Levis Zangminlun's second-half strike was not enough as a fighting India went down to Indonesia 1-3 in the first of their two away Under-17 friendlies in Gianyar on Sunday. (More Football News)
The hosts scored through Evandra Florasta (14th minute), Fandi Ahmad (50th) and🎶 Mierza Firjatullah (62nd).
Both the teams will meet again at the same venue🅺 o🔥n Tuesday.
The Ishfaq Ahmed-coached side are playing the friendlies in their build-up for the SAFF U-17 Championships in Bhutan💟 and AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers in Thailand.
The Bluꦿe Colts suffered an early setback after the hosts earned a penalty when Mierza Firjatullah rounded the goalkeeper 🌳and raced to the by-line before Mohammed Kaif brought him down and got himself booked.
Florasta sen🐎t Aheibam Suraj Singh the wrong way to put Indonꦗesia ahead.
India's first shot on target came in ♛the 23rd minute when Bharat Lairenjam tested Dafa Setiawarman with a low strike.
A minꦐute later, Ahongshangba🅰m Samson nearly equalised, hitting the crossbar with a left-footed half-volley from 25 yards.
Suraj remained busy under the bar as he denied Firjatullah with a great o🐻ne-on-one s꧋ave before denying Fabio Azkairawan's free-kick.
Five minutes before half-time, Bharꩲat Lairenjam nearly scored after intercepting a back pass, but Indonesian captain Putu Panji cleared it off the line.
Early in the second half, Vishal Yadav missed a golden chance to equalise, aไnd Indonesia🥀 punished India by doubling their lead through Ahmad.
India quickly responded with Levis Zangminlun scorin🌳g after hitting the post, but hopes of a comeback were dashed when Firjatullah added Indonesia's third.
Despite a late push, including strong performances from substitute🌸s Hemneichung Lunkim and Manbhakupar Malngian▨g, India could not find another goal.
