Liton Shil’s goal helps the Indian Army to take the win over Odisha FC
The Indian Army gets a major win for the Indian Armed Forces by getting a big win over the Indian Super League side Odisha FC. The Juggernauts played an inexperienced team that failed to handle the pressure against the Indian Army side.
The Army Red side created issues with long-distance attempts in the first half before Liton Shil scored the opener a few minutes before half-time by finishing off by the counter-attack.
Odisha FC failed to get a comeback win in the second half, with Pungt Lampungng and Rahul Mukhi getting a few frail shots on target.
First-Half
Indian Army started the game on the front foot attacking the Odisha box. They had many chances to score in the very minute of the game as an unmarked Rahul Ramakrishnan failed to capitalize.
Indian Army continued to pile on the pressure on the inexperienced Odisha as their frontline looked threatening in every move.
In the 42nd minute of the game, Samir Murmu played a through ball for centre forward Liton Shil who ran past two defenders and finished expertly beyond the Odisha keeper to give the Indian Army side the lead.
Second-Half
Odisha started the second half with more determination looking for the equalizer but the Army men used their experience to slow down the game and play it to their advantage against the youngsters of Odisha.
Liton Shil was always posing a threat for the Odisha defence along with Deepak Singh with Christopher Kamei controlling the proceedings from midfield.
On the 77th minute, the Indian Army was reduced to 10 men as goal scorer Liton Shil was shown a straight red card for a clumsy foul on Odisha defender Tankadhar.
Odisha continuous putting pressure on the Army side but the experienced Army men saw off the dangers to open their Durand Cup campaign with a win.
