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'India played good football for 75 minutes' - Igor Stimac on Bangladesh draw in the SAFF Championship opener

The Croatian stated that lapse of concentration costed his team a win against minnows Bangladesh...

India played out a 1-1 draw against Bangladesh in their SAFF Championship 2021 opener on Monday, despite taking the lead courtesy a Sunil Chhetri strike in the first half.

The Bangla Tigers were reduced to 10 men in the second after Bishwanath Ghosh was sent off due to a challenge on Liston Colaco. But even after going a man down, Oscar Bruzon's side came back into the game in the 74th minute when Yeasin Arafat found the back of the net.

India head coach Igor Stimac was understandably disappointed with the result as he stated that India could not capitalise on their experience and finish off the game despite being the better side for the majority of the match.