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Cristiano Junior (December 5 2005)
It was a Federation Cup final match between Dempo and Mohun Bagan at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore and moments after Cristiano scored his second goal in the match to give a thumping 2-0 lead for the Goan outfit in the final, he, unfortunately, left the world.
While scoring his second goal, he collided with then Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Pal and became unconscious and was lying on the ground motionless for about fifteen minutes. There was no proper medical assistance available at the stadium and complete negligence from the organisers, the Karnataka Football association, cost a life as they brought him to Hosmat hospital instead of Mallya Hospital, which was next to the Kanteerava stadium.
Subrata Pal was quoted as saying that he was trying to stretch the ball in order to save the goal and he never intended to hurt the Brazilian. But football pundits allege that his action came out of frustration in the dying minutes of the match as his side was losing the final.
Dempo SC retired their jersey number 10 in the memory of the player.
