India wins the SAFF championship for eighth time. Today India played against Nepal in the SAFF final 2021. In this season India didn't started well but later played well by winning 2 back to back games. India qualified for the final after victories against Nepal and Maldives. It was a must-win game against Maldives and the team did well to take their chances and ensured they beat the hosts 3-1.
As usual, Sunil Chhetri has been helping his side when it comes to scoring goals. He scored the crucial, and the only goal against Nepal and followed up by netting twice against Maldives.
In the first half both team didn't converted their chances into goals. So that first half result was 0-0. In the second half at 49th minute SUNIL CHHETRI scored the first goal and opened goal account for India in the final. Later within a minute SURESH SINGH scored second goal and increased the advantage for India. Then India completed the second half with 2-0 lead. In the additional time SAHAL scored 1 more goal and increased the lead as well as the advantage so the score becomes 3-0. Nepal was unable to counter India's attack and lost the match. On the other hand India became champions in SAFF for eighth time.
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