{"id":57074,"date":"2026-10-25T08:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=57074"},"modified":"2026-10-25T08:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T08:07:22","slug":"fifa-u15-world-cup-2026-india-beat-cameroon-2-1-register-second-consecutive-group-k-win-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=57074","title":{"rendered":"FIFA U15 World Cup 2026: India beat Cameroon 2-1, register second consecutive Group K win | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-135185905,imgsize-221695,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/india-beat-cameroon-to-make-it-two-wins-from-two-at-fifa-u15-world-cup-amp-festival.jpg\" alt=\"FIFA U15 World Cup 2026: India beat Cameroon 2-1, register second consecutive Group K win\" title=\"Baku, Oct 25 (IANS) India continued their winning start at the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup 2026, defeating Cameroon 2-1 in their second Group K match at the Hovsan Competition Complex Pitch 1B on Sunday.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Baku, Oct 25 (IANS) India continued their winning start at the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup 2026, defeating Cameroon 2-1 in their second Group K match at the Hovsan Competition Complex Pitch 1B on Sunday.\">Baku, Oct 25 (IANS) India continued their winning start at the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup 2026, defeating Cameroon 2-1 in their second Group K match at the Hovsan Competition Complex Pitch 1B on Sunday.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>India continued their impressive start at the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup 2026, beating Cameroon 2-1 in their second Group K match on Sunday. The Blue Colts took an early lead through a Cameroon own goal, but Muhammad Sohil Khan\u2019s own goal brought the African side level before the break.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Captain R Lalremruatfela scored the winner in the second half, finishing a low cross from Deepak Singh Arambam. Goalkeeper Jenit Ningthoujam played a key role in the victory, making several important saves, including stopping a penalty.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>With two wins from two matches, India are the only team in Group K to have won both their games so far.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Jenit shines as India withstand Cameroon pressure<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>India got off to a quick start in rainy conditions when Deepak\u2019s corner in the first minute led to Fareil Ngobo accidentally putting the ball into his own net. <!-- -->Cameroon gradually grew into the game, but India defended well and created chances to extend their lead.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Goalkeeper Jenit was particularly impressive, denying several Cameroon attempts, including a dangerous free-kick and a close-range effort. India also came close to scoring through Lalremruatfela, but Cameroon managed to clear the danger.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Cameroon eventually equalised in the 20th minute when Ndam Moctar\u2019s cross struck Muhammad Sohil Khan and went into the net. The teams went into the break level at 1-1.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Lalremruatfela scores winner as Jenit saves penalty<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>India came out with greater purpose after half-time, and substitute Ronandev Aheibam made an immediate impact by winning the ball in midfield. He passed it wide to Deepak, who sent a low cross into the box. Lalremruatfela calmly finished with his left foot in the 27th minute to put India back in front.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Cameroon had a chance to equalise after being awarded a penalty for handball, but Jenit came to India\u2019s rescue once again, saving Harouna Abdoulaye\u2019s spot-kick in the 32nd minute.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>India continued to threaten, with Ronandev testing the Cameroon goalkeeper and Soumojit Sarkar forcing another save from a free-kick. The Blue Colts held their lead until the final whistle, securing their second consecutive win and strengthening their position in Group K.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/football\/top-stories\/fifa-u15-world-cup-2026-india-beat-cameroon-2-1-register-second-consecutive-group-k-win\/articleshow\/135185906.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baku, Oct 25 (IANS) India continued their winning start at the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup 2026, defeating Cameroon 2-1 in their second Group K match at the Hovsan Competition Complex Pitch 1B on Sunday. India continued their impressive start at the inaugural FIFA U15 World Cup 2026, beating Cameroon 2-1 in their second Group&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}