Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka 3-1
Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka 3-1 in their South Asian Football
Federation cup Championship encounter played at the Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium in New Delhi, India last evening.
Sri Lanka scored the first goal of the game when Nipuna Bandara
netted the one and only goal in the 16th minute but Lankans failed to
maintain their flow continuously.
For Afghanistan, Sanjar Ahmed scored two goals and Ata M Yameer
scored the third goal.
Sri Lanka will meet India in their third appearance tomorrow.
Sri Lanka registered the first victory of the SAFF Championship when
they outplayed Bhutan by 3-0 on Saturday.
Afghanistan are at the 184th slot in the world ranking and Sri Lanka
are ranked at 177. |