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A 10-man India capitalised connected a antiaircraft blunder from Singapore astatine the fag extremity of play to flight with 1-1 gully and support their Asian Cup shot qualification hopes afloat present connected Thursday (October 9, 2025).
India conceded a extremity scored by Ikhsan Fandi successful the archetypal infinitesimal of the archetypal half's stoppage clip to find themselves successful the backfoot successful the Group C match. But Rahim Ali equalised successful the 90th infinitesimal aft Singapore's Jordan Emaviwe talented a extremity by committing a horrible blunder.
Khalid Jamil's team, which arrived present with conscionable astir a week's clip of grooming together, played the full of 2nd fractional with 10 men arsenic cardinal defender Sandesh Jhingan was sent disconnected aft receiving his 2nd yellowish paper successful the 47th minute.
Jhingan was playing with a achromatic look disguise arsenic helium had recovered from a feature bony fracture during the CAFA Nations Cup past month, which needed surgery.
India present person 2 points from 3 matches aft a 0-0 gully against Bangladesh and 0-1 nonaccomplishment to Hong Kong successful their earlier match. They are inactive successful a hard presumption successful their bid to suffice for the main tourney successful 2027.
Only the apical squad successful the radical makes the chopped for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. All the 4 teams successful the radical with play six matches altogether successful location and distant format.
Singapore, who person secured 5 points aft the gully connected Thursday, had lone themselves to blasted for the blunder they committed astatine the extremity of the lucifer which allowed India to get distant with a point.
Singapore dominated the lucifer each done with much than 60 per cent possession and kept the Indian defence engaged with quick, close passing, and a batch of attacking moves.
India did not person a wide accidental for the full 90 minutes and would person mislaid the lucifer had Singapore's Jordan Emaviwe not sent a agelong backpass inexplicably from adjacent the centre enactment successful the 90th minute.
Substitute Rahim Ali pounced connected the accidental arsenic the Singapore defence was caught disconnected guard. Ali was past one-on-one with goalie Izwan Mahbud who rushed retired and kicked the shot connected to the Indian attacker. The shot was inactive connected Ali's feet and helium had each the clip successful the satellite to nonstop it to the unfastened net.
Singapore would yet person sealed the lucifer had they besides not squandered a mates of chances aft India were reduced to 10 men. But Singapore paid the terms for not going for the termination and committing the mistake.
Singapore's extremity came successful the archetypal half's stoppage time. A Singaporean defender sent a agelong walk into the Indian container and defenders Anwar Ali and Muhammed Uvais showed hesitation to spell for the ball, leaving it for Fandi to power it nicely earlier slotting home.
Two minutes aft resumption, Chinese referee Shen Yinhao showed Jhingan a 2nd yellowish paper and past the reddish to permission India with 10 men.
The 2 sides conscionable again connected October 14 successful Margao, Goa, successful their return-leg match.
