{"id":11174,"date":"2012-10-28T14:37:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T14:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11174"},"modified":"2012-10-28T14:37:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T14:37:26","slug":"i-league-dempo-defeat-united-sikkim-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11174","title":{"rendered":"I-League: Dempo defeat United Sikkim 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/football\/dempo-churchill-brothers.jpg\" alt=\"I-League: Dempo defeat United Sikkim 2-1\" width=\"250\" \/><\/strong>Gangtok<\/strong>: Riding on two controversial decisions, an under-par <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Dempo+SC+&amp;sa=Search\">Dempo SC <\/a>overcame a stubborn United Sikkim FC 2-1 with goals from their foreign players Koko Sakibo and Ryuji Sueko, on Sunday (October 28) here, at Paljor Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Koko Sakibo gave the defending champions the lead with a powerful header from close range in the 21st minute and Sueko converted a penalty in the injury time to ensure that Dempo SC return home with 3 full points.<\/p>\n<p>Nurudeen Salau had restored parity for United Sikkim in the 57th minute and it looked like the <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=I-League&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiansportsnews.com%2F\">I-League<\/a> debutants would snatch one valuable point from Dempo but went down fighting as a penalty was aqarded against them in the 93rd minute.<\/p>\n<p>With seconds left for the game to finish, Climax Lawrence fell down in the penalty box after an innocuous push by a United Sikkim defender. Referee Pratap Singh awarded a penalty and while United Sikkim players protested the decision, central defender Sandesh Jhingan appeared to have slapped Dempo player Peter Carvalo who slumped into the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Jhingan was shown a direct red card and Sueko had no problems in converting the resultant penalty. <\/p>\n<p>Pratap Singh had earlier disallowed a goal scored by United Sikkim captain Anwar Ali in the 10th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Dempo coach Armando Colaco admitted that United Sikkim was a better side on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnited Sikkim played better in its home ground and with full crowd support. Luckily we got 3 points and it is the experience of Dempo players that led to the victory\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>United Sikkim was more incisive in its attack and created several goal-scoring opportunities in the first half keeping rival goalkeeper Subhashish Roy Chowdhury on his toes. <\/p>\n<p>Buddiram Tudu missed two open chances while Linekar Machado should have done better. Machado sailed past three Dempo defenders from half-line but could only manage a weak shot from close range which was easily saved by Man-of-the-Match Chowdhury.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/football\/dempo-churchill-brothers.jpg\" alt=\"I-League: Dempo defeat United Sikkim 2-1\" width=\"250\" \/><\/strong>Gangtok<\/strong>: Riding on two controversial decisions, an under-par <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Dempo+SC+&amp;sa=Search\">Dempo SC <\/a>overcame a stubborn United Sikkim FC 2-1 with goals from their foreign players Koko Sakibo and Ryuji Sueko, on Sunday (October 28) here, at Paljor Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Koko Sakibo gave the defending champions the lead with a powerful header from close range in the 21st minute and Sueko converted a penalty in the injury time to ensure that Dempo SC return home with 3 full points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[345],"class_list":["post-11174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-football-football","tag-i-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I-League: Dempo defeat United Sikkim 2-1 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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