Churchill Brothers FC Goa got their seventh win of the 2023-24 I-League season, defeating TRAU FC 2-0 at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium, in Kalyani, on Monday.
Both of Churchill Brothers’ goals came in the first half, as the Red Machines went into the half-time break with a two-goal cushion. Midfielder Stendly Teotonio Fernandes didn’t waste a minute as he scored right after kick-off, while TRAU’s Kongbrailatpam Manjit Sharma was adjudged to have scored an own goal in the first half injury time.
With this win, they now provisionally move up to the eighth position in the I-League table, having garnered 27 points from 22 matches. Ninth-placed Aizawl FC, however, are two points behind Churchill Brothers, and have played one game less.
TRAU, who had already confirmed relegation earlier, remain rooted to the bottom of the table, with 10 points from 21 games.
Namdhari FC hold Aizawl FC after late equaliser
Aizawl FC were held to a 1-1 draw by Namdhari FC in the 2023-24 I-League at the Namdhari Stadium in Sri Bhaini Sahib on Monday, April 1, 2024.
With an all-Indian starting line-up, Aizawl took the lead in the 40th minute thanks to 21-year-old R Ramdinthara’s third league goal of the season. Namdhari left it late to equalise, doing so in the 85th minute courtesy of their Spanish striker Ivan Garrido scoring for the second successive match.
With the draw, Aizawl moved up to the eighth spot in the table with 25 points from 21 matches. Namdhari, on the other hand, remained in 11th spot with 24 points from 23 games.
Aizawl will now travel to Vasco da Gama to face Churchill Brothers on April 5, while Namdhari have a 12-day gap until they take on Real Kashmir FC in Srinagar on April 13 to end their first-ever I-League campaign.