Rajasthan United score comeback win over SC Bengaluru 2-1 in I-League

Jaipur: Martand Raina and Gerard Artigas scored a goal each in added time and the late flourish of goals saw Rajasthan United FC come back from a goal deficit to beat SC Bengaluru 2-1 in their first-ever I-League encounter at the Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium here on Thursday. Both of Rajasthan’s goals came in injury time, leaving Bengaluru at rock bottom in the table, a point adrift of their nearest challengers having played a game more.

Asif OM (85’) had put the visitors in the lead late in the second half, but Rajasthan dug deep and scored twice in injury time through Raina (90+3’) and Artigas (90+6’), whose spot-kick made all the difference in the end.

Jaipur became the latest addition to the list of I-League venues and the All India Football Federation President Kalyan Chaubey was present at the venue to witness the match, and interacted with the players ahead of kick-off. Rajasthan United, with this win, climbed a couple of spots on the I-League table, to sixth, with 10 points from seven matches, while SC Bengaluru remain at the bottom with five points from as many games.

Both teams had conceded a combined 23 goals in the league prior to this game, and so, understandably were cautious with their start, focussed more on disrupting any imaginative attacking play rather than creating it. IANS

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