India vs China Live Score, Football Match: Sunil Chhetri Misses Golden Chance To Give India Lead
Live Football Match Score, India vs China: In the head-to-head record, India have not won a single match out of the 17 while China has come out victorious on 12 occasions.
India and China will go head-to-head in an international football friendly for the first time in 21 years on Saturday with the home team firm favourites despite poor recent form. The Indian team is playing an international match for the first time in China, though their senior sides have faced each other 17 times in the past. China have played in India seven times, all of them in the invitational tournament Nehru Cup. India will be led by star defender Sandesh Jhingan. India have not won a single match out of the 17 while China has come out victorious on 12 occasions, five of which ended in a draw.
The senior teams of India and China last played in the 1997 Nehru Cup in Kochi which China won 2-1. This is more true for India as the country has not featured in a single FIFA World Cup while China has done so once -- in 2002 when they exited from the group stages after losing all their three matches. China, despite being a lesser force on the global stage, are one of the established football countries in Asia. China have been consistently among the top 10 in Asia and in the top 100 in the world.
Live Updates Between India vs China, Friendly Football Match straight from Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, China
17:49 IST: China get a free-kick. The ball curled in is headed over the Indian post by a Chinese player. Half-time mark is approaching.
17:44 IST: Halicharan Narzary clears the ball just from outside of the penalty box as two Chinese players fails to connect with the cross.
17:40 IST: India have slowed down the tempo of the game but that is not keeping China from making repeated attack. India, on the other hand, are looking to cash in on loose opportunities. India 0-0 China.
17:36 IST: 30 minutes are up -- China are trying hard to find the back of the net but the Indian defense are still standing strong.
30' The second 15 mins of the first half saw @IndianFootball come back strongly and threatened with clear scoring opportunities, but PR China has still been kept at bay by @GurpreetGK
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 13, 2018
CHN 0 - 0 IND#CHNvIND #AsianDream #IndianFootball #BackTheBlue #WeAreIndia
17:34 IST: Pritam makes a low cross but Jeje fails to connect as falls due to lack of balance.
17:29 IST: SAVE!! Momentarily lapse from Subhasish Bose and China make a dangerous penetration. However, Gurpreet does good to deny the opposition of a goal.
17:27 IST: 20 minutes are up -- While China still have their attacking mode on, India are slowly growing in the game.
17:23 IST: MISS! India get a free-kick. Anirudh Thapa curls the ball in. Sunil Chhetri comes running in but fails to make a connect as the ball flies over the post. This was a golden opportunity for the Indian side to take an early lead.
17:20 IST: SAVE! Gurpreet collects the ball as ease and a Chinese player heads the ball straight to the Indian goalkeeper.
17:18 IST: Chance for India! India get their first real opportunity of the game in the 13th minute. But the Chinese keeper makes a great save to deny Pritam Kotal an opening goal. That was close.
15' The first quarter of the 1st half has seen @MisterLippi's PR China not been able to convert their opportunities, and @KotalPritam's powerful right footer was brilliantly saved by Chinese keeper
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 13, 2018
CHN 0 - 0 IND#CHNvIND #AsianDream #IndianFootball #BackTheBlue #WeAreIndia
17:15 IST: 10 minutes are up -- China are completely dominating the tempo of the game. India, on the other hand, are still looking out of place. However, the Indian defense is being put to work by the Chinese players.
17:11 IST: China are penetrating the Indian defense at will. However, the Indian defense is standing tall and clearing the ball away.
17:10 IST: Five minutes in the game and China are dominating ball possession. The hosts, it seems, are on attack mode. China are not allowing India to keep the ball in their half.
17:08 IST: CORNER! China get the first corner of the game in the third minute of the game. The hosts takes a short corner but Pranoy Halder clears the ball.
17:05 IST: KICK OFF! The India vs China match begins.
0' CHN-IND friendly kicks off at Suzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, China. @IndianFootball plays a 4-2-2-2 formation, led by @SandeshJhingan in their blue attire and China wearing red.
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 13, 2018
CHN 0 - 0 IND#CHNvIND #AsianDream #IndianFootball #BackTheBlue #WeAreIndia
16:56 IST: Players are walking out on the field and the pre-match rituals are underway.
16:50 IST: We are minutes away from the big clash. Stay tuned, folks!
16:14 IST: The starting XI for India announced -- Gurpreet Singh (gk), Narayan Das, Subhasish Bose, Sandesh Jhingan (c), Pritam Kotal, Halicharan Narzary, Anirudh Thapa, Pronay Halder, Udanta Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Jeje Lalpekhlua
Starting XI for India vs China.
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 13, 2018
Kick-off IST 5.05 pm. #AsianDream #BackTheBlue #WeAreIndia #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/w2WgU1p3em
16:00 IST: Sandesh Jhingan will be captaining the Indian side. Can he inspire India to a famous victory?
The wall of the @IndianFootball team , @SandeshJhingan, will need to be at the top of his game against People's Republic of China tonight!
— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) October 13, 2018
Can he inspire the Blue Tigers to a historic result?#CHNvIND #BackTheBlue #FanBannaPadega pic.twitter.com/2U0MwTsS5F
15:45 IST: "Wishing you great success boys in the International Friendly against China today. I am sure you will give your best through the game," tweets Praful Patel.
15:41 IST: With the stage all set for the grand event, India will be looking to break the jinx and register a win against China.
The stage is all set!
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) October 13, 2018
Two teams One game...#CHNvIND #AsianDream #IndianFootball #WeAreIndia pic.twitter.com/jJXAeBdlDV
15:40 IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog of the football friendly between India and China.
China are now 76th in FIFA rankings and seventh in Asia. China have played 11 times in the Asian Cup, the continent's top-flight competition and have finished runners-up twice and third as many times. India, on the other hand, has played only thrice in the Asian Cup (1964 runners-up; 1984 and 2011) and recently broke into the top 100 in the FIFA rankings after a long time. The country is now 97th in FIFA rankings and 15th in Asia.
