I-League 2017/18: Minerva Punjab vs Churchill Brothers, 5 Talking Points

#2 William Opoku gives Minerva a crucial lead

Minerva players celebrate after scoring

One could sense it was coming. As the minutes passed, Minerva looked more dangerous and Churchill looked more sluggish. The visitors were eventually punished for some shoddy defending in the final third.

In a game of such high stakes, the team that holds together is the team that triumphs. The Goan outfit gifted Minerva the lead inside the first 20 minutes. Girik Khosla managed to create chaos just outside the box which enabled Chencho to try his luck from an acute angle down the right wing.

Churchill keeper, Ricardo Cardozo failed to hold on to a weak shot and the loose ball fell kindly to William Opoku who kept his cool and slotted it into an empty net. He followed it up with a far more impressive celebration, breaking into a jig with his teammates. That was the easiest goal Opoku would have scored in his career.