The Indian national team on Saturday played out a 1-1 draw with Portuguese third division outfit Odivelas Futebol Clube in the last practice match of their Portugal tour in Lisbon.
Brazilian Carlos Roberto Silva has been named chief coach of the team for the 2007-08 season.
A late strike by Aman Deep helped JCT hold Kolkata giant's Mohun Bagan 1-1 in a 20th round match of the ONGC I-League at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, on Saturday. It was Mohun Bagan who drew the first blood as early as in the 10th minute of the match through N S Manju who made no mistake in finding the net off Jose Baretto's pass. Down by a goal, JCT pressed hard to draw parity and ultimately managed to wipe off deficit in 80th minute through medio Aman Deep.
Bob Houghton's team was thrashed 7-1 in the Asian Cup football qualifying match.
India's football coach Bob Houghton lamented that India could not maintain a high level of play in their AFC Cup qualifying match against Saudi Arabia.
India lost 1-3 to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the four-team tournament on Wednesday.
Injury has robbed India of seven key players for Wednesday's AFC Asian Cup qualifier Group A tie against Yemen.
Mumbai champions Mahindra United wasted several chances and had to settle for a solitary point in a seventh round match in the National Football League.
A fine brace by Jose Ramirez Baretto guided the Mumbai champions to a 4-2 victory over Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the Federation Cup football tournament.
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