Skorost trailed in the first half as Diptiman Prusty scored in the 2nd minute. They made it 1-1 thanks to Gaurav More’s beautiful flick in the 22nd minute.

Wellington unleashed a series of attacks as Skorost relied on Verma’s pace to make in-roads. They almost got a second goal as he ran like lightning into the box and fumbled a long ball! He was a handful for Wellington as his pace had them in all sorts of trouble.

Wellington deployed the off-side trap to negate Verma who was at the heart of Skorost’s attacks. Lionel Fernandes — the rock in Wellington’s back-line — hit his shots with the power of an ox! Skorost was not in the mood to give in as was evident by Kartik Kamat’s excellent sliding tackle.

Wellington had more attempts on goal in the first half which finished at 1-1.

Verma unlocked Wellington’s back-line as he raced like a tracer bullet and hit home a header in the 51st minute. 2-1 to Skorost and Wellington looked out of sorts!

Nitesh Tandei’s shot went wide off the post as Wellington went forward in search of an equalizer.

Akash Kareparembil hit home in the 93rd minute and wrapped up the game for Skorost.

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It was experience which ultimately helped RBI grab a win in the dying minutes.

RBI created numerous chances in the first half as Skorost held back and absorbed the pressure.

Gaurav More’s freekick gave Skorost the lead in the 33rd minute.

A shocker for RBI!

RBI bounced back immediately through a penalty from skipper Rolfred Coutinho in the 36th minute.

Macdon Pillai’s red card meant Skorost had to play catch up.

RBI threatened to score again and had Skorost on the backfoot.

Rohit Pillai’s effort ricocheted off the post and Coutinho had a penalty appeal turned down.

The skipper hit one over the bar in the dying minutes of the first half which finished at 1-1.

RBI put men behind every ball and effectively cut off space for Skorost in the second half.

The numerical disadvantage clearly hampered Skorost as they could only fire blanks.

Akash Kareparembil missed a gilt-edged chance as he shot straight at the keeper from inside the box.

Johnson Gaanaprakash almost scored off a scorcher for RBI!

He made amends as he hit home from Coutinho’s pinpoint cross in the 70th minute to make it 2-1. Skorost were in a dilemma!

Skorost roared back as Abhay Amin scored in the 71st minute to make it 2-2. Pawan Pattem used his physique to shield a defender off Amin in the build-up to the goal.

Gaanaprakash headed home off a corner in the 94th minute to break Skorost hearts!

Full marks to Skorost who didn’t give up hope!

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