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The National team registered its third win on the trot in Portugal with a 1-0 victory over Atletico
India registers its third victory of the Portugal training tour with a tough 1-0 win over Atletico at the Sporting Academy training ground in Lisbon.
India struck early with a sixth minute goal from in-form striker Mohammed Rafi who converted a precise pass from Abhishek Yadav to score his third goal of the tour.The Portuguese side fought hard but failed to deliver after conceding a goal early on in the game.However, the score at the half-time mark was still 1-0 with India in the lead.
In the second half the story remained unchanged as Bob Houghton’s men triumphed for the third time in successive games.
Atletico 0 – 1 India (Mohammed Rafi, 6’)
Team sheet:
Starting XI: Arindam Bhattacharya, Surkumar Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Anwar, Rahim Nabi, Anthony Pereira, N.P. Pradeep, Renedy Singh, Clifford Miranda, Abhishek Yadav , Mohammed Rafi
Substitutes: Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, N.S. Manju, N. Mohanraj, MehrajuddinWadao, Baldeep Singh, James Singh, Sushil Kumar Singh