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I-League sides Salgaocar FC and Churchill Brothers SC played out a goalless draw in their Goa Pro League sixth round match at the Duler ground in Mapusa on Friday afternoon. The match saw the teams sharing almost equal possession and trying to attack each others goals at regular intervals, but it led to no goals and a draw.
First it was the Portuguese midfielder Hugo Machado, playing his first official match for Churchill Brothers, who created some problems for the Salgaocar defence in the 10th minute when his ominous looking free-kick was blocked by defender Augustine, while at the other end Salgaocar in the 13th minute through Gilbert’s scuffed shot had to be blocked by Arindam Bhattacharya. Then in the next few minutes, Salgaocar had two more promising attempts on goal, but the Churchill Brothers defence held fort. Churchill Brothers did not have any significant attempts on goal, but they were keeping more of the possession and controlling the midfield through Hugo Machado who had a strong debut.
The second session began on the same note with both the teams making very few attempts on the goal. Once the half progressed, the match picked-up and in the 70th minute Alesh Sawant had a chance, Micky Fernandes playing as a centre-back, had passed the ball to the youngster but his shot was saved by the Salgaocar goalkeeper Albino Gomes. Churchill skipper Ravanan was holding the backline together with an impressive display of positional sense as he foiled many Salgaocar attacks by putting in some well-timed tackles.
The last quarter of the match saw more goal-mouth action and in added time Salgaocar had two attempts on the Churchill goal, but they could not find the winner as the match ended goalless.
With this draw Churchill Brothers move to 14 points from six matches to stay on top of the Goa Pro League table, while Salgaocar FC stay second with 13 points from the same number of matches.
MATCH STATS
Salgaocar FC 0-0 Churchill Brothers SC
Salgaocar FC
Albino Gomes – Nicolau Colaco, Augustine Melwyn Fernandes, Chika Wali, Milagres Gonsalves, Rosario Mendes, Gilbert Oliveira, Rocus Lamare, Brian Mascarenhas, Darryl Alexander Duffy, Aslon Oliveira
Churchill Brothers SC
Arindam Bhattacharya – Satish Singh, Micky Fernandes, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Thangjam Saran Singh, Anthony Barbosa, Hugo Miguel Alves Machado, Richard Costa, Alesh Sawant, Nalistun, Henry Arnaud Antchouet Rebienot
