Superb Manisha goal too little, India end with 1-3 loss to Taipei
Kolkata, March 11 -- By the time the goal of the AFC Women's Asian Cup is decided, Manisha Kalyan should be back with Alianza Lima in the Peruvian top division. India's tryst with Asian elite ended with two soft goals in a 1-3 defeat to Chinese Taipei in Sydney on Tuesday but no highlights reel will be complete without Kalyan's goal.
It was a cannonball of a left-footer fired from around 25 yards. India won a free kick after defender Huang Ke-sin pushed Soumya Guguloth and was booked. The shot from Kalyan, 24, swung powerfully into the horizontal and was pinging around the penalty area when the India forward was seen imploring for a VAR check that was happening anyway. VAR showed the ball had bounced inside the line before coming back into ...
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