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Fatorda (Goa): Churchill Brothers thrashed DSK Shivajians 3-0 in an exciting clash of the I-League football tournament at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\nFatorda (Goa): Churchill Brothers thrashed DSK Shivajians 3-0 in an exciting clash of the I-League football tournament at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Three second-half goals from newly-appointed captain Anthony Wolfe (63rd minute), Ghanefo Kromah (67th) and Surabuddin Mollick (90+4) sealed what was only the second win of the season for Churchill. It was also the second clean-sheet of the season for the Goan club.<\/p>\n
Churchill thus moved off the bottom of the table, climbing two spots to the eighth position with nine points from 11 matches. DSK are currently sixth with 10 points.<\/p>\n
In the day’s other match, Mumbai FC held top division debutants Minerva Punjab FC to a goalless draw at the home ground.<\/p>\n
Minerva are now sixth on the table with 11 points from the same number of matches. Mumbai are ninth with nine points.<\/p>\n
Churchill Brothers made a few changes to their line-up with coach Derrick Pereira handing the captain’s armband to Anthony Wolfe from Keenan Almeida, while second choice goalkeeper Naveen Kumar was promoted over Priyant Singh.<\/p>\n
Pereira also turned winger Seriton Fernandes into a makeshift left back, replacing Satish Singh.<\/p>\n
The match was off to a slow start and both teams adopted a cautious approach in the first 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
Churchill enjoyed the better of the exchanges in the initial stages but the experienced Holicharan Nazary almost put DSK in the lead with a header from close range. Naveen Kumar however, came to Churchill’s rescue with an excellent save.<\/p>\n
DSK created a superb opportunity in the 62nd minute when a quick counter-attack saw Juan Quero Barrasso release substitute Pranjal Bhumij who hit the crossbar.<\/p>\n
The hosts went into the lead in the very next minute as skipper Wolfe started and finished a brilliant attacking move.<\/p>\n
Wolfe collected the ball outside the box before completing a one-two pass with Brandon. He received a brilliant return pass from Brandon before producing a beautiful finish with his left foot.<\/p>\n
Churchill doubled the lead a short while later when a quick counter-attack caught the DSK defence off-guard. Churchill midfielder Chesterpaul Lyngdoh held off defenders Charles McFaul and Ongnam Milan Singh which allowed Kromah to collect the ball and run clear on goal before a putting side-foot finish past DSK goalkeeper Subrata Paul.<\/p>\n
Mollick put the icing on the cake for Churchill with a brilliant long-range attempt to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fatorda (Goa): Churchill Brothers thrashed DSK Shivajians 3-0 in an exciting clash of the I-League football tournament at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Three second-half goals from newly-appointed captain Anthony Wolfe (63rd minute), Ghanefo Kromah (67th) and Surabuddin Mollick (90+4) sealed what was only the second win of the season for Churchill. It was also the second clean-sheet of the season for the Goan club.<\/p>\n
Churchill thus moved off the bottom of the table, climbing two spots to the eighth position with nine points from 11 matches. DSK are currently sixth with 10 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[394,12292,12975,21583,466,21584],"class_list":["post-33681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-churchill-brothers","tag-dsk-shivajians","tag-football-news","tag-i-league-football-tournament","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-tilak-maidan-stadium"],"yoast_head":"\n