The Indian U-14 national team has lost its AFC U-14 Championship Group D qualifying match against arch rivals Pakistan in front of 100 fans on Sunday.

Head coach Narayana Menon’s team started their qualifying campaign with a 1-3 loss against hosts Iran and a 4-1 win against Kyrgyzstan. The Indian youngsters needed a win to keep their hopes alive to earn a direct qualification to the AFC U-14 Championship finals.

Muhammad Akhlas scored an early goal in the 9th minute to hand the Indian team a tough task for the remainder of the match. Pakistan sealed their win moments before the half-time whistle, when Majeed Khan put the ball past India U-14 keeper Dheeraj Moirangthem Singh.

India will face Turkmenistan in their final Group D match tomorrow.

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AFC U-14 Championship | Qualifer | Group D
at Samen Al Aemeh Stadium, Mashhad (Iran)

PAKISTAN U-14 2-0 INDIA U-14

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GOALS
1-0 Muhammad Akhlas (9′)
2-0 Majeed Khan (45′)

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LINE-UPS

Pakistan U-14
22 Mudassar Younas; 4 Uzair [C], 5 Yasir (55′ 23 Atta Ullah), 13 Saif Ali; 6 Muhammad Akhlas, 7 Shehryar Lasi, 8 Muhammad Saqib, 24 Majeed Khan; 9 Mohammad Shahid Ali, 10 Junaid Ahmed, 19 Muhammad Riaz

Unused Subs
1 Muhammad Asad, 2 Adeel Ali, 3 Zubair Umer, 15 Shakeel Ahmad, 17 Shahzaib, 18 Salman Khan

India U-14
1 Dheeraj Moirangthem Singh [C]; 3 Jitendra Singh, 5 Anwar Ali, 12 Amarjeet Mishra, 23 Flan Ansil Gomes; 6 Hrishi Dhat, 10 Mohammad Shahjahan (12′ 7 Abhijit Sarkar), 19 Ajay Alex Anthony; 8 Gaston D’Silva (56′ 15 Khumanthem Ninthoinganba), 9 Abuthaheer, 20 Shubham Sarangi

Unused Subs
21 Mohammad Nawaz, 22 Antonio Dylan Inacio Da Silva; 2 Amartya Basu, 4 Smiel Diyali, 11 Sudipto Malakar, 13 Ritik Rai, 17 Jaskaranpreet Singh, 24 Ribhav Jatin Sardesai

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee
Prajwol Chhetri (Nepal)

Assistant Referees
Hussain Sinan (Maldives), Prakash Nath Shrestha (Nepal)

Fourth Official
Ganesh Chaudhary (Nepal)

Match Commissioner
Toh Sen Nee (Malaysia)

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BOOKINGS

Yellow Cards
12′ Muhammad Akhlas (Pakistan)
31′ Junaid Ahmed (Pakistan)
52′ Saif Ali (Pakistan)

Yellow-Red Cards
none

Red Cards
none