Dempo were definitely the pre match favorites , with as many as 6 ISL players (Kattimani , Debabrata , Peter Carvalho , Jewel Raja , Romeo , Mandar) in the line up the away team were expected to create a lot of problems for the home team . But shortly after the kick off it was evident that the home team were determined to make life difficult for the 5 times Division 1 Champions , as the match progressed home team started to settle and created good moves with lot of one touch play , Dempo on the other hand lacked cohesion and the ISL stars of whom the crowd had great expectations looked poor in front of local boys of the home team. Much was expected of Romeo and Mandar but the duo failed to deliver , both were guilty of trying to go solo on most occasions when their team mates were in better positions . Then came the goal , a cross intended for the Dempo forwards was mishit by Mandar and home team goalkeeper was at complete out of position to do anything about it . After going down by a goal home team showed much fight and spirit but the scoreline remained the same at the end of 90 minutes. In the end it was lucky 3 points for Dempo , as the home team deserved at least a point if not all three.
@deepakc despite best efforts of GHSC for promotion , advertising the crowd was much less than what I expected , at max 4000 people were present. Regarding foreign signings...nothing special but good enough for 2nd division i guess.
Comments
1-0 dempo
Dempo were definitely the pre match favorites , with as many as 6 ISL players (Kattimani , Debabrata , Peter Carvalho , Jewel Raja , Romeo , Mandar) in the line up the away team were expected to create a lot of problems for the home team . But shortly after the kick off it was evident that the home team were determined to make life difficult for the 5 times Division 1 Champions , as the match progressed home team started to settle and created good moves with lot of one touch play , Dempo on the other hand lacked cohesion and the ISL stars of whom the crowd had great expectations looked poor in front of local boys of the home team. Much was expected of Romeo and Mandar but the duo failed to deliver , both were guilty of trying to go solo on most occasions when their team mates were in better positions . Then came the goal , a cross intended for the Dempo forwards was mishit by Mandar and home team goalkeeper was at complete out of position to do anything about it . After going down by a goal home team showed much fight and spirit but the scoreline remained the same at the end of 90 minutes. In the end it was lucky 3 points for Dempo , as the home team deserved at least a point if not all three.