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| The
opening match of Round 7 of the inaugural I-League was held between Air-India
and Dempo SC, the defending NFL champions at the Cooperage ground in Mumbai,and
Dempo by the end of the match asserted themselves as one of the favourites
again for the league title with a 4-1 demolition of Air-India. The match started off with Dempo keeping early possesion through Brazilian Roberto Mendes Silva who made a few surging runs into the Air-India defence only to be thwarted by his own shooting, as the match progressed both teams looked threathening as first Air-India's Njoh Jean was sent through on goal only to miss the opportunity to shoot at the Dempo goalkeeper Satish Kumar due to brilliant defending from John Charles Dias who eventually cleared the ball for a corner. Then came the first goal of the match from Dempo in the 35th minute with a cross in from the left from Nicolau Borges was missed by everyone except Valeriano Rebello who saved the ball and passed it back to Anthony Pereira who put in a low cross for Chidi Edeh to score an easy tap in. Air-India responded almost immediately after a few minutes with Vijith Shetty sending a ball on to Bashiree Abbas who headed it on for his strike partner Njoh Jean who latched on to the pass and moved into the penalty box and cutting past his markers twice to finish home with his left foot. The second half though was all Dempo SC as they ran away with the game. The second half began with many chances falling for Dempo and only five Air-India players on the line were able to save Nicolau Borges's shot from a corner, but the goal eventually came with Chidi Edeh turning and shooting from 20 yards to see his shot deflected and into the goal past the helpless Raju Ekka. Dempo continued to look dangerous and after a great passing move by the Dempo midfield quartet Climax sent in a low cross for Ranty Martins on the far post who duly obliged and tapped the ball home for his first of the match in the 69th minute. Dempo captain Ranty Martins Soleye had another opportunity before he got his second with a superb solo run beating teenage Nirmal Chetri for pace and finishing brilliantly to give Dempo a commanding 4-1 lead in the 78th minute. Dempo had the match under wraps but still went on to hit the cross bar twice, once from Ranty and the second from Indian international Climax Lawrence. This was Dempo's second match from Goa and anyone who doubted their ability to play outside Goa has surely been reminded not to do so again. |
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