India vs Chinese Taipei, Asian Games 2023 Live score: IND lose control after bright start, 0-0 in first half

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Hsiu Chin receives the ball inside the Indian box, pushes it past Hooda but Anju comes in and puts it for a corner. India put all their players in the box for it, Chinese Taipei try a variation and the shot comes from the edge of the box. Hooda collects it.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: 26 mins: Manisha Kalyan brings the ball forward from the right, it comes to Bala Devi who takes a shot from distance. Ming-Jung manages to track the shot and gathers it.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Chinese Taipei have had far more possession but India haven’t really allowed them to bombard their goal with shots. They have also looked good on the counter thus far.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Another dangerous ball from Anju and this time Ming Jung comes outside the box and kicks the ball away. India have had less of the possession but they are making use of the opportunities to counter and Chinese Taipei’s high line is bringing their goalkeeper into action a bit too often for their liking.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Fantastic lofted ball from the right by Anju, Bala Devi chases it but the Chinese Taipei goalkeeper comes forward and collects it.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Grace brought down by Pu Han just past the centre circle in the Chinese Taipei half and India win a free kick. Ashalata takes it, goes for goal despite the distance and the goalkeeper collects it easily.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Chinese Taipei have taken control of the game now. A dangerous ball into the box and that is dealt with well by Hooda. The cheers from the crowd every time they reach the Indian box shows who has the home support here.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: But Taipei almost took the lead. India lose the ball in their own half and TPE attack, the ball is played through to Yen-Ping Chen who was in the clear, she takes a shot at the far post and Shreya Hooda saves. 

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: 2 mins: Chinese Taipei go on the attack early on but India snatch the ball and hit them on the counter themselves. Manisha Kalyan tried to play it through to Bala Devi from the left flank, TPE put it out for a corner. It becomes consecutive corners but Chinese Taipei deal with it. 

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Chinese Taipei get us going. They are in white shorts and sky blue shorts, India in their Asian Games colours of navy and sky blue.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Both teams are out there, the national anthems are done and kick off is now imminent. 

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: To say there is daylight in the ranking spots between India and Chinese Taipei would be an understatement. India are placed 61st in the FIFA rankings while Chinese Taipei are 38th.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Chinese Taipei may be placed nearly 30 spots above India on the FIFA rankings but both sides have won one game and lost one in the times they have faced each other. The two sides faced each other for the first time in 2013 and then in 2021. Chinese Taipei won the first encounter 2-1 but India beat them 1-0 the second time when they played in the 2021 AFC Women’s Asia Cup.

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Ming-Jung, Li-Ping, Yen-Ping, Hsiang-Huei, Hsiu-Chin, Kai Ching, Chia-Ying, Yu-Chieh, Ting Chi, Ying-Hui, Pu-Han

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: Shreya Hooda, Sweety Devi, Ashalata Devi, Sangita Basfore, Sanju, Anju Tamang, Bala Devi, Dangmei Grace, Indumathi Kathiresan, Manisha Kalyan, Dalima Chhibber

India vs Chinese Taipei Live score: The Asian Games is an uphill battle for the Indian women’s team but that is nothing new for them. Beating the odds is among the first things that the players forming this team would have had to do before managing to making a career out of playing at the highest level. Their opponents for the day, Chinese Taipei, haven’t been in the best of forms, although their losses have come against higher ranked opposition.