National Team Friendly

National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) 12 minutes into the match, U21 Kuwait's Marco Reus sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gunamaya Lachenpa narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haitham Jiragh in the 17th minute of play forced U21 India's goalkeeper Gunamaya Lachenpa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by U21 Kuwait's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bandana Mitra was slow to take the kick. During this time U21 India's players had a chance to rest. Basel Al Baghli made a great header on U21 Kuwait's corner, it was just that U21 India's Gunamaya Lachenpa managed to reach the ball for a save. After 29 minutes U21 India's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Basel Al Baghli who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on U21 Kuwait's corner Basel Al Baghli fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gunamaya Lachenpa quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, U21 Kuwait's Sameer Saeed got control of the ball when Varinderjeet Dwivedi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Varinderjeet Dwivedi scored 1-0 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sameer Saeed, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When U21 Kuwait's Haitham Jiragh in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye U21 India's goalie prevented a goal. Sameer Saeed showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dev Kulkarni, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haitham Jiragh in the 46th minute of play forced U21 India's goalkeeper Gunamaya Lachenpa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Varinderjeet Dwivedi made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haitham Jiragh in the 51st minute of play forced U21 India's goalkeeper Gunamaya Lachenpa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of U21 Kuwait booed when U21 India was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Devapandita Kapani didn't get a good kick on the ball. A hard shot 53 in the game by Haitham Jiragh from a close distance when the talented Gunamaya Lachenpa managed to make a qualified save. U21 India's players were relieved. U21 India made a substitution. Sardul Kadam replaced Aveesh Ngullie. U21 India's Gian Subba was substituted for Devapandita Kapani. Basel Al Baghli made a great header on U21 Kuwait's corner, it was just that U21 India's Gunamaya Lachenpa managed to reach the ball for a save. Varinderjeet Dwivedi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Sameer Saeed tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 64 minutes into the match, U21 India's goalkeeper Gunamaya Lachenpa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sameer Al Mulaifi. Gunamaya Lachenpa made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Sameer Al Mulaifi sent off a good shot on target. U21 India's Atimanusa Khandelwal quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Marco Reus, made in the 72nd minute of the game. The U21 India fans' excitement grew in the 73rd match minute when U21 India's Varinderjeet Dwivedi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Sameer Saeed showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Varinderjeet Dwivedi in the 77th minute of the match. Sameer Al Mulaifi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Gunamaya Lachenpa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kundan Toor during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Kundan Toor kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Varinderjeet Dwivedi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Sameer Saeed tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 94 minutes into the game, Mamdouh Al Sharah lined in a short shot 2-1 behind a frustrated Gunamaya Lachenpa.