Kalighat Milan Sangha, one of the two teams from
Kolkata to have made it to the final phase of the I-League second
division being played at Siliguri, beat Aizawl FC of Mizoram 3-0 on
Thursday.
In another game, Royal Wahingdoh of Meghalaya opened its campaign with a 1-1 draw against Vasco SC of Goa.
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opened the scoring Kalighat MS with an eighth-minute goal. Waheed made
it 2-0 before half-time and added his second and the team's third in the
60th minute for the team's first win. Aizawl lost its second game in a
row.
Vasco SC shot ahead in the fifth minute through
Aiken Dias and managed to preserve the lead till five minutes before
close. A defensive error enabled Royal Wahingdoh to level the scores
through Satiyasen that helped his side pick up its first point.
Vasco, which had lost to United Sikkim FC 2-3 in the opening game, also earned its first point.