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AFC U16 Championship 2008 | MHSK Stadium, Tashkent | 18.00 local (18.30 IST):

INDIA U16 0-3 Syria U16

Goals
0-1 Asaad Al Khadr (44'), 0-2 Deepak Devrani (66', own goal), 0-3 Asish Chhetri (72', own goal)

Linie-Ups

India U16
27-Jayanta Paul; 3-Tonmoy Ghosh (80' 15-Vikas Guila), 4-Vishal Kumar (70' 2-Asish Chhetri), 5-Deepak Devrani, 13-Ajit Dhurva Bhoir; 7-Ongnam Milan Singh, 8-Bikramjit Singh [C] (80' 33-Shilton Sydney D'Silva), 9-O Lalrindika, 17-Akshay Mall; 11-Prem Kumar, 10-Malsawmfela
Unused Substitutes: 1-Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, 6-Tirthankar Sarkar, 14-Sumit Rawat, 16-Harpreet Bedi, 20-Sunny, 21-Vivek Kumar, 23-Abhishek Das, 24-Manandeep, 28-Abhishek Das

Syria U16
22-Abd Albasit Al Sarut; 4-Abdula Kindakji, 18-Mohammad Adib Mohammad Aisa [C], 25-Khaled Jnid; 8-Mahmoud Saleh, 9-Mohamad Bashbauk (82' 23-Muaiyad Al Khole), 10-Mahmoud Al Maowas, 13-Mohammad Radwan Kalaa-Jei (66' 14-Mohammad Ali), 19-Fuaad Al Sliman; 11-Rabie Jmhaa, 27-Asaad Al Khadr (74' 7-Ahmad Al Kador)
Unused Substitutes: 1-Ali Mariama, 6-Aubaida Dallah, 16-Abd Al Latif Nassan, 17-Hameed Darwesh Medo, 20-Mohammad Klfat, 21-Mahmoud Kanjou Zaghnon, 24-Yousef Hamame, 26-Nasouh Nkd Hle, 29-Mohammad Shaher Kakhe

Yellow Cards: O Lalrindika (12'), Ajit Dhurva Bhoir (60', both India); Rabie Jmhaa (30'), Mahmoud Al Maowas (89', both Syria)

Referee: Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)
Assistent Referees: Yee U Tun (Myanmar), Manh Long Pham (Vietnam)
Fourth Official: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Match Commissioner: Kemel Tokabaev (Kyrgyztan)
Referee Inspector: Yam Ming Samuel Chan (Hong Kong)

Attendance: 1.000

Match Report
Syria joined free-scoring Korea Republic in the quarter-finals of the AFC U-16 Championship after recording a 3-0 win over India on Monday.
Asaad Al Khadr opened the scoring just before the break at MHSK Stadium after beating the India offside trap while two second half own goals following shots from Rabie Jmhaa wrapped up the win to maintain Syria’s 100% start and eliminate pointless India along with Indonesia.
Korea hold the edge over Syria at the top of Group B with a superior goal difference, but the two side’s meet on Wednesday to decide who advances to the last eight as group winners.
Syria began strongly as Jmhaa headed over inside the first three minutes before India goalkeeper Jayanta Paul clawed away an acrobatic close range effort from Mahmoud Saleh and Al Khadr headed wide.
Midway through the half Mohamad Kalaa-jei was allowed to advance unchallenged through the India midfield and forced Paul to palm his effort, which looked to be creeping inside the post, away from danger.
Syria had the ball in the net 13 minutes before the break but Rabie was adjudged to have been offside as he followed in after Paul could only palm away Saleh’s low strike from the edge of the area.
Paul needed a full-length diving save moments later to turn Kalaa-jei’s well struck dipping shot from the edge of the area around the post.
Syria were finally rewarded two minutes before the break as Mahmoud Al Maowas’ chipped ball forward caught the India defence flatfooted, allowing Al Khadr to narrowly beat the offside trap before firing across Paul, who managed to turn the ball onto the foot of the post but the shot had too much power and crept over the line.
On the stroke of half-time, Saleh rattled the India upright with Paul struggling to make up the ground across his goal.
Al Maowas drove a free-kick straight at Paul on the hour mark following a slow start to the second period before Jmhaa’s low drive across the face of goal deflected off an India defender who was tracking back to wrongfoot Paul and double Syria’s lead six minutes after the hour mark.
And with 18 minutes remaining Syria were handed a third as Jmhaa again shot across the face of goal from the edge of the area for defender Ashish Chettri to slice his attempted clearance past Paul from the six-yard line with the strike again heading wide.Syria joined free-scoring Korea Republic in the quarter-finals of the AFC U-16 Championship after recording a 3-0 win over India on Monday.
Asaad Al Khadr opened the scoring just before the break at MHSK Stadium after beating the India offside trap while two second half own goals following shots from Rabie Jmhaa wrapped up the win to maintain Syria’s 100% start and eliminate pointless India along with Indonesia.
Korea hold the edge over Syria at the top of Group B with a superior goal difference, but the two side’s meet on Wednesday to decide who advances to the last eight as group winners.
Syria began strongly as Jmhaa headed over inside the first three minutes before India goalkeeper Jayanta Paul clawed away an acrobatic close range effort from Mahmoud Saleh and Al Khadr headed wide.
Midway through the half Mohamad Kalaa-jei was allowed to advance unchallenged through the India midfield and forced Paul to palm his effort, which looked to be creeping inside the post, away from danger.
Syria had the ball in the net 13 minutes before the break but Rabie was adjudged to have been offside as he followed in after Paul could only palm away Saleh’s low strike from the edge of the area.
Paul needed a full-length diving save moments later to turn Kalaa-jei’s well struck dipping shot from the edge of the area around the post.
Syria were finally rewarded two minutes before the break as Mahmoud Al Maowas’ chipped ball forward caught the India defence flatfooted, allowing Al Khadr to narrowly beat the offside trap before firing across Paul, who managed to turn the ball onto the foot of the post but the shot had too much power and crept over the line.
On the stroke of half-time, Saleh rattled the India upright with Paul struggling to make up the ground across his goal.
Al Maowas drove a free-kick straight at Paul on the hour mark following a slow start to the second period before Jmhaa’s low drive across the face of goal deflected off an India defender who was tracking back to wrongfoot Paul and double Syria’s lead six minutes after the hour mark.
And with 18 minutes remaining Syria were handed a third as Jmhaa again shot across the face of goal from the edge of the area for defender Ashish Chettri to slice his attempted clearance past Paul from the six-yard line with the strike again heading wide. (AFC)

