside the Nepal box.

8' Nawayung Shrestha has a chance to score from a cross, he just has to tap it home past Sandhu but fouls the Indian goalkeeper instead

4' SAVE! Yasir Mohammad's shot from distance is not saved by Kiran Limbu and the recicochet falls to Anirudh Thapa whose shot is saved by Kiran.

2' Sunil Chhetri fouls Gautam Shrestha on the edge of the Nepal box in India's first genuine move of the game.

1' KICK-OFF!

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India Starting XI: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (GK), Pritam Kotal, Suresh Singh, Mandar Rao Dessai, Yasir Mohammad, Manvir Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Lalengmawia, Chinglensana Singh, Rahul Bheke, Sunil Chhetri (C)

India Substitutes: Vishal Kaith (GK), Dheeraj Singh (GK), Seriton Fernandes, Glan Martins, Udanta Singh, Jeakson Singh, Sahal Abdul Samad. Liston Colaco, Rahim Ali

Nepal XI: Kiram Limbu (GK), Dinesh Rajbanshi, Ananta Tamang, Gautam Shrestha, Suman Aryal, Pujan Uparkoti, Tej Tamang, Sujal Shrestha, Nawayug Shrestha, Rohit Chand

Nepal Substitutes: Deep Karki, Suraj Thakuri, Nitin Thapa, Bishal Rai, Sunil Bal, Ashish Lama, Santosh Tamang, Ayush Ghalan, Bishal Shrestha, Manish Dangi, Kamal Thapa

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FT: IND 3-0 NEP