Indian Army beat Odisha FC 1-0 in Durand Cup

Liton Shil scored and was later sent off as Indian Army beat Odisha FC by a solitary goal in a Group F match of the Durand Cup football tournament

Kokrajhar: Liton Shil scored and was later sent off as Indian Army beat Odisha FC by a solitary goal in a Group F match of the Durand Cup football tournament here on Monday.

Shil struck in the 42nd minute which was enough for Indian Army to clinch victory against the ISL side.

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Indian Army started the game on the front foot and they could have scored an early goal but an unmarked Rahul Ramakrishnan failed to capitalise on a cutback from right winger L Deepak Singh.

Then, in another attacking move from Indian Army, Christopher Kamei’s shot was saved by Odisha keeper Niraj Kumar.
Just three minutes before the breather, Samir Murmu played a through ball for centre forward Shil who ran past two defenders and finished expertly beyond the Odisha keeper’s reach to give the Indian Army side the lead.

Indian Army were reduced to 10 men in the 77th minute as goal scorer Shil was shown a straight red card for a clumsy foul on Odisha defender Tankadhar Bag.

Odisha put continuous pressure on their opponents but the experienced Army men saw off the dangers to open their campaign with a win.