Kolkata: Bottom-placed Sporting Clube de Goa stunned Mohun Bagan 1-2 to deal a big blow to the title
aspirations of the Kolkata side in the I-League here today.
Sporting thus registered their first win of the season
after 17 matches by defeating the last season's runners-up
side at Yuba Bharati Krirangan (YBK) here.
Capitalising on the insipid show by Mohun Bagan, the
Goan outfit fought back from one-goal deficit to take full
points from the match.
Mohun Bagan drew the first blood through Jose Ramirez
Barreto in the 12th minute, but Sporting scored the equaliser
through Adil Khan (32nd) before Elijah Junior banged in the
winner in the 67th minute.
Winless from 16 matches, Sporting, coached by Vishwas
Gaonkar, began the proceedings on backfoot with Mohun Bagan
attacking from the start.
Barreto looked to attack right from the start but the
Goan defence stood firm. Minutes later, Bagan got a freekick
but Marcos Pereira shot it away.
The persistent Barreto, however, found the goal minutes
later when the Brazilian capitalised on a Snehashish
Chakraborty cross from the left to head it home.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 20:36