SAFF U-18 Championship: Indian football team lifts title after beating Bangladesh in final at Kathmandu

Kathmandu: Indian football team defeated Bangladesh 2-1 in the final of SAFF U-18 Championship 2019 to lift the title first time on Sunday. [caption id=“attachment_7422571” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Indian football team poses with their medals after winning the SAFF U-18 Championship. AIFF[/caption] From the beginning, India played aggressively and Vikram Pratap Singh did not take much time to hand India a 1-0 lead. Singh scored in the second minute of the match. Before the conclusion of the first half, Bangladesh’s Yeasin managed to score an equaliser which brought the scoreline to 1-1. In the second half, both the teams gave each other tough competition and restricted each other from scoring a goal. However, it was India’s Ravi Bahadur Rana (90+1’) who broke the deadlock by scoring a goal which sealed his team’s victory in the match.