Deepak Singh scored the lone aim to propel Army Green into the Durand Cup quarter-finals as the previous champions beat Sudeva Delhi FC 1-0 within the closing Group B match at Mohun Bagan floor right here on Friday.
Jamshedpur FC had been additionally enjoying their closing recreation collectively in opposition to FC Goa, however they misplaced 0–5, permitting Army Green to go together with group toppers FC Goa.
Army Green and Sudeva each created probabilities within the opening quarter of the primary half however all the pieces was inexperienced after that.
The Greens had their first main scoring alternative within the ninth minute when Lalawamkima took a superb header, however Sudeva couldn’t get previous keeper Sachin Jha.
Shubham Rana scored one other aim on the rebound, however Sachin got here up with one other sensible save.
For many of the first half, the ball revolved round Sudeva’s aim. Thirty minutes into the sport, two back-to-back corners virtually obtained the greens on the board, however Sachin ensured it went goalless at half time.
Sudeva regarded fully upbeat within the second half. In the forty sixth minute, William Poliankhum stored the ball just a few yards away from aim however failed to attain.
Army Green made a powerful comeback and within the 51st minute, because of a superb arrange and a beautiful help from Deep Majumdar, Deepak tapped the ball into the online.
The Delhi aspect had just a few probabilities to equalize, however they may not get previous the protection of Army Green to finish the marketing campaign with three losses.
In the second recreation of the day, FC Goa beat JFC 5–0 to complete on high with 9 factors to knock their ISL rivals out of the match.
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It was an incident-free one-hour first quarter, with Goa placing Glenn Martins and Maken Chhote on the bench and giving Brandon a begin with Hrithik Tiwary because the third keeper within the match.
They had been trying to take management and ultimately Devendra obtained a free-header from a nook within the twentieth minute and nodded from shut vary to offer Goa their first aim of the sport.
Then six minutes later, Princeton Rebello discovered two bites of cherry contained in the JFC field and blew the second dwelling behind a helpless Vishal Yadav beneath the JFC bar.
Devendra then tapped at half-time for a 3rd, second of the sport and third of the match, a minute earlier than the break to make Goa 3-0.
Talented Mohammad Nemil then took the second half with a double strike.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