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AFC U16 Championship 2008 | MHSK Stadium, Tashkent (Uzbekistan) | 14.00 local:

Korea Republic U16 5-2 INDIA U16

Goals
1-0 Kim Dong Jin (3'), 2-0,4-0 Lee Chang (49',61'), 3-0 Rim Chang Woo (52'), 4-1,5-2 O Lalrindika (69',88'), 5-1 Son Heung Min (73')

Linie-Ups

Korea Republic U16
1-Kwon Tae Ahn; 3-Kim Young Seung, 7-Kim Jin Su, 15-Kim Dong Jin (71' 16-Kang Dong Jin); 5-Rim Chang Woo [C], 9-Lee Jongho, 10-Nam Seung Woo, 14-Lee Chang (81' 8-Lim Dong Cheon), 22-Mun Hyo Min (61' 23-Son Heung Min); 4-Lee Dong Nyck, 24-Lee Min Soo
Unused Substitutes: 2-Yoon Siang, 6-Kim Dong Min, 12-Oh Se Ryoung, 20-Han Sung Gyu, 21-Kim Tae Sung, 25-Lee Jong Sung, 26-Lee Jong Sung

India U16
27-Jayanta Paul; 3-Tonmoy Ghosh, 4-Vishal Kumar, 5-Deepak Devrani, 13-Ajit Dhurva Bhoir; 6-Tirthankar Sarkar (57' 7-Ongnam Milan Singh), 8-Bikramjit Singh [C], 9-O Lalrindika, 17-Akshay Mall; 11-Prem Kumar, 23-Abhishek Das (58' 24-Manandeep)
Unused Substitutes: 1-Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, 2-Asish Chhetri, 10-Malsawmfela, 14-Sumit Rawat, 15-Vikas Guila, 16-Harpreet Bedi, 17-Akshay Mall, 20-Sunny, 21-Vivek Kumar, 28-Abhishek Das, 33-Shilton Sydney D'Silva

Yellow Cards: Lee Jongho (39', Korea Republic); O Lalrindika (50', India)

Referee: Abdullah Dor Mohammad Balideh (Qatar)
Assistent Referees: Mohammad Jaber Dharman (Qatar), Yosef Mirza Rustom (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth Official: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Match Commissioner: Kemel Tokabaev (Kyrgyzstan)
Referee Inspector: Hussain Ghadhanferi (Kuwait)

Attendance: 1.000

Half-Time Report
The Indian U16 national team is playing well against a strong and well-organised Korean team.
The Indians needed ten minutes to find their game and had to pay for this in the third minute. Kim Dong Jin gave the Koreans the lead in the 3rd minute.
India had a golden opportunity to equalise in the 23rd minute, when a long ball found Abhishek Das alone in-front of the goal. But Das' shot missed the target!

Match Report
Lee Chang scored twice as Korea Republic kicked off their AFC U-16 Championship bid with an emphatic 5-2 win over India at MHSK Stadium on Saturday. In the tournament opener Korea, the 2002 winners, scored at the start of each half through Kim Dong-jin and Lee Chang. A header from captain Rim Chang-woo and a strike from Lee Chang either side of the hour mark comfortably saw off the India challenge in the Uzbekistan capital. Lalrindika Ralte grabbed two late consolations for India while substitute Son Heung-min rounded off the scoring for Korea.
Korea made an ideal start to the contest as they opened the scoring after just three minutes when a quick free quick from just outside the area caught the India defence cold and Kim Dong-jin found space on the left to rifle a first time rising shot across goalkeeper Jayanta Paul. India were almost handed an equaliser just before the half-hour mark as a long ball over the top landed between goalkeeper and defence and as Korea custodian Kwon Tae-ahn hesitated, Prem Kumar got a toe to the ball but poked his effort narrowly wide. Lee Chang wasted two chances to add to the lead before the break but Korea made an equally impressive start to the second half as just two minutes after the restart Lee Chang effortlessly weaved his way into the India area past four defenders before rolling the ball past a helpless Paul. Four minutes later captain Rim Chang-woo headed home Lee Jong-ho's left-wing cross to extend Korea's advantage. Moments after replacing Mun Hyo-min, substitute Son broke to the byline and sent a low cross across the face of goal which was bundled home by Lee Chang at the far post a minute after the hour mark. Korea's bid for a clean sheet was ended with 21 minutes remaining as Ralte fired home from inside the area after an indirect free-kick was awarded when the Korean goalkeeper was adjudged to have collected a back pass. Son restored the advantage after 73 minutes, but Ralte converted a free-kick from inside the area with three minutes remaining after the Korean goalkeeper was adjudged to have held onto the ball too long. (AFC)