SAFF Championship 2023: How Twitter reacted as India win tournament record 9th time

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India have won the SAFF Championship for the record 9th time on Tuesday (July 4).

The Blue Tigers emerged victorious with a stellar performance in the Final as Sunil Chhetri and co. beat Kuwait at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

An enthralling 120 minutes couldn't separate the teams as it ended 1-1 after two hours of play. Shabaib Al Khaldi gave Kuwait the lead in the 14th minute, but Lallianzuala Chhangte equalized seven minutes from the break.

As the game went into penalties, it was India's custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu who emerged the strongest from the spot. Mohammed Abdullah crashed into the crossbar and then Sandhu saved Khaled Hajiah's shot spectacularly in the sudden death as India won 5-4 in the penalties.

Fans erupted on social media after Blue Tigers' amazing victory in the SAFF Championship 2023.

The Indian team, under coach Igor Stimac, has done extremely well this year. They won the Intercontinental Cup a couple of weeks back, and now the SAFF Championship will reinvigorate the team ahead of the coming challenges.

These are some of the best wishes from Twitter after India's fantastic SAFF triumph-

Former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary congratulated the Indian football team and goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu for the stellar performance in the final.

Mohun Bagan Super Giant also congratulated the Indian team.

The Indian football team have become the SAFF Champions for the 9th time in their history.

A glimpse of fans signing Vande Mataram after the match.