India out of World Cup Qualifier:
Oct. 30: India played out a 2-2 draw with Lebanon in the home leg match of the FIFA World Cup 2010 Asian Qualifier Round I played today at PJN Stadium, Fatorda, Goa.
With this draw India are out of FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifiers losing on aggregate 3-6. In the the away leg played in Lebanon, India had lost 1-4.
Sunil Chhetri header gave India the lead in the 30th minute of play and India were leading 1-0 at the breather.
However, Lebanon restored parity in the 74th minute when Mohammed Ghaddar converted a spot kick. Lebanon took 2-1 lead in the 88th minute when Mohammed Ghaddar again scored for Lebanon, but Indian captain Baichung Bhutia restored parity for India in the injury time to make it 2-2.
India were down to 10 men in the 70th minute when goalkeeper Subrata Pal was shown red card and reserved goalkeeper Sandip Nandy had to replace Samir Naik.
The tie was originally scheduled to be played in Chennai on Sunday but was moved to Goa after a downpour left the grounds in the southern Indian city unfit for the game.
The Teams:
India : Subrata Paul, Surkumar Singh, Gourmangi Singh, Mahesh Gawli, Samir Naik (Sandip Nandy), NP Pradeep, Steven Dias , KN Ajayan (Clifford Miranda), Climax Lawrence (Mehraj- ud-din Wadoo), Bhaichung Bhutia, Sunil Chhetri
Lebanon (From): Lary Mehana, Hassan Moghnieh, Paul Rustom, Mootaz Bellah El Jounaidi, Hussain Amin, , Mohammad Ghaddar, Ali Al Saadi, Ramez Dioub, Amer Khan, Mohammad Karhani, Faissal Antar, Mohamad Halawi, Ali Yakub, Abbas Ali Atwi, Mahmoud El Ali, Hussain Hemdani
Officials:
Match Commissioner: Rendeni Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Referee: Salem Mahmoud Mujghef (Jordan); Asst. Referee 1: Fathi Arabati (Jordan) ; Asst Referee-2: Awni Hassouneh (Jordan), Fourth Official:Mohd Yussof Mat Karim (Malaysia)
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