Mohammedan Sporting further extended their lead, taking a hard-fought 3-2 win against Churchill Brother in the I-League 2023-24 match at the Naihati Bakimanjali Stadium on Tuesday.
The Mecca of Indian Football, Kolkata, has three pillars, which have played a massive role in popularising the beautiful game in Bengal, and also to a large extent in India. While two of these pillars, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, are currently in the top division, Indian Super League, the third pillar, Mohammedan Sporting are in resurgent form.
Let's all come forward in this endeavour," said Miss Banerjee. She assured that the government will arrange land for the proposed sports university. Miss Banerjee further announced Rs 50 lakh each for East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting for developing infrastructure.
Muhammed Nemil opened the scoring for the FC Goa in the 34th minute of the first half with a wonder goal but the home team came back strong in the second half to first equalise through Pritam Singh (48') and then go ahead with six minutes of regulation time left through substitute Faslu Rahman.
The only goal of the match was scored by Hitesh Sharma whose goal ensured that ATK win the contest.
Mohammedan Sporting's best chance came just before the half-time, but Shilton Paul pulled off a brilliant save to deny Ivorian forward Arthur Kouassi.
