Zlatan and Pogba salaries revealed The I-League champions had a half chance in the sixth minute after Brandon Vanlalremdika broke from midfield but Stephen Kamo Bayi’s eventual shot was too weak to trouble Naveen Kumar in goal. However Aizawl did not have to wait long before their opener in the 21st minute. This was after Keenan Almeida barged against an overlapping Lalruatthara in the Churchill penalty box and the referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. Lalramchullova stepped up for the spot kick and made no mistake in dispatching the shot, sending Naveen Kumar the wrong way to put his side into the lead. Two minutes later, Churchill could have equalised themselves as Chesterpoul Lyngdoh demonstrated his pace to go clear of the defense but his low shot was kept out by Albino Gomes much to the relief of the Aizawl backline. Maradona: Messi is a teddy bear In the 37th minute Kamo had a go for goal himself from inside the box but his shot was woefully over. At the stroke of half time, the Ivorian had another pop at goal but managed to shoot it straight to Naveen once more. In the 58th minute, Kamo made it a hat-trick of misses as he failed to put the final touch to a brilliant solo move. Controlling a long ball from defense, he effortlessly nutmegged Adil Khan but failed to go past Naveen Kumar as his shot was again disappointingly straight to the onrushing Churchill keeper. As Aizawl sat back and sought to protect their fragile one goal lead, Churchill seemed to be on the ascendancy. Kromah failed to do much with two chances that came his way past the 70th minute mark unfortunately for the Red Machines. This culminated in Lalramchullova guilty of bringing down Brandon Fernadnes in the 84th minute after Brandon looked to pounce on Ashutosh Mehta’s poor clearance. The referee blew his whistle and Churchill had a penalty of their own and a chance to equalise. East Bengal record a win against Chennai City It was Kromah who made amends for his misses and sent Albino the wrong way to equalise the scores. Kromah looked to get the winner himself in the dying minutes as Churchill were running rampant but his pass to Gabriel was shot straight to a grateful Albino. In a classic sucker punch though, Laldanmawia snuck in behind the Churchill defense on the counter and got his head on the end of a long diagonal to direct his header past Naveen to put Aizawl in the lead with seconds left on the clock. With Gabriel again going one-on-one against Albino but failing to beat him, Aizawl saw off the encounter to make it two wins in a row. Aizawl now play their final group game against East Bengal while Churchill are to take on an already eliminated Chennai City.
