Kolkata. By registering two consecutive win in front of the domestic audience, Sunil Chhetri, the captain of the Indian football team, said that the team will win the last qualifying match of AFC Asian Cup qualification Group D against Hong Kong and will make full emphasis to reach the next round. The Indian football team won 2–1 in a very exciting match against Afghanistan on Saturday. The three goals of the match took place after the 86th minute of the game.

In front of 40000 viewers at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, Chhetri opened India's account in the 86th minute. Zubair Amiri, however, scored an equal goal for Afghanistan after two minutes. When the match was moving towards the draw, Sahal Abdul Samad's goal (90+1 minute) immersed the audience present in the stadium.

Sunil Chhetri This match was special for him because he completed his 17 years in international football on this day. This was the 83rd goal of Chhetri internationally. Chhetri said, 'It looks very good to celebrate his 17 years of celebration in international football. After Afghanistan's goal, I felt that we might have to share the points but our players did what they had fielded.

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This charismatic player said, 'Although such achievements do not matter to me, but I feel honored and lucky to wear the jersey of the national team for so long.'

When asked about Abdul Sahal Samad's decisive goal at the last minute of the match, Chhetri laughed, when asked about his way to celebrate his celebrations like Usain Bolt, 'If you see my' GPS ', it was probably my fastest sprint (race) of that day. We will now prepare for the next match by watching the video with a little rest. Hong Kong is a strong team, but we are playing on the home ground. We will put full emphasis to win. Fans will also be there.

With this victory, India strengthened its position in the group. The team is trying to qualify for the second and fifth time for the second time after being out of the group stage in 2019. India's head coach Igor Stimak said, 'We were' Blue Tigers' in the match against Afghanistan, and we need to stay like this in the field. We want to continue such a performance.

Abdul Sahal, who scored the winning goal in the last moments of the match, expressed happiness, 'This victory has been won in front of fans. This has increased its meaning. I had to trust the goalkeeper by trusting myself. Even before I scored my goal, the entire team started celebrating.