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NFR rally to beat Sunrise AC
Sports reporter
GUWAHATI, Sept 6 – After two back-to-back defeats, defending champions NF Railway Sports Club are back to winning form in the Abhishek Motors RG Baruah GSA Super League Football Tournament as they rallied to beat Sunrise Athletic Club 2-1.
With today’s victory, the NF Railway team has collected 19 points with one match to go and are placed in a satisfactory position to retain the title. Navajyoti are following them with 15 points while Green Valley (14 points) and Sunrise (12 points) are in the third and the fourth positions respectively. Both Navajyoti and Green Valley have two more matches to play.

The Railway team was distinctly a dominating side today enjoying superior ball possession. They made a bright start but failed to breeze ahead at the early stage of the match. They should have won the match by a much bigger margin but their strikers – Jalendra Brahma, Y Raju Singh and Chayaram Basumatary – missed some easy sitters.

Despite having domination in the midfield and in the up front, the Railway strikers could not capitalise on the scoring opportunities even from close ranges. Particularly in the second session, the NF Railway team kept the Sunrise defenders under constant pressure.

The railwaymen conceded a soft goal in the 22nd minute when Nigerian Camara sent a square pass from the right wing to his country mate Olando who gently put the ball in the Railway goal (1-0).

In the remaining part of the first session, Railway made some valiant efforts in search of the equaliser but some good work by Sunrise defenders Sanjay Nag and Raju Roy, rescued them from conceding goal in the first session.

NF Railway finally managed to level the issue in the 66th minute when the ball deflected into the Sunrise goal off a Sibra Narzary shot. Sibra unleashed a shot from top of the box and the ball entered the goal kissing Sunrise defender Rojit Singh’s thigh (1-1).

Railwaymen’s tireless efforts paid off as Chayaram Basumatary hit the winning goal in the 85th minute. Anticipating a pass from Sushanta Mazumdar, Chayaram ran through the Sunrise defence line and drove home from inside the box (2-1).

Today’s match: (Super Div champions group) Dynamo vs AP Blues.