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India eves hold Myanmar to a 1-1 draw in football friendly

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Yangon (Myanmar), July 12: Indian senior women’s football team came up with a much improved display, holding hosts Myanmar to a 1-1 draw to break a string of losses in their second and last friendly match here on Friday.
The Blue Tigresses, who had suffered a 1-2 defeat in the opening match on Tuesday, dominated the first half in a rain-lashed kick-off but were kept in check by a solid Myanmar defence and a soggy penalty area.
India’s Pyari Xaxa finally broke the stalemate in the 48th minute, scoring her scored goal in as many games. However, the home team’s all-time top-scorer Win Theingi Tun scored the equaliser two minutes later. Both sides created several chances after that but neither could find the winning goal.
India head coach Chaoba Devi made one change in the side that had lost the opening friendly, replacing Sandhiya Ranganathan with Karishma Shirvoikar. Mousumi Murmu, 19, came in the second half to make her senior India debut.
India attacked in waves from the start and came close to taking the lead in the initial few minutes. Soumya Guguloth’s neatly-struck ball over the top of the hosts’ backline was collected by Myanmar goalkeeper Myo Mya Mya Nyein before an outstretched Anju Tamang could connect.
As the rain eased up, the game became more free-flowing.
Pyari finally gave India the lead in the 48th minute. The Odisha FC striker got on the end of a long clearance from Panthoi before wrestling past Lin Lae Oo and squeezing a shot past the Myanmar keeper.
However, the joy was short-lived as Myanmar equalised less than two minutes later via their striker Win Theingi Tun, who scored from the far post with a first-time shot after an inviting cross from the right by Yoon Wady Hlaing. (PTI)

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