In a Weekend Double Header goals went in a few in the second tier of the Indian Football Pyramid System. Two of the Delhi sides were in action today. Delhi United held Real Kashmir in the Capital while Pune City pipped Delhi Dynamos in Pune. Sportskeeda looks at both the games in brief :
Match 1: Delhi United 1-1 Real Kashmir
Delhi United XI : Royal Basumatary, Jarmanjit Singh, Md. Shahjahan (C), Rungsing Muinao, Sunny Thakur, Arkwis Wanniang, Jtinder Kumar, Akshay Pashilkar, Ladji Siaka Sylla, Ajay Singh, Bickyson Kharkongor
Real Kashmir XI : Kamlesh Nadar, Khalid Qayoom, Muhammad Hammad, Loveday Okechukwu (C), Shahnawaz Bashir, Kouassi Yao, Ayan Das, Nachiket Palax, Sukhwinder Singh, Ritwik Das, Danish Farooq
Delhi United held Real Kashmir to a 1-1 draw in the I-League 2nd Division encounter on Sunday in the Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi.
Delhi United came into this game with a resurrection in form with one draw, loss and win in their three games.
Real Kashmir also went into this fixture with an impressive undefeated run with two wins and a draw from their three games so far.
Delhi United were dealt a huge blow when Siaka Sylla was injured and had to be replaced. Gursimrat Singh replaced Sylla at the 30th mark and had instant impact on the game. Singh opened the scoring in the 40th minute to put the Delhi side ahead.
The teams went into the break with Delhi United 1-0 ahead.
Minutes into second half, Real Kashmir restored parity through Danish Farooq in the 57th minute.
Both the teams kept on pressing to get the lead, but could not do so. The game ended level pegging.
Delhi United faces City Rivals Delhi Dynamos Reserves on April 13th at the same venue while Real Kashmir will face Hindustan FC in Srinagar on April 12th.
Match 2 : FC Pune City Reserves 1-0 Delhi Dynamos Reserves
FC Pune City B edged past Delhi Dynamos B in the I-League 2nd Division at the Pirangute Ground, Pune on Sunday.
FC Pune City Reserves XI : Anuj Kumar (GK), Harpreet Singh, Nitesh Aswani (C), Thomas Lalengkima, Lalramzauva Khiangte, Yadav Rahul, Jakob Vanlalhimpuia, Omega Vanlalhruaitluanga, Buanthunglun Samte, Sajid Hosssain, Gaurav Bora
Delhi Dynamos Reserves XI : Jayananda Singh, Kishan Singh, Amit Tudu (C), Krishan Kumar, Muchahary, Aaron Rodrigues, Manchong, Patil Shivaji (GK), Drhuvmil Pandya, Nonganba Singh, Surya Tirkey
FC Pune City B edged past Delhi Dynamos B in the I-League 2nd Division at the Pirangute Ground, Pune on Sunday.
Delhi Dynamos started the game on a positive note with quick moves down the flanks with pacy wing play.
Crosses delivered in by the Dynamos wingers created trouble for the Pune City defence but the Pune side kept on absorbing the early pressure.
Dynamos, despite intense pressing, failed to take the lead and both the teams went into the break goalless.
Pune City looked a different side altogether in the second half. The Stallion Juniors went ahead through Yadav Rahul in the 58th minute.
Dynamos tried to restore parity in the remaining period but Pune held them through to the full time whistle.
Both the teams face each other next up in the return fixture on April 23 at the Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi.