Churchill beat Bagan to enter Fed Cup final
25 Jan 2014 5:00 AM IST
A dominant Churchill Brothers beat Mohun Bagan 2-1 to advance to the final of the 35th Federation Cup football tournament.
Churchill, who has been impressive in the tournament by winning all their three group matches, scored through Balwant Singh (4th minute) and Anthony Wolfe (14th) while Odafa Okolie (33rd) reduced the margin for Mohun Bagan in the semifinal match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The Bagan defence watched as an unmarked Balwant headed in Thangjam Singh’s corner past Bagan custodian Shilton Paul to take the lead early into the match.
The second goal came 10 minutes later with Balwant receiving the ball on the edge of the 18-yard box where he was brought down by Aiborlang Khongjee. Anthony Wolfe made no mistake to convert from the spot.
It was barely 15 minutes into the game and Churchill, with all in control, were already 2-0 up. The trend continued for the first 20 minutes as most of the play restricted to Bagan’s half. Whenever Bagan tried to attacked, everything was mostly directed towards Odafa Okolie, making it all the easier for their rivals.
Odafa reduced the margin for Bagan the very next minute. The Nigerian chested Denson’s through pass and placed it past Thapa. In the second half, Churchill survived a scare in the 54th minute.
Christopher Chiboza trapped Odafa’s pass but his left-footer agonisingly hit the post after beating a diving Thapa. Sporting Goa led Dempo SC 3-2 till first extra-time.
Churchill, who has been impressive in the tournament by winning all their three group matches, scored through Balwant Singh (4th minute) and Anthony Wolfe (14th) while Odafa Okolie (33rd) reduced the margin for Mohun Bagan in the semifinal match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The Bagan defence watched as an unmarked Balwant headed in Thangjam Singh’s corner past Bagan custodian Shilton Paul to take the lead early into the match.
The second goal came 10 minutes later with Balwant receiving the ball on the edge of the 18-yard box where he was brought down by Aiborlang Khongjee. Anthony Wolfe made no mistake to convert from the spot.
It was barely 15 minutes into the game and Churchill, with all in control, were already 2-0 up. The trend continued for the first 20 minutes as most of the play restricted to Bagan’s half. Whenever Bagan tried to attacked, everything was mostly directed towards Odafa Okolie, making it all the easier for their rivals.
Odafa reduced the margin for Bagan the very next minute. The Nigerian chested Denson’s through pass and placed it past Thapa. In the second half, Churchill survived a scare in the 54th minute.
Christopher Chiboza trapped Odafa’s pass but his left-footer agonisingly hit the post after beating a diving Thapa. Sporting Goa led Dempo SC 3-2 till first extra-time.
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