BANGALORE, APR 15: A sterling performance by defender Amblistar Sunn helped Rangdajied United FC pip Kolkata’s Bhawanipore by a solitary goal in the opening match of the second and final leg of the 2nd division I-League at the Bangalore Football Stadium here on Monday.
Sunn foiled two attempts at goal by Bhawanipore’s veteran Brazilian striker J. Marco Barreto, one of which a goal line save, as the Shillong outfit guarded their first half goal till the very end. With this win, Rangdajied strengthened their position and now have seven points from six matches.
Rangdajied took the lead in the 42nd minute of the game when Babatunde Ayomide neatly headed home Nagen Tamang’s well measured cross from the right flank.
In the second, the Shillong team missed as many as six open chances. The closest they came to increasing the lead was when in the 60th minute skipper Resttom Khriam carried the ball from central line to the rival’s goal area and sent a beautiful crossed to Babatunde who failed to connect with only the goalkeeper to beat.
The other golden opportunity that went for a was in the 80th minute of the game when Babatunde set up a ball for Jeribe Kelechi who only needed to control the ball and shoot past the goalkeeper, but failed to trap the ball.
The match though belonged to the Rangdajied with Sunn doing the start turn. In the 67th minute, Barreto took a powerful shot which was cleared by an alert Amblistar Sunn. Hudson Lima Silva’s shot from the resultant rebound was again saved by custodian Shambhu Mistry.
In the 76th minute, Barreto took another shot at the goal that beat Mistry, but again Amblistar came to the rescue of his team by clearing the ball inches from entering the goal.By Suraj Joshi
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