As it happened: India vs Afghanistan, SAFF Cup Final

FULL TIME: Jeje and Sunil Chhetri on target as India beat Afghanistan 2-1 to win their seventh SAFF CUP

Close! Afghanistan hit post from point blank range

111th minute: Pronay whips in a cross which is kept out by Azizi. Jeje's shot is blocked by Saighani and Narzary's shot goes over the bar.

106th minute: The last 15 minutes have kicked off.

HALF TIME in Extra-time. India lead Afghanistan 2-1

103rd minute: Jairu runs dangerously towards the Afghanistan goal and gets a shot away but it goes just over.

Goal!!! Sunil Chhetri gives India lead in the 101st minute. India 2-1 Afghanistan

Substitution: Eugene is replaced by Pronoy.

Yellow card! Eugeneson is shown the Yellow Card

ET 1: The first half of extra time is underway.

The match goes into extra time as India and Afghanistan were level at 1-1 after regulation time

89th minute: India go close again. Sunil Chhetri freekick is dealt well by Afghan goalie

Close! Afghanistan go close once again. India riding their luck

Saves! Gurpreet makes a double save to deny Afghanistan taking lead once again

Goallll! Great reply by India as Jeje slots home in the 72nd minute to make it 1-1.

GOAL! Amiri slots home to give Afghanistan lead in the 70th minute against India

65th minute: Jeje shoots but the ball goes into orbit. Very ordinary effort

Blocked! Narzary's shot is blocked by Saighani for a corner. After 62 minutes it's still 0-0

Close! India were close to taking lead but Jeje's curled effort strikes the crossbar and goes out.

55th minute: Eugeneson drills a shot goal from range but it goes wide of the Afghanistan goal.

Save: Another good save by India's goalie Gurpreet to deny Afghanistan first goal

50th minute: Both sides not able to string more than two passes together. Scrappy stuff

48th minute: Jeje has a shot from distance and the effort goes over the target.

46th minute: We are underway in the second half

Half-Time: India and Afghanistan play-out a goalless first half.

40th minute: Gurpreet Singh denies Afghanistan once again. After 40 minutes it's still 0-0

Free-kick: Afghanistan with a free-kick which is brilliantly defended by India

35th minute: Lyngdoh plays the balll back into the box for Chhetri who chests and and his left footed shot is blocked.

Yellow card: Jeje goes into the book. First yellow of the game

30th minute: Both the teams have settled down. Afghanistan slightly better than India after 30 minutes. Still 0-0

25 minutes: Sunil Chhetri with the shot from outside the box but it is well wide. 0-0 after 25 minutes

Close! Pritam with a horrible backpass which is robbed. The cut-back is shoveled wide by Afghanistan player. India riding their luck

20th minute: After a good start by Afghanistan - India have responded well but no goals so far.

15th minute: India almost scored there but Jeje's header was denied by the goal post. Still 0-0

SAVE: Afghanistan Faysal makes his way into the box and his shot was saved Gurpreet. The ball went for corner

Corner: Hassan Amin's corner is collected by Gurpreet.

Saved: Decent save by India goalie. It's all Afghanistan at the moment.

7th minute: Afghanistan enjoying 70 percent of possession in the game so far

4th minute: Free-kick for Afghanistan but straight into the hands of Indian goalie.

1st minute: India start on front foot as Borges finds Jeje who plays it for Jairu. Jairu's cross for Chhetri is intercepted by Afghanistan defender

6.30 pm: It's kick off in the SAFF CUP final between India and Afghanistan

6.25 pm: Teams are lined-up for their national anthems

6.20 pm: We are minutes away from the kick-off

6.10 pm: It is jam-packed at the Trivandrum International Stadium today

Welcome to the Live updates from the SAFF Cup final between India and Afghanistan.

Built around youth and commitment, an overhauled India will look to capitalise on the enthusiasm of the freshers when they lock horns with emerging regional powerhouse Afghanistan in the final of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup.

In recent years, strife-torn Afghanistan have emerged as a formidable challenge to six-time winners India.

Coached by Stephen Constantine, the home side's hegemony in the regional tournament will be once again tested by the defending champions, this time at the Trivandrum International Stadium.

India, in the 2011 edition's final in New Delhi, rode Sunil Chhetri's hat-trick to blank Afghanistan 4-0. Two years later, in Kathmandu, the Afghans exacted a sweet revenge, coming out a 2-0 winner in the summit showdown.

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