Amarjit converts penalty, Arrows stun Gokulam
ARROWS JUMPED A PLACE TO BE IN NINTH POSITION WHILE GOKULAM KERALA FC ARE EIGHTH IN THE POINTS TABLE.
CUTTACK: Captain Amarjit Singh Kiyam’s second half penalty helped Indian Arrows stun eighth-placed Gokulam Kerala FC 1-0 and register only their second win in the I-league here on Friday.
With this win, Indian Arrows jumped a place to be ninth while Gokulam Kerala FC are eighth in the points table.
Gokulam, as expected, started on an attacking note but Indian Arrows stood strong to hold their fort.
On the contrary, the hosts made their way into the Kerala box quite a few times, but were undone by lack of creativity inside the box.
Rahul KP, Boris Singh and Rahim Ali all played interesting football but could not maintain the tempo of their runs once inside the Kerala box, losing the ball more often.
Both the teams fought hard but failed to break the deadlock in the first 45 minutes.
The second half began with Gokulam showing intent to take the much-needed lead but the Arrows defence stood tall to deny the visitors any chance.
A free kick by Gokulam’s Brazilian mid-fielder Felipe Castro in the 63rd minute that could have easily gone into the Arrows net was missed by Daniel Addo’s misplaced header.
Soon after, Feliipe Castro committed a silly foul on Vikram Pratap Singh inside the Gokulam box, handing Indian Arrows a penalty and skipper Amarjit made no mistake in taking the shot to give his side the lead in the 66th minute.
CHENNAI EYE WIN
COIMBATORE: I-league leaders Chennai City FC will look to get back to winning ways at home when they take on a buoyant Real Kashmir FC here on Saturday.
The clash gathers significance given Chennai’s lead has been cut to three points after a couple of draws. This was after they had won five of their first six matches.
Kashmir, playing for the very first time in the top-flight league, have picked up three wins and scored 10 times in their last four games, including a creditable draw away to Gokulam in their last game and a win on Saturday, could place them second on the table, a point behind Chennai.