Bengaluru FC record 10 win over Minerva to snap winless run
Bengaluru FC snapped a seven-game winless run to finally record a 1-0 win against Minerva Punjab FC in an I-League match at the Guru Nanak Stadium here on Sunday.
Lenny Rodrigues scored the only goal of the game in the 17th minute. Courtesy the win, Bengaluru jumped to fourth position with 16 points from 11 matches.
Minerva, who saw their sixgame unbeaten run broken, stayed seventh having 11 from 12 games.
Minerva continued with their rotation policy, making as many as six changes to the side that held Mumbai FC to a goalless draw. Bengaluru on the other hand had three from the team that lost to league leaders East Bengal 1-3.
It was not an eventful first half despite the away side playing four forwards with Sunil Chhetri, Udanta Singh, C.K. Vineeth and new signing Jugovic all playing.
The only real action of the half was the goal when Cameron Watson floated in a free kick which the tall and wiry Lenny headed in past home keeper Arnab Das Sharma who could only deflect the ball onto the horizontal and into the goal.
Irish midfielder Shane McFaul scored in the dying minutes to deny Chennai City FC a much needed win and restored a point for DSK Shivajians with a 1-1 result in the I-League football match at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium here on Sunday.
Shivajians Haroon Amiri scored in the 42nd minute but McFaul saved his strike for the last as he spoiled what would have been the hosts’ third win.
The result though had lifted them in the table as they went equal on points (9) with Mumbai FC, whom they beat 2-1 in their only meeting so far.
Shivajians are seventh with 11 points in their kitty from 12 outings.