Chencho strike helps Minerva sneak over Indian Arrows
Minerva Punjab continued their winning run in I-League after sneaking past Indian Arrows with a 1-0 victory courtesy Bhutan international Chencho, whose strike in the dying moments, downed valiant Indian Arrows.
Home side Minerva Punjab made two changes from their game against Chennai City FC with Souvik Das and Lago Bei making way for Amandeep Singh and centre back Sukhdev Singh.
Indian Arrows made two changes in their squad from the last game as Aniket Jadhav who scored 2 goals in the opening game against Chennai City and central midfielder Abhijit Sarkar made way for attacking minded Rahim Ali and newcomer Abhishek Halder respectively. Minerva Punjab completely outplayed Indian Arrows in the first half of play. Captain Kassim Aidara had an early opportunity in the 3rd minute to get his name on the scoresheet but his effort from 4 yards went wide off the target.
On the 15th minute mark, William’s powerful volley was somehow blocked by Indian Arrows defence line and almost looked like the action replay of his previous goal against Indian Arrows in Goa. Dano tried his luck with a superb volley in front of the goal but again Indian Arrows defender stood firm to block the shot. The best chance of the first half fell to Dano in the 35th minute when he hit the post from a picture-perfect diving volley. Meanwhile, Arrows Goalkeeper Dheeraj made two superb back to back saves in the 42nd minute to keep his team in the match.
Indian Arrows somehow managed to keep the scoreline 0-0 at halftime. The 2nd half was more even with Indian Arrows players started to get into the rhythm of the game. They had more of the ball but still couldn’t penetrate the strong Minerva Punjab defence. Indian Arrows had the chance of the match in the 53rd minute when Rahul came running down from the right wing going one on one with Minerva Goalkeeper Rakshit who came out of his line and managed to put the ball out of danger with a heroic clearance.
Minerva Punjab, on the other hand, capitalized their chance in the 80th minute when Chencho scored after sending two defenders wrong way inside their own box and hitting a powerful low drive into the right corner of the net giving no chance to Dheeraj. Minerva Punjab held up the game well since then and gave no chance to Indian Arrows to come back in the game.
The match ended at 1-0 in favour of home side Minerva Punjab who continued their winning run and main their top status in the Hero I-League with 13 points in 5 matches.
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