After drawing their first I-League match of the season towards Inter Kashi, Gokulam Kerala have gotten their act collectively and have now notched up three wins on the trot. On Monday, a day after Diwali, on the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal, the Malabarians lit up the celebrations by defeating TRAU FC 2-0, giving their followers extra causes to rejoice in the course of the festive season.
For Gokulam, Alex Sanchez led from the entrance as he scored each targets within the first half. The brace meant that the prolific Gokulam Kerala captain now has eight targets to his identify from 4 matches. The Kerala crew had been lowered to 10 males when goalkeeper Devansh Dabas was despatched off within the 62nd minute however it didn’t have an effect on the facet’s focus. They held on to their lead as TRAU FC suffered their third consecutive loss.
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The victory took Gokulam on the prime of the I-League desk. They have now performed 4 matches and have 10 factors of their kitty. TRAU FC, alternatively, are languishing on the backside with some extent.
Gokulam Kerala began the match on the entrance foot. In reality, the facet took the lead even earlier than TRAU FC settled into the match. An extended ball from the deep was properly managed by midfielder PN Noufal earlier than he despatched in a cross from the proper wing. TRAU’s defender Meitankeishangbam Clinton Khuman tried his greatest to clear solely to see the ball floating previous him and touchdown on the ft of Sanchez. The Gokulam Kerala skipper calmly headed the ball into the underside proper nook to offer his facet the lead.
Gokulam Kerala didn’t have to attend lengthy to increase their lead as their second objective was gifted by TRAU within the sixteenth minute. TRAU goalkeeper Mithun Samanta didn’t deal with an innocuous again cross from Clinton and was caught in possession. Sanchez was on the prowl and he punished the TRAU defence for his or her lackadaisical angle. The Gokulam Kerala ahead seized the ball and buried it to attain his second of the match.
Sanchez ought to have accomplished his hat-trick within the first half itself however he didn’t preserve the ball on course on each events. TRAU slowly settled into the match however they didn’t threaten the Gokulam defence. The solely time they got here near scoring within the first half was when striker Abraham Okyere took a strong shot at objective from lengthy distance. However, Dabas was equal to the duty as he saved the scoreline the identical at half-time.
Gokulam Kerala began the second half with the identical intent earlier than Dabas was proven a crimson card within the 62nd minute when he fouled striker Ibrahim Balde, who was by way of on objective. However, TRAU couldn’t make the most of their numerical benefit as Gokulam’s defence held agency.
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Rajasthan United Beat Churchill Brothers
Rajasthan United FC registered their first win of the 2023-24 I-League season, as they triumphed 2-0 towards Churchill Brothers FC Goa on the Deccan Arena, in Hyderabad, on Monday.
Lalchungnunga Chhangte opened the scoring for the Desert Warriors early on, whereas Richardson Kwaku Denzell doubled the lead later within the first half, to place his facet in a safe place for the remainder of the sport.
Rajasthan, who had been languishing on the backside of the I-League desk earlier than the beginning of this recreation, having performed three and misplaced as many, had an enormous begin to the sport when Chhangte minimize in from the left and unleashed a venomous left-footer that rocketed into the again of the online.
It was a feisty battle within the center, because the Churchill Brothers tried tooth and nail to get again within the recreation within the first half.
However, an excellent mixture transfer by Rajasthan caught the Churchill Brothers’ defence flat-footed, as Richard Gadze dinked a by way of cross between the strains, on the volley, to arrange Denzell, who managed it together with his head, earlier than driving it into the underside nook.
Churchill Brothers had been visibly crestfallen on the finish of the primary half, however they got here out preventing after the change of ends. Rajasthan United had been additionally decided to clock their first victory of the season, and an intense midfield battle ensued.
Hosts Rajasthan United, who’re enjoying from Hyderabad this season, saved it tight on the again, however nearly let one in, within the ninth minute of harm time. The facet from Goa earned a nook on the finish, and Churchill Brothers’ Ghanaian ahead, Louis Ugochukwu Ogana leapt highest to go the ball goalwards; a lot to his dismay, the cross-bar stood in his means.
With this win, Rajasthan United climbed from the underside spot to tenth on the I-League desk, whereas Churchill Brothers dropped one place to sixth.
