2019 AFC Asian Cup: Outside the Indian Team Tournament, Bahrain defeats 1-0

In the AFAC Asian Cup, the Indian team suffered a 1-0 loss at Bahrain. The knee collision was seen between the two teams, but in the last minute of the match, Bahrain shattered the Indian team's dream by scoring a penalty corner. With this defeat the Indian team is now out of the tournament. Indian team remained fourth in the group. Sunil Chhetri was the 107th match for India and with this, he equaled the record of playing the most matches of Baichung Bhutia.

In the fourth minute of the first half, there was a great shock to the Indian team. Anas had to go out of the ground due to injury and Salaam Ranjan Singh landed in his place. Pranay Halder today captained the Indian team In the first minute Bahrain attacked and it also benefited from it. In the 8th minute Bahrain had a good chance to score, but due to off-side he missed that opportunity. After this, Bahrain could get the opportunity, but they could not afford it. Bahrain lost most of the spot due to off-side. On the other hand, Bahrain's defense showed a brilliant game and did not give much of the attack to the Indian team. Score at par with 0-0 at half time.

At the beginning of the second half, JJ Lapkechlua was subdued and subdued. At the same time Bahrain continued his aggressive game and he got the chance, but once again he failed to cash in on those occasions. On the other side, on behalf of the Indian team, the message Zingan showed the best game in defense and foiled many of Bahrain's attacks. Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sindhu also did a great defense. Although in the 90th minute Bahrain got a penalty corner and they convinced their victory by turning them into goals.