India ended their 2018 World Cup football qualifying campaign on a disappointing note at Kochi today. They lost to Turkmenistan 1-2 in their last group match. With that, India ended their campaign at the bottom of the five-team Group D with just three points with a lone win over Guam in their home leg match last year.Turkmenistan, who were also already out of reckoning in the World Cup qualifying campaign, ended at third position with 13 points. The tiny Pacific nation of Guam ended above India at fourth with seven points.The Indians led 1-0 at the breather through Sandesh Jhingan' 27th minute header. But they conceded two goals in the second half to lose the match at the Nehru Stadium. The visiting side regrouped themselves in the second session and pumped in two goals through Amanov Arslan (49th) and Serdaraly Atayew (70th) to collect full three points.
News On AIR | March 29, 2016 9:01 PM
India lose 1-2 to Turkmenistan, finish last at WC qualifiers