India fought back to hold Lebanon 2-2 in the World Cup football qualifying match in Margao but the home team’s effort was not enough to see them through to the next stage.
India, who needed a 3-0 margin victory to qualify for the next round took the lead in 29th minute but failed to take advantage of the scoring chances in the second-half at Nehru Stadium.
Substitute Mohammed Ghaddar who was instrumental in Lebanon’s big win at home against India was again their saviour when he scored both the goals in the 80th minute and 86th minute.
Bhaichung Bhutia managed to level the score 2-2 when he scored in the injury time through a header of a corner kick taken by Steven Dias.
Thus Lebanon with an aggregate of 6-3 made it to the next round.
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Well India’s rapidly improving in football….they used to lose even to Asian teams by a big margin but these days they are seriously playing well especially after winning the Nehru Cup.