See Nepal vs Afghanistan 1st Semi Football Match Live Streaming, Scorecard, Preview and Match Video Highlights. Watch SAFF Championship 2013 1st Semi Final Live Streaming. Nepal will take Afghanistan in the 1st semi final of the tournament on Sunday in Saff Championships. Nepal are hosts for this tournament so there will be some advantage for Nepal team in this tournament.
There is best chance for Nepal team to take revenge against Afghanistan team. Afghanistan beat Nepal in the previous tournament’s semi final. Afghanistan’s coach also said that they will present a vital performance against Nepal and they will try hard for the semi final match although there will be good support for Nepal team in this tournament but they are ready for this match against Nepal.
Nepal team played its first match against Bangladesh in this tournament and won this match with 2-0. Anil Gurung and Bharat Khawas scored goals in this match. Nepal team drew against Pakistan and the final league match Nepal team beat India. Nepal team is group leader of Group A and they are unbeaten in this tournament. Nepal team beat India after 20 years.
Afghanistan team is also unbeaten in this tournament and won the two league matches against Sri Lanka and Bhutan and drew with Maldives. Both teams faced to each other last tournament’s semi final and Afghanistan team beat Nepal with 2-0. After this match, Afghanistan team lost from India in the final match of the tournament.
Match facts:
Anil Gurung is the highest scoring Nepali football player in this fixture with two goals, whereas Haroon Fakhruddin is highest scoring Afghani player with two goals as well.
Nepal’s scorer against Pakistan, Bimal Gharti Magar is the youngest player in the tournament.
Nepal has never lost to Afghanistan in their own turf.
Team News:
According to Nepal’s one of the leading football website, GiveMeGoal, Nepal’s three star players, Jagjit Shrestha, Bhola Silwal and Sandip Rai didn’t appear for the national team in light training session held on Saturday. Jagjit Shrestha was injured during the gulf tour, but coach Jack Stefanowski took risk in all three games by lining him up. Subsequently, Jagjit was taken off the field after just 29 minutes of play against India. Two players, Bhola Silwal and Sandip Rai might start for Nepal against Afghanistan though, but there is a huge possibility of Jagjit not starting after sustaining a heel injury in the previous game.
Reportedly, Afghanistan have no injury concerns and might lineup the same team that they lined up against Maldives on Friday.
Manager and Player interviews:
Nepali star midfielder Jagjit Shresthato GoalNepal.com: “I want to be fit for my country. I want to give 100% in the match. I couldn’t control my emotions [against India]. I wanted to play full match.”
Afghanistan coach Yousef Kargar: “Football is a game where you can’t avoid opponents. We couldn’t avoid the home team Nepal.
“Nepal is a very strong team technically and in terms of speed. Nepal also has home ground advantage. However, we’ll also try to reach that point.”
Possible Lineups:
Afghanistan: Faqiryar, Faiz, Fakhruddin, Ataee, Rafi, Azadzoy, Marouf, Hadid, Mashriqi, Arezou, Ahmadi.
Nepal: Kiran Chemjong, Biraj Maharjan, Sagar Thapa, Rabin Shrestha, Sandeep Rai, Bikram Lama, Rohit Chand, Bhola Silwal, Jumanu Rai, Anil Gurung, Bharat Khawas.
After defeating Sri Lanka and qualifying for the semifinal, Afghanistan coach Yousef Kargar had categorically mentioned that he wanted Nepal to be their opponent only in the final. Afghanistan needed a win against the Maldives to avoid Nepal in the last four.
However, the Maldives, playing without its ace striker Ali Asfaq, held the Afghans to a goalless draw. After Friday’s match, Afghanistan and the Maldives both have seven points each but Maldives has a superior goal difference. The result also means that the semifinals will be a repeat of the last edition -- Nepal versus Afghanistan and India versus the Maldives. Afghanistan and India had reached the final of the last edition.
“Football is a game where you can’t avoid opponents. We couldn’t avoid the home team Nepal,” said Kargar after the match on Friday. “Nepal is a very strong team technically and in terms of speed. Nepal also has home ground advantage. However, we’ll also try to reach that point,” said the coach of the top-ranked South Asian country.
Maldives coach Urbanyi Istavan Bela said their semifinal opponent India is a tough team to play as it has some players with great potential. But when asked about the semifinal result of the last edition, he replied: “New game, new story and new chance.” “Both the semifinals will be tough. They would be big fights and all four teams have 50-50 chances,” said Bela.
On Friday, both the teams missed some scoring chances. Afghanistan’s Mohammad Yusef Mashrigi failed to connect to a cross from Mo Marouf Jamhour in the danger area in the 19th minute, and was denied by the Maldives goalkeeper Imran Mohamed later. Imran Mohamed blocked Haroon Fakhruddin’s free-kick and Sanjar M Ahmadi ended up hitting high on a rebound from the edge in the 63rd minute. In the dying moments of the match, Imran Mohamed denied attempts by Farzad Ghulam Muhaiuddin and Mustafa Azadzoy.
