Army Green beat NorthEast United FC (NEUFC) 3-1 of their Durand Cup Group D match on Sunday, giving the Highlanders their second consecutive defeat within the match. Greens captain PC Lallavmakima acquired a brace whereas Somesh Kothari hit one other one, which was fully managed by the Army crew. Deepu Mirdha scored the one objective for NEUFC in stoppage time.
With this win, Army Green joined Odisha FC with a 100% win document within the group. Odisha FC beat NEUFC 6-0 within the first Group D sport on Thursday and Sudeva FC of Delhi drew 1-1 within the second match in opposition to Kerala Blasters.
Both the groups acquired off to a tremendous begin within the first half however Senna shed the primary blood within the ninth minute by means of their captain Lallavmakima, whose run was absolutely met by an overhead move from Sochin Chhetri and he dismissed keeper Nikhil Deka with a move.
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The Greens elevated the stress after the objective, ensuing of their second seize. Somesh begins the assault from the suitable and cushions the ball to an overlapping Chabin Rabha, whose shot was saved by the goalkeeper, however the rebound fell again to Somesh, who drove it into the empty internet.
The expertise and physicality of Senna’s crew was an excessive amount of for NEUFC, with the Greens extending their lead within the fifty fifth minute by means of Lalawamkima. A hyperlink up play from the left by Somesh and Gowtham discovered the captain unmarked on the far publish, who simply needed to faucet it.
A comfort objective for the Highlanders got here on the time of damage when Deepu Mirdha reached the top of a supply from Alfred.
Army Green will subsequent tackle Sudeva Delhi FC subsequent Thursday (August 25), whereas NEUFC will look so as to add their first win of the match in opposition to Kerala Blasters on Saturday (August 27).
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
