Durand Cup: Odisha FC down Army Green 1-0, end group levels with all-win file

Odisha FC pipped Army Green group (AGFT) 1-0 within the Durand Cup soccer event on the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium right here on Sunday.

A solitary objective from Spanish ahead Pedro Martin (83rd minute) helped Odisha FC decide up all of the three factors.

The Juggernauts thus turned the one aspect within the event to complete their Group D marketing campaign with an all-win file, having secured 12 factors from 4 video games. They will now head to Kolkata for the knockout video games.

Kerala Blasters had been the second aspect to make it to the knockout levels with seven factors and two wins from 4 video games.
AGFT, alternatively, completed third with 4 factors from as many matches.

𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞!

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Odisha FC obtained their first likelihood within the 14th minute by means of younger midfielder Raynier Fernandes as he took a shot from his Brazilian teammate Diego Mauricio, but it surely was off course.

Fernandes took one other crack on the opposition objective within the thirty fifth minute but it surely was thwarted once more.

AGFT had two probabilities within the goalless first half when Roel Lepcha made an try from a distance within the twenty seventh minute.

Another likelihood for the AGFT arrived simply seconds earlier than the half-time whistle, when Gautam had a snap-shot on the objective.

However, each the probabilities had been thwarted by Odisha’s younger goalkeeper, Dylan D’Silva.

With a colorless second half in show, Odisha coach Joseph Gombau made a couple of modifications, together with that of Martin, which lastly plaid dividends in direction of the top of the sport.

Martin made no mistake within the 83rd minute as his scientific end helped Odisha to lastly break the impasse.