| ONGC to take on Neyveli, BSNL meet FCI today | ||
| Public Sector Football | ||
Guwahati, Jan 6 : Food Corporation of India (FCI), New Delhi edged past hosts Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd, Mumbai, by a solitary goal while Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) crushed Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) 9-2 in two league matches of the All India Public Sector football tournament at Nehru Stadium here today. In the first match of the afternoon, FCI rode a first minute goal by striker Moidul Mollah to clinch victory against the Mumbaikars. The match was well-contested. Though the forwards anaged to make inroads to the opponent castles, neither could cash in on the moves because of poor finishing. It was, however, a tame one-sided affair in the second match as the veteran NLC men were simply no match for the comparatively younger BSNL men. Although L. Paramaguru opened the account for NLC as early as in the second minute, they lost command over the game very soon and striker Ayan Choudhury of BSNL pumped in six goals, including a hattrick, to tame the opponents. Ayan Choudhury opened the floodgates in the 10th minute for the equaliser and Kabilan S. fashioned the lead in the 13th minute. Choudhury struck for the hattrick in the 17th, 24th and 40th minutes, after which Suresh M.K. netted one goal in the 52nd minute to take the tally to 6-1. Choudhury found the net in the 53rd and 62nd minutes for his fifth and sixth goals. Kadirayan S. pumped in one more goal for BSNL in the 56th minute. R. Ramesh netted another goal for NLC in the 65th minute to make it 2-9. In tomorrow’s matches, ONGC will play NLC and BSNL meet FCI. |
