Tollygunge hold Salgaocar

A spirited Tollygunge Agragami of Kolkata held local giants Salgaocar Sports Club to a 1-1 draw in the sixth round of the sixth National football league on Sunday.

Tollygunge who relied on swift counter moves drew the first blood in first half through striker Akeem Abolanle in the 11th minute.

Medio N Khentang, after finding space, split the rival defence with a forward pass to Abolanle who raced down the right, beat the onrushing keeper and took a goal bound shot. Defender Franky Barreto who made a desperate attempt to put the ball out to safety, however, pushed the ball into the net.

Salgaocar retaliated and after missing three scoring chances in the first half restored parity in the 60th minute through keeper Amit Singha Roy error.

Defender Bolaji Molubiyi lobbed the ball into the box but a mix up between defender Satish Bharti and Roy failed to punch the ball to safety and Sunday Seah leaped high to nod home the ball into the empty net.

Sunday Seah, who played his first match today, kept the pressure on the rival defence and was guilty twice when he failed to score with open goal in front of him.

Salgaocar who pushed Tollygunge on the back foot throughout have only themselves to blame for not collecting full points as they wasted many scoring opportunities.

Defender Bello Razaq was unlucky twice when his header from close was saved on the goal line by defender Satish Bharti.

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