| Thrilling win for Southern Railway by ConfirmTicket on 23 December, 2012 - 09:00 AM | ||
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 ConfirmTicket | Thrilling win for Southern Railway on 23 December, 2012 - 09:00 AM | |
Southern Railway registered a thrilling 3-2 win over Indian Bank in the St. Joseph’s-CFA senior division league here on Saturday.The Railwaymen are in joint lead with Arrows on 17 points and will meet Tamil Nadu Police in their final league match. However, Arrows still has two games left to play.Indian Bank has 16 points and will finish its campaign against defending champion Customs. The defeat on Saturday would hurt the Bank side more since it began the match well and took the lead in the 15th minute after some lax defending by Southern Railway allowed S. Karthik to sneak through and finish from close range. That goal was immediately followed by a gilt-edged opportunity for Railway as Riju and Elamurugan failed to apply the finishing touches to Sirajuddeen’s probing diagonal ball into the six-yard box.Later in the half, Indian Bank’s R. Karthik was guilty of missing a simpler chance when he shot straight at the ’keeper from three yards. His team was left to rue that miss as Rajesh and Riju scored within four minutes to give the Railway side a 2-1 lead at half-time.The lead was extended 12 minutes into the second period by Elamurugan, but the Bank team responded with a goal in the very next minute through a header by Edwin Sydney. | ||