India thrash Mongolia 4-1 in AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers

India outclassed Mongolia 4-1 to start their marketing campaign within the AFC U20 Asian Cup qualifiers on a profitable observe on Wednesday.

The groups had been locked 1-1 at half time, however India stepped up the assault within the second half to depart Mongolia’s defence in tatters.

Kelvin Singh Taorem (20′), Manglenthang Kipgen (51′, 54′), and Korou Singh Thingujam (85′) had been the goal-scorers for India.

Temulen Uuganbat (forty fifth) struck the solitary aim for Mongolia.

Iran and hosts Laos are the 2 different groups within the Group G.

The Blue Colts had been a wonderfully deserving lot to take house three factors as they attacked from the start and relentlessly tormented the Mongolian aim with repeated raids.

Going by the development of the proceedings, Ranjan Cahudhuri’s boys ought to have been forward by greater than a aim by the primary quarter-hour, however the rival defence one way or the other managed to thwart the onslaught.

A sequence of corners earned by India early within the match noticed the Mongolia defence resort to determined measures to avoid wasting their citadel.

They, nevertheless, might do little in opposition to the curling nook taken by Kelvin Singh Taorem within the twentieth minute that eluded the goalkeeper Khuslen Bayartulga, who misjudged the flight that spun into the online.

Mongolia had been additional handicapped within the twenty eighth minute as their captain Sodbilguun Tumen-ulzil was despatched off by the Hong Kong referee Wong Wai Lun for a relatively nasty problem on Gwgwmsar Goyary, who was performed by means of behind the Mongolia defence. Regardless of India’s full dominance and the rivals being decreased to 10 males, Mongolia managed to equalise minutes earlier than the half-time whistle.

Within the forty fifth minute, midfielder Uuganbat entered the India field from the left and beat goalkeeper Sahil with a low shot.

The surprising setback might hardly deter India from probing additional into the Mongolian space because the second session started.

Their steady efforts had been quickly rewarded because the Blue Colts struck two targets in a span of 4 minutes, each coming from Manglenthang Kipgen.

The short-footed midfielder had the goalkeeper at his mercy within the 51st minute when he obtained the ball simply outdoors the field, stepped in and struck a left-footer that went into the far backside nook to revive India’s lead.

Three minutes later, Kipgen was at it once more from an identical state of affairs. It was as soon as once more a left-footer that brooked no defence earlier than getting in a lot to the delight of the Indian bench.

India refused to loosen their grip and eventually picked up their fourth aim within the 87th minute when Korou Singh Thingujam tapped in from shut ranges to make it a 4-1 rout.