Maldives Golden Jubilee Cup

Maldives Golden Jubilee Cup - Male, Maldives

Roberto Fernandes to Captain squad:
April 25: Experienced stopper-back Robert Fernandes of Salgaocar (Goa) will lead the Indian team in the four-nation Golden Jubilee Cup football tournament in Maldives from May 1 to 12. Other than India, hosts Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are the other teams in the fray. The tournament will be played on round-robin basis with the first two teams meeting in the final. The team, coached by Sukwinder Singh, will leave for Maldives from Thrissur on April 28.
The federation, as a policy matter, decided to pick up a junior team for the Maldives tournament and kept out regulars like IM Vijayan, Jo Paul Ancheri and Basudeb Mondal from the camp. Some players like Deepak Mondal, Ratan Singh and James Singh have cried out citing different reasons.
The Team: Goalkeepers: Prasanto Dora (East Bengal, Bengal), Virender Singh (Mahindras, Maharashtra); Defenders: Falguni Dutta (East Bengal, Bengal), Mahesh Gawli (FC Kochin, Kerala), Robert Fernandes (Salgaocar, Goa; captain), Anthony Perreira (Churchill Brothers, Goa), Daljit Singh (JCT Mills, Punjab), Tapan Ghosh (Bengal Mumbai FC, Maharashtra); Midfielders: M. Suresh (Kerala), Jules Alberto (Salgaocar, Goa), Roque Baretto (Churchill Brothers, Goa), Khalid Jamil (Air India, Maharashtra), Rajendra Prasad Singh (Mohun Bagan, Bengal); Forwards: Abbas Ali Rizvi (Mahindras, Maharashtra), Manjit Singh (Mahindras, Maharashtra), Mohammed Najeeb (Mahindras, Maharashtra), Sylvester Ignatius (State Bank of Travancore, Kerala), Bijen Singh (East Bengal, Bengal), Hardip Gill (JCT Mills, Punjab), Francis Silveira (Churchill Brothers, Goa).

ROUND ROBIN LEAGUE
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF:GA	PTS.
1. Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	03:01	07
2. Maldives	3	1	2	0	01:02	05
3. Bangladesh	3	0	2	1	02:03	02
4. India	3	0	1	2	01:03	01

01-May-00

Maldives vs Sri Lanka

1:1 (1:0)

02-May-00

India vs Bangladesh

1:1 (0:1)

04-May-00

Maldives vs Bangladesh

1:1 (0:1)

05-May-00

India vs Sri Lanka

0:1 (0:1)

07-May-00

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

0:1 (0:1)

08-May-00

Maldives vs India

1:0 (0:0)

May 2: India 1-1 Bangladesh - goals: Zulfiqar Mahmood Mintoo (5'), 1:1 Abbas Ali Rizvi (53').
India struggled in the first half but held Bangladesh 1-1 in their opening match of the tournament. SAF Games champions Bangladesh surged ahead as early as in the 5.minute of the play courtesy Zulfiqar Mahmud. However, India's Abbas Ali Rizvi saved his side from an ignominous defeat when he slotted home the equaliser in the 53.minute.
India: Prasanta Dora, Falguni Datta, Mahesh Gawli, Robert Fernandes, Daljit Singh, Jules Alberto, Khalid Jamil, R.P. Singh, Abbas Ali Rizvi, Bijen Singh, Mohammed Najeeb (79. Francis Silveira).

May 5: India 0-1 Sri Lanka - goals: 0:1 K.M. Anees (4').
Sub-continent superpowers India lost 0-1 to Sri Lanka in their second match of the Four-nation Golden Jubilee football tournament in Male, Maldives. The matchwinner came in the 4.minute through K.M. Anees. India dominated most part of the match but wasn't able to score a goal.
India: Prasanta Dora, Falguni Datta, Mahesh Gawli, Roberto Fernandes, Daljit Singh, Jules Alberto, Khalid Jamil, R.P. Singh, Ali Abbas Rizvi, Sylvester Ignatius, Mohammed Najeeb.

May 8: India 0-1 Maldives - goals: 0:1 Thoddu Nizam (69').
Maldives win through a 69.minute goal from Thoddu Nizam and enter the final, while India are out of the tournament and can fly home.
India: Prasanta Dora, Falguni Datta, Mahesh Gawli, Roberto Fernandes, M. Suresh, Jules Alberto, Khalid Jamil, Tapan Ghosh, Abbas Ali Rizvi, Mohammed Najeeb, Bijen Singh.

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