Dempo 2 (Ranti Martins – 54th and 83rd)
beat
Pailan Arrows 0
beat
Pailan Arrows 0
KOLKATA: Dempo SC consolidated their place at the top of the I-League Table beating Pailan Arrows 2-0 at the Yuba Bharati Krinangan this afternoon. For the winners Ranti Martins scored both goals in the 53rd and 83rd minutes. For Pailan Arrows, goalkeeper Naveen Kumar was sent off in the 34th minute which turned out to be critical in the match.
The match started off in a rough manner with Clifford Mirando of Dempo SC and Bikramjit Sinha and Prathamesh Maulingkar being cautioned with yellow cards within the first three minutes of the match.
In the 9th mintue of the match Anthony got the first chance of the match with a header which went over the bar. It took about 20 minutes for Dempo SC to start putting together their passes and Pailan Arrows can be credited for some good positive thinking and attacking play over the first quarter.
Pailan suffered a big blow when Naveen came off his line and out of the box but brought down Koko the Dempo SC forward resulting in a red card. Just a minute earlier he had pulled off a good save off a shot form Perriera.
Dempo SC broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute when Ranti Martins scored off a cross from Valeriano Rebello.
Pailan brought in striker CS Sabeeth l5 minutes later as they pushed forward for an equaliser. However, Dempo SC had the last laugh as they scored again in the 82nd minute when Ranti Martins scored his second of the match with neatly finishing off a cross from Periera.
Pailan move to 43 points from 20 matches while Pailan stay on 8 points.
SALGAOCAR WIN: In another match, Salgaocar SC defeated Sporting Clube de Goa 2-1. Beevan D'mello scored first goal for Salgaocar in the 24th minute only for Tomba Singh to double the lead in the 65th minute. Sporting's Kalu Ogba reduced the margin in the 66th minute.
Courtsey the win, Salgaocar move to 36 points while Sporting stay on 30 points.
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