On the other hand, Maldives player Mohamed Umair failed to score in a one-on-one with Afghanistan goalkeeper Mansur Fagiryar in the 37th minute. Umair fired wide from the danger zone in the 71st minute after making a fine sprint. Fagiryar again denied him in a one-on-one position in the injury time.
“We missed chances but played good football. We maintained superior ball possession and we were technically sound,” said the Afghanistan coach.
“We didn’t feature Asfaq for some safety reasons. We reached the target against the highest ranked team of the subcontinent. They are physically stronger than us,” said Maldives coach Bela.
Consolation win for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka defeated Bhutan 5-2 in the last group stage match at the APF ground at Halchowk. Both Sri Lanka and Bhutan had already crashed out of the tournament.
Mohamed Rawme completed a hat-trick in the match while Bhutanese player Pema conceded an own goal. Sonam Tenjing and Pasang scored a goal each for Bhutan, which is the only team to lose all three group matches of the tournament.
All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has hiked the ticket prices for the semifinal and final matches.
According to ANFA CEO, Indra Man Tuladhar, ticket for the ordinary parapet is priced at Rs 500 and for the VIP parapet at Rs 1000. The ticket prices were Rs 300 and Rs 700 during the group stage matches.
Meanwhile, ANFA has requested all the football fans to buy only the tickets with hologram stickers. ANFA has also decided to sell a maximum of 10 tickets to a person.
“We came up with the provision after we came to know that some people bought tickets in bulk and tried to sell them at exorbitant prices,” said Tuladhar.
Nepalese national team have had a very good tournament yet – most importantly beating India after 20 long years. Meanwhile, Afghanistan also have enjoyed undefeated tournament , winning both of their games against Sri Lanka and Bhutan and drawing with Maldives.
Both of these teams faced each other in the previous edition of the tournament in semifinals, with Nepal losing in the extra time despite of good performance. Despite of win against Nepal, Afghanistan couldn’t win SAFF Championships after losing the final to hosts India.
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According to Nepal’s one of the leading football website, GiveMeGoal, Nepal’s three star players, Jagjit Shrestha, Bhola Silwal and Sandip Rai didn’t appear for the national team in light training session held on Saturday. Jagjit Shrestha was injured during the gulf tour, but coach Jack Stefanowski took risk in all three games by lining him up. Subsequently, Jagjit was taken off the field after just 29 minutes of play against India. Two players, Bhola Silwal and Sandip Rai might start for Nepal against Afghanistan though, but there is a huge possibility of Jagjit not starting after sustaining a heel injury in the previous game.
Reportedly, Afghanistan have no injury concerns and might lineup the same team that they lined up against Maldives on Friday.
Manager and Player interviews:
Nepali star midfielder Jagjit Shresthato GoalNepal.com: “I want to be fit for my country. I want to give 100% in the match. I couldn’t control my emotions [against India]. I wanted to play full match.”
Afghanistan coach Yousef Kargar: “Football is a game where you can’t avoid opponents. We couldn’t avoid the home team Nepal.
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Football is a game where you can’t avoid opponents. We couldn’t avoid the home team Nepal,” said Kargar after the match on Friday. “Nepal is a very strong team technically and in terms of speed. Nepal also has home ground advantage. However, we’ll also try to reach that point,” said the coach of the top-ranked South Asian country.
Maldives coach Urbanyi Istavan Bela said their semifinal opponent India is a tough team to play as it has some players with great potential. But when asked about the semifinal result of the last edition, he replied: “New game, new story and new chance.” “Both the semifinals will be tough. They would be big fights and all four teams have 50-50 chances,” said Bela.
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Meanwhile, ANFA has requested all the football fans to buy only the tickets with hologram stickers. ANFA has also decided to sell a maximum of 10 tickets to a person.
“We came up with the provision after we came to know that some people bought tickets in bulk and tried to sell them at exorbitant prices,” said Tuladhar.
Nepalese national team have had a very good tournament yet – most importantly beating India after 20 long years. Meanwhile, Afghanistan also have enjoyed undefeated tournament , winning both of their games against Sri Lanka and Bhutan and drawing with Maldives.
Both of these teams faced each other in the previous edition of the tournament in semifinals, with Nepal losing in the extra time despite of good performance. Despite of win against Nepal, Afghanistan couldn’t win SAFF Championships after losing the final to hosts India.
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“Nepal is a very strong team technically and in terms of speed. Nepal also has home ground advantage. However, we’ll also try to reach that point.”
Possible Lineups:
Afghanistan: Faqiryar, Faiz, Fakhruddin, Ataee, Rafi, Azadzoy, Marouf, Hadid, Mashriqi, Arezou, Ahmadi.
Nepal: Kiran Chemjong, Biraj Maharjan, Sagar Thapa, Rabin Shrestha, Sandeep Rai, Bikram Lama, Rohit Chand, Bhola Silwal, Jumanu Rai, Anil Gurung, Bharat Khawas.
After defeating Sri Lanka and qualifying for the semifinal, Afghanistan coach Yousef Kargar had categorically mentioned that he wanted Nepal to be their opponent only in the final. Afghanistan needed a win against the Maldives to avoid Nepal in the last four.
