TRAU pip Inter Kashi 3-0 for first win of marketing campaign (AIFF Image)
The outcome, an enormous increase for the membership from Manipur who’ve travelled to Kalyani to make it their residence this season.
Danish Aribam (ninth min), Deepak Singh (22ne min) and Abraham Okyere (76th min) scored a purpose every to assist TRAU FC earn their first win of the I-League 2023-24 season, beating newcomers Inter Kashi 3-0 on the Kalyani Stadium, right here on Sunday.
The outcome, an enormous increase for the membership from Manipur who’ve travelled to Kalyani to make it their residence this season, have managed a solitary draw and suffered seven defeats of their eight video games previous this match. Their poor kind, nevertheless, signifies that they continue to be rooted to all-time low on the desk.
Determined to flip their fortunes round, the Red Pythons got here out all weapons blazing, as Danish Aribam gave them the lead within the ninth minute, whereas Deepak Singh doubled the benefit within the twenty second. Abraham Okyere’s 76th-minute fireball of a strike solely helped put the outcome past all doubt.
A second of magic appeared to increase TRAU out of their early season slumber. Danish offered a dummy to Inter Kashi defender Lalruatthara, who had his heel dug into the Kalyani turf, trying to hold the within angle blocked.
The 19-yr-outdated shortly transferred the ball to his left and shot it in, beating Inter Kashi’s skilled keeper Arindam Bhattacharya on the close to publish.
The second purpose additionally noticed a second of brilliance, albeit from the supplier Robinson Singh, who nestled an ideal cross-area by ball into the trail of a scampering Deepak on the proper.
On the transfer, the latter laced his shot goalwards, and the 33-yr-outdated Bhattacharya was crushed at his close to publish as soon as once more, leaving the Inter Kashi camp shell-shocked.
It was a commendable comeback by Inter Kashi within the second half, not less than in phrases of mentality, as they shook off their first-half slumber and tried to acquire management of the match.
They continuously maintained possession within the center of the park and appeared to overload the TRAU penalty space with our bodies, as they despatched within the deliveries from the broad areas.
They had been, nevertheless, taking part in proper into TRAU’s fingers. The Manipur aspect dug in and waited for his or her possibilities, which hardly got here at a premium. They exploited their place on the flanks, and the acres of area left by Inter Kashi; their reward, a 3-purpose cushion, got here within the 76th minute by Abraham Okyere.
The Ghanaian sprinted previous Bijoy V.B and squared it to Danish, who dribbled previous seasoned campaigners Julen Perez and Peter Hartley, earlier than sending it again to Okyere. It was a easy equation for the Ghanaian, who blasted it previous Bhattacharya, albeit on the far publish this time.
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