Photo Caption: Members of the St. Kitts and Nevis Team and India Team with Referees and team officials, sourced photo; (The India Express)
Published: Thursday 24th August, 2017
By: T. Chapman
Sports Update: The St. Kitts and Nevis tour of India has produced good results for the Sugar Boyz. Two drawn games, two equalizer goals: the fight, the energy and the confidence of the players has earned Sugar Boyz a second place finish in the Tri-Nation Series.
The St. Kitts and Nevis National Team were the underdogs going into the final game of the tournament with both teams needing a victory to win.
According to the India Express the home team started the match confidently as they eyed their 10th straight win after they beat Mauritius 2-1 in the ongoing Hero Tri-Nation Football tournament, which has been organised to help the hosts prepare for Asian Cup qualifiers against Macau on 5 September. However, they did not get the desired end results as the hosts failed to convert on alot of easy chances.
St. Kitts and Nevis on the other hand earned themselves their second draw of the tournament as they were previously held to a 1-1 draw by lower-ranked Mauritius in their opening encounter.
India’s Jackichand Singh scored the first goal of the game for the hosts in the 38th minute to give them a lead. St Kitts and Nevis capitalized when Gvaune Amory found the back of the net to make it 1-1 against India with just 15 minutes of the game remaining.
