Last-minute goal gives Tollygunge victory

Substitute Asim Biswas's last minute goal gave Tollygunge Aggragami a 2-1 victory over JCT Mills in a National Football League match at the Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata on Tuesday.

The talented Biswas produced the match-winning goal just at the stroke of the long whistle to seal the fate of the spirited men from Punjab.

The hard-working Akim got the equaliser for the home team midway through the opening session after Hardeep Gill had put JCT ahead as early as the 10th minute.

Tollygunge, who won their last match against F C Kochin by a solitary goal, enjoyed territorial advantage for most part of the contest and were unlucky not to emerge victorious by a bigger margin.

Desperate to improve their position on the points table, JCT began with a flourish and managed to forge ahead in the 10th minute through a brilliant effort by Hardeep Gill, who capitalised on a defensive lapse.

But the home team managed to neutralise the lead eleven minutes later when Nigerian import Akim, fed by a gentle pass by striker Moses Owira, placed the ball into the net with none of the defenders in position. JCT custodian Arvind Kumar charged out to narrow the angle but Akim was equal to the task.

Tollygunge had the last laugh when their young striker Asim scored with a prompt shot off a nice move initiated by Akeem.

JCt were unlucky as they had to play with ten players for the last 66 minutes as their medio Nigerian Stephen had to leave the ground after receiving a red card.

Referee S Bharat Mani of Karnataka gave marching orders to Stephen after he kicked Tollygunge medio Sandeep Das in retaliation in the 29th minute.

This apart, three JCT attempts, two by Hardeep Gill and one by Hardeep Saini hit the Tollygunge crosspiece and post in the first and the second halves respectively after home 'keeper Sandeep Das was beaten completely.

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