Durand Cup: Lallawmkima brace helps Army Green defeat NEUFC 3-1

Army Green defeated NorthEast United FC (NEUFC) 3-1 of their Durand Cup Group D encounter on Sunday, thereby inflicting a second straight loss to the Highlanders within the event. Greens skipper PC Lallawmkima, received a brace whereas Somesh Kothari struck the opposite, in a recreation fully managed by the Army group. Dipu Mirdha received the lone aim for NEUFC in stoppage time.

With this victory, Army Green be part of Odhisa FC with a 100%-win file within the Group. Odisha FC had crushed NEUFC 6-0 within the first Group D recreation on Thursday and Sudeva FC of Delhi had performed out a 1-1 draw towards Kerala Blasters within the second.

Both groups started in full of life trend within the first half however Army drew first blood within the ninth minute by their captain Lallawmkima whose run was discovered completely by an overhead go from Sochin Chhetri and he chipped keeper Nikhil Deka from shut vary.

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The Greens stepped up the strain after the aim which resulted in them grabbing their second. Somesh began the assault from the proper and cushioned the ball to an overlapping Chabin Rabha whose shot was saved by the goalkeeper however the rebound fell kindly again to Somesh, who headed it into an empty internet.

The expertise and physicality of the Army group had been an excessive amount of to deal with for NEUFC with the Greens rising their lead within the fifty fifth minute by Lallawmkima. A hyperlink up play from the left by Somesh and Gautam discovered the skipper unmarked on the far put up, who simply needed to faucet in.

A comfort aim got here for the Highlanders in harm time when Dipu Mirdha received to the tip of an by ball from Alfred.

Army Green will subsequent face Sudeva Delhi FC subsequent Thursday (Aug 25) whereas NEUFC will hope so as to add their first win of the event once they go up towards the Kerala Blasters on Saturday (Aug 27).