Indian Football wrap, February 3: Churchill Brothers misses chance to go top of I-League table; Sreenidi Deccan dismisses Aizawl
Indian Football wrap, February 3: Churchill Brothers misses chance to go top of I-League table; Sreenidi Deccan dismisses Aizawl
Sreenidi Deccan FC piled on the sorrow for a hapless Aizawl FC with a 3-0 win in the I-League championship at the Deccan Arena in Hyderabad on Monday.
The win improved Sreenidi’s position on the table by one place as they rose to eighth with 15 points, six clear of the relegation zone.
The Deccan Warriors also recorded their first clean sheet of the season. Aizawl, meanwhile, remained in 10th place, level on nine points with fellow strugglers SC Bengaluru and Delhi FC.
The home team took the lead in the fifth minute from a free-kick on the right wing, the ball was swung into the far post, bypassing the entirety of Aizawl’s ball watching defence. Defender Gurmukh Singh, unmarked, slammed in the volley from five yards away.
The second goal by Lalrowmawia came in the 25th minute, the winger picking up William Alves’ backheel pass in the right channel and then slamming a shot from a tight angle towards the goal.
David Castañeda netted the third goal for the home side in the 33rd minute, rising above Aizawl’s defenders to head in Hardik Bhatt’s cross.
– Team Sportstar
Churchill Brothers missed the chance to go top, while Sporting Club Bengaluru lifted themselves off the bottom of the I-League 2024-25 table after the two sides played a 1-1 draw at the Raia Ground on Monday
After Wayde Lekay’s ninth goal of the season had given Churchill Brothers the lead in the 61st minute, Clarence Fernandes, making his first start in the I-League drew SC Bengaluru level in the 73rd.
As a result, Namdhari FC remained atop with 24 points from 12 games. Churchill are now a point behind at 23. It was SC Bengaluru’s first ever away point in the I-League, ending a run of six straight defeats on the road. The Golden Tigers, with nine points, are out of the bottom spot for the first time in two months. Delhi FC now occupy 12th place.
– Team Sportstar
