JCT Phagwara romped home to a 1-0 victory in the\n\neighth National Football League match.
JCT Mills of Phagwara recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over Churchill Brothers of Goa.
Skipper Abhishek Yadav led from the front as a spirited Mumbai FC posted their second successive win in the I-League football championship by upsetting formidable JCT Phagwara 2-0 in a seventh round match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Sunday.
JCT Phagwara defeated Air India Mumbai 2-0 in the 16th round of the I-League football match played at Guru Nanak stadium on Sunday. Both the goals came in the second half.
Debutant Shilliong-Lajong FC made a forgettable outing in their opening game of the I-league with a 5-1 drubbing by JCT Phagwara.
The 11th edition of the NFL kicks-off in Delhi on January 5, when JCT, Phagwara, take on Mohammedan Sporting, Kolkata.
A hat-trick by Brazilian striker Eduardo de'Silva powered JCT Phagwara to a 3-1 victory over East Bengal in the I-league Football Championship in Kolkata on Friday night. Eduwardo scored in the 43rd, 67th and 82nd minutes while East Bengal struck in the 50th minute through Edmilson, also a Brazilian.
The Nigerian striker score twice in a 3-0 victory over the Mumbai team.
Dempo, who were without seven of their regular players, sidelined because of injuries, played for a draw and did not make any serious attempt to score.
JCT defender Narinder, in an attempt to clear, deflected the ball into his own goal.
JCT had a better share of the exchanges but failed to score in the National Football League match in Goa.
A 5-4 scoreline in the penalty shoot-out, after extra-time ended goalless, gave the armymen a berth in the final of the Durand Cup.
Nigerian striker Ranti Martins scored the only goal of the final as the Goa team beat JCT 1-0.
In the semi-finals, Dempo beat Mohun Bagan while JCT got the better of Sporting Clube de Goa.
JCT play Group I runners-up Sporting Clube de Goa while Dempo take on Group I winners Mohun Bagan in Saturday's semi-finals.
The Phagwara team routed the 16-time champions 4-0, while in another Durand Cup match Dempo beat Army XI.
A goalless draw against JCT dashed their hopes of finishing second in the National Football League.
The Punjab team beat Indian Bank 3-0 in their opening match of the National Football League.
They rallied to beat Indian Bank in their concluding match in the NFL.
Joe Paul Ancheri scored the all-important goal in the NFL match.
Renedy Singh's brilliant goal gave the Phagwara side a 2-1 victory and put the Kolkata giants out of the Durand Cup football tournament.
Trailing 0-2 till the 74th minute the soldiers fought back for a 2-2 draw in the Durand Cup football quarter-final league.
The Phagwara side scored an easy 3-0 win over ITI in the National Football League.
The 2-2 draw kept Churchill in second place in the National Football League standings on better goal difference.
Defending champions East Bengal have only two points from three matches in the National Football League.
Abhishek Yadav's injury-time goal gave the Mumbai champions a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
Brazilian Juliano Martins marked his debut match with a goal in the National Football League encounter in Kolkata on Sunday.
East bengal suffered their first defeat in the National Football League going down 0-2.
The Phagwara side won the National Football League match 2-1.
Harvinder Singh scored a brace in a 3-0 victory in the National Football League.
The speedy striker got both goals as Dempo beat JCT 2-0 in a National Football League match in Ludhiana.
Sunday Seah's goal enabled the Goa side pick a point from the National Football League match.
The two giants of Indian football, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, are facing turbulent times. On the pitch, East Bengal finished a respectable third in the 2012-13 I-League season, while Mohun Bagan finished a disappointing tenth.
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