Second half blitz hand Air India a commanding 5-1 win

by Chittu Shetty February 26, 2020

In Elite Division encounter, Air India came from a goal down to register a commanding 5-1 win over Bank of India. Soccer XI win big in Super Division

The match began with Air India starting on the brighter side with few good attacking moves early on. However an impressive Sanjeev Verma between the stick denied the former champions any early inroads.

In the 38^th minute, BOI took the lead when Troy Nunes headed home the opening goal off a cross from Shankar Thakur. Air India responded immediately with an equalizer after a Rosenberg cross from the right flank was met by Johnson D’silva who made no mistake in placing it into the net.

In the second half, Air India started out brightly once again and immediately took the lead when Sanchit latched on to a through ball from midfield before chipping the ball over an onrushing goalkeeper to make it 2-1. Few minutes later, Rosenberg doubled the lead with a curling effort from the edge of the box.

Later on in the game, Substitute Azza Noorani dribbled past the keeper to score the fourth Air India goal before Rishikesh added the final nail in to the game with the fifth goal. Deep in to the injury time, Rosenberg beat his marker to send a teasing ball back in which was swiftly tapped in to the goal bu Rishikesh to end the game 5-1.

Elite Division

Air India (Johnson 43′, Sanchit Singh 48′, Rosenberg 58′, Azfar 80′, Rishikesh 90+2′) 5 – 1 Bank of India (Troy Nunes 38’)

Super Division

Soccer XI (Bhavesh Kurlekar 28’, 45’, 63’, Azariah Thandu 65’, 90+2’, Nupur Ghadigainkar) 6 – 1 Young Boys (Salman Shaikh 84’)

Chheda Nager F (Hriday 49’) 1 – 2 Angel Gymkhana (Neeraj 46’, Hasbaan 72’)

Reliance Youth U16 (Thoi Huidrom Singh 45+3’, Chirag Bhujel 83’) 2 – 1 Teleperformance (Dwij Armarkar 7’)

2nd division:

GKW Rangers FC (Vikrant Choudhary 39′, Rishit Shetty 45′) 2 – 1 Storm Chasers FC (Swapnil Birari 34′)

Oscar SSE (Saif Qureshi 20′, Viju Pawar 39′, Saeed Shaikh 42′) 3 – 2 Anstrengung United

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