DHAKA: India made an unimpressive exit from the sixth President Gold Cup Football Tournament when they played out a goalless draw with the South Korean University team at the Mirpur floodlit stadium here.
Faced with an uphill task of a minimum 30 win over the South Korean side to remain in the tournament what India could do was to thawart their rivals from adding further insult to their
‘The scoreless draw saw the South Koreans through to the semifinals from group “A” while the other semifinalist from the group will be decided on the outcome of the Lisoning Club of China Bangladesh Green match.
India, which made their position dismal having lost to Bangladesh Green in their previous match thus ended with just two points from three outings having drawn against both the Chinese and the South Korean teams.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 9, 1989