New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) RoundGlass Punjab on Saturday entered their identify within the historical past books by way of successful the I-League identify with a sport to spare, after notching up a dominating 4-0 victory over Rajasthan United right here.
The champions’ access into the top-tier ISL, then again, is matter to achievement of economic standards as agreed upon by way of all stakeholders.
Chencho Gyeltshen (sixteenth), Luka Majcen (fortieth), Juan Mera 76th, Hmingthanmawia (91st) scored for Punjab, whilst Rajasthan drew a clean within the a very powerful fit.
It used to be but some other flawless efficiency by way of Staikos Vergetis’s crew right here at Ambedkar Stadium because the victory gave RoundGlass an unassailable eight-point lead atop the issues desk, crushing Sreenidi Deccan’s hopes.
The I-League trophy will go back to Punjab for the primary time since 2017-18, when Minerva Punjab gained it.
This luck will style sweeter because it helped RoundGlass inch nearer to a berth within the Indian Super League — the end tier of membership soccer — in addition to incomes them an instantaneous access into the season-ending Super Cup.
Hero of the Match Chencho Gyeltshen capitalized on a defensive error within the sixteenth minute to start out the scoring spree.
Khaiminthang Lhungdim crossed from the precise wing and the defender status forward of Gyeltshen out-jumped him however neglected the header. Gyeltshen didn’t. It took a deflection off Yash Tripathi and went in.
Rajasthan’s Uzbek midfielder Otabek Zokirov failed to attain within the twenty fifth minute when his booming left-footer from simply out of doors the field used to be stuck out by way of Kiran Limbu.
His counterpart, Vishal Joon, did the similar a few mins later to disclaim Luka Majcen, who nonetheless has a fit in hand to overhaul Sreenidi’s David Castaneda because the top-scorer of this I-League.
However, the Slovenian used to be to not be denied for lengthy. He were given his percentage of the pie within the fortieth minute as Ajay Chhetri crossed from the left.
Four Rajasthan United males stood in a line, none of them seeking to transparent it. Luka headed house coming in from at the back of, as Amritpal Singh remained a spectator.
Even although Rajasthan had sufficient ball ownership, they didn’t have any individual forceful up entrance like Gyeltshen, Luka or Mera to pressurise the RoundGlass defence.
It gave the impression an issue of time sooner than the Punjab crew greater the margin. That in spite of everything came about when the 3 forwards blended within the 76th minute.
Luka floated the ball in from the precise of midfield to the left of the Rajasthan United field. Gyeltshen grabbed it and handed it to Mera.
The Spaniard, together with his first contact, dragged the ball together with his left foot and grew to become to shake off his marker. He then despatched a right-footed grounder to the nook of the web and shortly took off his jersey in party.
In some other fit, Aizawl FC and Churchill Brothers Goa settled for a 1-1 draw at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Aizawl.
Both objectives got here within the first part – whilst Anil Rama Goalkar put Churchill forward within the nineteenth minute, R Lalthanmawia equalized for the house crew 4 mins later.
The 2nd part used to be a mix of neglected possibilities and robust protecting by way of either side, ensuing within the impasse. The previous fits between the 2 groups additionally led to a draw.
While Churchill now have 30 issues from 21 fits, Aizawl have 25 issues.