India U17 Women Fall 3-0 to Russia in Final Sochi Friendly

Overview

• The India U17 women's team, which lost 3-0 to Russia on Friday, closed their three-game Sochi tune-up without a win.
• Russia broke a scoreless first half in the 46th minute through Valeria Menyailova, then sealed it with strikes by Polina Frolova in the 80th and Anna Bykhanova in the 90+2nd.
• India went down to 10 players after Julan Nongmaithem received a second yellow card in the 82nd minute.
• The Sochi results read 0-4, 0-3 and 0-3, pointing to lapses after halftime and late in matches that Russia punished.
• These games were the last warm-ups for the AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup in Suzhou, where India face Australia on May 2, Japan on May 5, and Lebanon in Group B.