By Mohammed Al-Kinani
JEDDAH – Saudi Arabia defeated India 3-1 in Group 3 of the AFC U-19 Championship 2010 Saturday.
The matches are played at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq.
Indian defender Inderpreet Singh put his team in the lead in the 28th minute. The Indians succeeded to end the first half with one-goal lead. In the 56th minute, another defender, Devrani Deepak scored an own goal.
The performance of the Indian team improved remarkably although the team was defeated by host Iraq 5-0.
The Indian team suffered a setback when midfielder Akshay Vilmalkumar was sent off in the 72nd minute. However, the last minute of the match witnessed another goal by the Saudi side through midfielder Abdullah Al-Mohammed in the 90th minute.
The referee gave the two teams some five minutes for extratime. Mohanned Al-Farsi sealed the Saudi win in the 95th minute of the match.
With this win, Saudi Arabia is second in its group with just one goal difference behind Iraq that also has six points. India, on the other hand, comes last in the group.
In other matches, host Iraq defeated Oman 2-0. Two players of both teams were sent off.
Meanwhile, Kuwait collected three points after defeating Afghanistan 4-1.
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