NEW DELHI
Rajasthan United FC’s joy of beating league leaders Sreenidi Deccan FC proved to be short-lived as they were trounced 5-0 by Churchill Brothers at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday. The defeat also ended their unbeaten home run.
Everything went wrong for Pushpender Kundu’s men right from the word go. His defence lost the plot in the second minute of the game. It was Aidar Mambetaliev who made an error and Emmanuel Yaghr ran into the box, went past hapless goalkeeper Rafique Ali Sardar to make it 1-0.
Rajasthan’s captain Joseba Beitia had an off day while Churchill’s Afghan midfielder Sharif Mukhammad had a perfect one. The match was perhaps lost there as Rajasthan could not even create many worthwhile chances. Even when they did, Leonce Dodoz did not look in shape for the second match running.
On the other hand, Yaghr, making his first start, and Abdoulaye Sane, looked made for each other. It was the Ghanaian who provided the assist to Sane from another defensive lapse in the 29th minute. Sane’s left-footer across Rafique doubled the lead.
However, the second half turned out to be worse for the Desert Warriors as it belonged to Churchill’s Anil Gaonkar.
Churchill earned three corners within the first seven minutes when play resumed and the Rajasthan defence gave in to the pressure in the 54th. Anil took a few seconds more than expected on the left flank to deceive his marker in shifting the ball to the right foot and unleash a perfect cross. Nobody was found marking Yaghr, who headed in his second and the Red Machine’s third goal.
Seven minutes later, it was Anil’s turn to go for glory. Sane got past almost the entire Rajasthan defence, cutting in from the left but went too far. He was intelligent enough to earn a corner. As Mukhammad’s corner came away from the goalmouth melee, Anil got it at his feet and with a clear look at the target, slammed his right-footer into the net.
The last goal came in the 90th minute. It was Sane’s second goal in the match and sixth this season. The Senegalese got the ball on the edge of the Rajasthan box and for one last time, Aidar and Amritpal made an error of judgement in not going for the final tackle. Sane comfortably curled it into the top-left corner.
Everything went wrong for Pushpender Kundu’s men right from the word go. His defence lost the plot in the second minute of the game. It was Aidar Mambetaliev who made an error and Emmanuel Yaghr ran into the box, went past hapless goalkeeper Rafique Ali Sardar to make it 1-0.
Rajasthan’s captain Joseba Beitia had an off day while Churchill’s Afghan midfielder Sharif Mukhammad had a perfect one. The match was perhaps lost there as Rajasthan could not even create many worthwhile chances. Even when they did, Leonce Dodoz did not look in shape for the second match running.
On the other hand, Yaghr, making his first start, and Abdoulaye Sane, looked made for each other. It was the Ghanaian who provided the assist to Sane from another defensive lapse in the 29th minute. Sane’s left-footer across Rafique doubled the lead.
However, the second half turned out to be worse for the Desert Warriors as it belonged to Churchill’s Anil Gaonkar.
Churchill earned three corners within the first seven minutes when play resumed and the Rajasthan defence gave in to the pressure in the 54th. Anil took a few seconds more than expected on the left flank to deceive his marker in shifting the ball to the right foot and unleash a perfect cross. Nobody was found marking Yaghr, who headed in his second and the Red Machine’s third goal.
Seven minutes later, it was Anil’s turn to go for glory. Sane got past almost the entire Rajasthan defence, cutting in from the left but went too far. He was intelligent enough to earn a corner. As Mukhammad’s corner came away from the goalmouth melee, Anil got it at his feet and with a clear look at the target, slammed his right-footer into the net.
The last goal came in the 90th minute. It was Sane’s second goal in the match and sixth this season. The Senegalese got the ball on the edge of the Rajasthan box and for one last time, Aidar and Amritpal made an error of judgement in not going for the final tackle. Sane comfortably curled it into the top-left corner.
