Kolkata, June 15: Tollygunge Agragami sprang a surprise by humbling city giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal to win the Yamaha Libero Cup one-day football tournament here today. After notching up a 5-3 victory against formidable East Bengal through tie-breaker at the knock-out stage, Tollygunge tamed Bagan 5-4 in the final of the four-cornered challenger in a similar fashion to lift the Cup, much to the applause of the 50,000 strong crowd at the Salt Lake stadium.

Tollygunge, now under the stewartship of sacked Bagan coach Subrata Bhattacharjee, held Bagan 1-1 during the scheduled 60 minutes before winning the penalty shoot out (4-3), thanks to the heroic performance of custodian Chinmoy Banerjee.

Displaying clear determination and planning in their game, the less glamourous outfit of Kolkata football raced ahead into the lead in the 16th minute when Amit Das, fed by a Ajay Singh pass from the left, fired in a left footer past Bagan goalie Imran Khan.

The green and maroon brigade, however, staged a comeback in the second half after induction of ace striker Asim Biswas and drew parity in the 46th minute through a same-side goal by Tenjen Kaibong who headed the ball in while trying to clear a long ball for Biswas from Monitomba Singh.

Bureau Report