India U-23 team beat Chinese side in tour game
30 Aug 2014 6:22 AM IST
India Under-23 national football team started their China exposure tour on a high with a 3-0 win over Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Sainty at the Century Park in Shanghai on Friday. Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh and substitute Alwyn George were on target either side of halftime for the Indian side who were on an exposure tour as part of preparations for the upcoming Asian Games.
One-time runners up Jiangsu are currently placed seventh in the Chinese Super League table having garnered 31 points from 21 matches so far. They fielded their second string side in this match. India started the match brightly winning three corners in the space of the first 20 minutes. But all three takes failed to cause enough flutters in opposition ranks.
In second half, Robin Singh leaped highest to powerfully head the ball into the back of the net from Mandar’s perfectly weighed right-wing cross. Mandar was in the thick of things again, this time laying the ball for Alwyn whose delicate back heel poke from close found the net. India next play another side from the Chinese Super League, Shanghai East India on September 6.
One-time runners up Jiangsu are currently placed seventh in the Chinese Super League table having garnered 31 points from 21 matches so far. They fielded their second string side in this match. India started the match brightly winning three corners in the space of the first 20 minutes. But all three takes failed to cause enough flutters in opposition ranks.
In second half, Robin Singh leaped highest to powerfully head the ball into the back of the net from Mandar’s perfectly weighed right-wing cross. Mandar was in the thick of things again, this time laying the ball for Alwyn whose delicate back heel poke from close found the net. India next play another side from the Chinese Super League, Shanghai East India on September 6.
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