Durand Cup: Jamshedpur FC register second consecutive victory

Jamshedpur: Sanan Mohammed’s second-half strike ensured Jamshedpur FC secured a 1-0 victory over Indian Army FT for their consecutive victory in Group C of the 134th Durand Cup, which was played here at the JRD Tata Sports Complex. 

With this win, Jamshedpur FC have six points from two matches and are on top of the group, closer to a place in the knockout stages.

Indian Army dominated the first half of the game maintaining possession and creating the better chances. The Armymen could have taken a two-goal lead inside the first 15 minutes but Samir Murmu’s effort from a tight angle whisked past the far post and minutes later, Samananda Singh glanced a header wide from a corner kick.

Jamshedpur FC were finding it difficult to match up with the physicality of the Army side as they dominated the midfield with Lethaolen Khongsai and P. Christopher Kamei dictating the pace of the attacks.

Khalid Jamil made two changes at the start of the second half, bringing in V P Suhair and Nikhil Barla in place of Vincy Barretto and Pronay Halder to inject some energy going forward. The home side took the lead in the 52nd minute, finishing a move which started from another long throw.Karthik Choudhary headed the ball back into the danger area and Sanan Mohammed chested the ball down and finished expertly past the diving Sayad Bin Abdul Kadir in goal.  (IANS)

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