Patna, August 19, 2009Raj Milk will take on Civil Audit Recreation Club in the final of the SP Sinha memorial Patna Super Division football league. In the semifinals played today, Raj Milk beat tough contender Bihar Regimental Centre (BRC) 5-4 via tie-breaker while Civil Audit prevailed over Food Corporation of India (FCI) 2-0 to set up final showdown.
At the Police Lines ground, the match between Raj Milk and BRC was undoubtedly the match of the super league. Both the teams played attacking football to keep the spectators glued to their seats till the final whistle. The first half failed to produce any result.
After the lemon break, BRC shot into the lead as their star striker Pritam Bahadur found the target. But just after two minutes Sulabh Rana scored the equalizer for Raj Milk. The rest of the scheduled play failed to break the deadlock. Play stretched to the extra-time but that too did not produce the result.
Neeraj Kumar, Vijay Thapa and Jeetan Lohar scored for BRC in the tie-breaker while Sushil Hansda and Durgacharan failed to score. Raj Milk goalkeeper Chandan Kumar saved a Sushil Hansda shot diving through his left while Durgacharan shot wide off the target. For Raj Milk, Krishna Kumar, Guhat Raj, Md Afzal and Syeed did the justice.
The second semifinal between FCI and Civil Audit began from where it was left on August 17 due to rains. In the 20th minute of the second half Civil Audit got a spot kick but Tinku Lama missed the target. Tinku, however, amended his mistake scoring the first goal of the match off a Sanjay Kumar pass in the 25th minute. Santosh Singh increased the margin in the 35th minute (2-0).
Photo caption: Raj Milk and BRC players vie to capture the ball during their Patna Super Division soccer league semifinal match in Patna on August 19, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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