Chirag won the E.K.Nayanar Gold Cup

Chirag reached in the final of EK Nayanar Gold Cup, Kerala
by : KFC | Kolkata

Chirag United reached in the final of 3rd EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup Football Tournament held at Kannur, Kerala.Today in the first Semi Final they beat Kolkata team Mohammedan Sporting via tie breaker.

Chirag United curently hold the 2nd place of I-league after ending of first leg defeat Mohammedan S.C 5-4 aggregate in the Simi Final match.Today in presence of more than 30,000 spectators i the stadium Chirag started well and took the lead in 14th minutes of the match through a brilliant goal of Brazilian Edmilson Pardal.But Sabbir Ali boys equalised in 75th minutes through their Brazilian striker Eduardo Escober.

In the match there was no system of extra time play to decide the winner. Therefore to decide the winner Tie Breaker was taken where Chirag Scored four goals through Edmilson, Parveen Kumar,Denson Debdas and Lalkamal Bhowmick while Mohammedan Scored three and missed two penalty.Eduardo Escober an Anupam Sarkar unable to score but Dipendu Biswas, Sasthi Dulay and Rajib Ghosh scored for Mohammedan.In the Final Chirag United will miss their Brazilian striking force Joshimar and hardy defender Arnab Mondol who saw two Yellow cards.

Tomorrow in an another Semi final match host Viva Kerala will face Shillog Lajong F.C and the winner will meet Chirag united in the final on 24th Feb.

21.02.2010 (1st Semi) : Chirag United   1 - 1, 4 - 3 (Pen) Mohammedan S.C

Mohammedan Scorers are Rajib Ghosh ,Sasthi Dulay, Dipendu Biswas but Anupam Sarkar and Eduardo missed the penalty. Chirag scorers are Edmilson, Parveen, Lalakamal and Denson Debdas.

Chirag United: Sandip, Safar, Kingshuk, Arnab, Dhanrajan, Gouranga Biswas,Denson, Mathew, Gouranga Dutta, Edmilson, Joshimar.

Mohammedan S.C: Manas, joheb, Anupam, Amrit, Rajib, Sasthi, Sovon, Bipen, Jyoti Kumar,Nilendra,Eduardo.