Army Green defeated Sudeva FC 1-0 to storm into the quarter-finals of the 130th Durand Cup.
Deepak Singh, their two-goal hero from their 3-1 win against Jamshedpur FC (JFC) earlier in the tournament, was again on target again to see the former champions through.
In the initial quarter of the first half, both Army Green and Sudeva created opportunities, but it was all Greens after that. In the 9th minute, the Greens had their first major scoring opportunity when Lallawmkima took a brilliant header, but could not go past Sudeva keeper Sachin Jha.
Shubham Rana took another shot at goal on the rebound, but Sachin came up with another brilliant save.
The ball hovered around the Sudeva goal for most part of the first half. Thirty minutes into the game, two back-to-back corners almost got the Greens on the board, but Sachin made sure it was goalless at half-time.
A charged up Sudeva in the second half almost scored in the 46th minute as William Pauliankhum had the ball just a few yards away from the goal but failed to score.
Army Green came back strong and in the 51st minute courtesy a nice set up and a wonderful assist by Dip Mazumdar, Deepak tapped the ball into the net.
The Delhi side did have a few chances to equalize but they could not go past Army Green’s defence to end the campaign with three losses.
Deepak Singh was adjudged the man of the match for his goal.
FC Goa thump Jamshedpur FC 5-0
In the day’s second game, FC Goa showcased a dominating performance to beat Jamshedpur FC 5-0.
It was a subtle first quarter of an hour, with Goa keeping the likes of Glan Martins and Makan Chote on the bench and giving Brandon a start, along with a third keeper in the tournament in Hrithik Tiwari.
They were looking to take control and eventually Devendra got a free-header off a corner in the 20th minute and nodded home from close to give Goa their first of the game. Then six minutes later, Princeton Rebello doubled Jamshedpur FC lead.
Murgaokar then tapped in a third, his second of the game and third of the tournament, a minute before a break to make it 3-0 for the Goans.
The talented Muhammed Nemil then made the second half his own with a double strike. He scored the first just after commencement and then in the 81st minute, smartly chipped the keeper for his third of the tournament and Goa’s fifth of the game.
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