SAFF Championship 2018 Finals: India vs Maldives, Live Score, Updates, and Commentary

FT : India 1-2 Maldives

Updated: 15 September 2018 20:26 IST - Published: 15 September 2018 18:50 IST

FULL TIME : India 1-2 Maldives

A dominant Maldives side pull off a massive upset as they get the better of a hapless Indian side to be crowned the Champions of South Asia.

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90+2' GOOAAL! Passi pulls one back.

5 Minutes Added on.

81' Maldives break on counter but fail to hit the target.

76' No adequate pressing from India as it seems the Blues have given up.

70' Passi replaces Farukh.

67' GOAAAAAAL! Hamza Mohammed gets a defence splitting pass to Ali Fasir who rounds up Kaith to make it 2-0.

63' Maldives drawing out India and hoping to strike back on counter.

55' Thapa's freekick finds Manvir who heads it towards the goal but misses.

53' India showing urgency in their game with constant pressure on to Maldives, but are not able to get the final product.

46' MISS! Manvir heads wide from an incoming cross.

Second Half kicks-off.

HALF TIME : India 0-1 Maldives

A dismal show from the Blue Tigers result in Maldives leading by a solitary goal at the break. Second Half ten minutes away. Stay Tuned.

45+2' Subhasish Bose goes into the referee's book for a late challenge.

2 Minutes Added on.

44' Nikhil Pujari gets in another cross delivered in. Goes out of play.

42' Poojari with a darting run, gets away from his marker, swings in a quality cross but Ashique and Manvir are late to arrive as the chance goes abegging.

40' Maldives get a freekick swung in, goes over the target.

36' Hussain Nihaan shoots wide from distance.

34' Poojari's cross from the right is collected with ease by Faisal. India need a Plan B desperately. No penetration at all by the Blue Tigers.

33' MISS! Maldivian defence caught napping as the ball ends up with Manvir Singh who goes for goal, first time. Misses.

32' The resultant corner swung in by Anirudh Thapa is punched away by Mohammed Faisal.

31' Kuruniyan with a decent ball into the middle, finds Farukh whose shot goes out with a deflection.

30' Anirudu Thapa ticked off by the referee for rash play in the middle of the pitch.

26' India struggling to keep the ball as the Maldivian players are closing in on the Blues with extreme agility and commitment.

25' Kuruniyan swings in a freekick. Ibrahim Waheed heads it to safety.

22' Indian defence on sixes and sevens as Maldives launch series of attacks up the pitch.

19' GOAAAAAL! Ibrahim Hasaan gives Maldives the lead.

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Hello and Welcome to Sportskeeda's LIVE coverage of the India vs Maldives game in the elusive final of the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2018.

India are on a role with three wins in as many games, scoring 7 goals and conceding just once. They got the better of a hapless Pakistani side by 3-1 in the semi-final.

While, Maldives have found their scoring prowess late in the tournament with their only goals coming in the Semi-Final game with Nepal where the Island side won 3-0.

Earlier in the tournament, India did get the better of Maldives with a 2-0 scoreline which puts the Blue Tigers as the favourites today.

The game kicks-off at 6:30 PM IST at the Bangabandu Stadium, Dhaka.