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Eastern Sporting Union brushed aside Alakhpura FC 4-1 to set up a clash with Rising Students Club in the Final of the inaugural edition of the Indian Women’s League following their win at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital today.
Strikes from Kashmina (11’) and a Kamala Devi (39’, 84’,90’) hattrick led Eastern Sporting Union to set up a date with destiny, against Rising Students Club in the Final of the Indian Women’s League on February 14 after Alakhpura FC pulled a goal back through Sanju in the 60th minute.
Although it was end-to-end action in the opening minutes, it was Eastern Sporting Union who had better opportunities. In the 5th minute, Kamala Devi’s shot was saved by the Alakhpura FC custodian. However, Alakhpura FC also fostered some decent goal scoring chances, even though only from distance.
In the 11th minute, Sanju burst through the Eastern Sporting Union defence line but Panthoi Chanu saved her shot from more than 20 yards out acrobatically. In the 17th minute, Kashmina scored the lead for Eastern Sporting Union when she sidestepped her marker and slotted the ball into the back of the net.
Kamala Devi doubled Eastern Sporting Union’s lead in the 39th minute when her left footed shot from outside of the box left the Alakhpura FC custodian wrong footed and crashed into the back of the net as Eastern Sporting Union lead 2-0 at half-time.
Changing over, Kamala Devi came close to tripling Eastern Sporting Union’s lead when her half volley was palmed away by the opposition custodian, minutes before her shot hit the woodwork in the 48th minute.
In the 55th minute, Sanju came close to reducing Alakhpura FC’s deficit when she ran onto goal, but with only the opposition custodian to beat, she placed her shot wide of the goal.
Alakhpura FC did not have to wait much longer and five minutes later, following a meele in the box, Sanju poked the ball home to make it 2-1. Nisha had a chance to put things on level terms in the 70th minute but she failed to make a proper connection to a shot.
With Alakhpura FC riding high on morale, Eastern Sporting Union committed bodies in defence as their opponents started to dominate proceedings.
However Kamala Devi scored in the 84th minute and the 90th minute to quell all hopes of a comeback as the full-time scoreline read 4-1 in Eastern Sporting Union’s favour.
by AIFF Media
