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Tollygunge score third victory
January 03, 2003 22:29 IST
Kolkata's Tollygunge Agragami posted their third victory in the National Football League, beating Hindustan Aeronautics, Bangalore, 2-1 on Friday.
The Kolkata side scored once in each session through Moses Noira, in the 31st minute, and off a penalty by Akeem Abolonle, in the 69th minute.
Jagadish Kumar scored HAL's goal, also off a penalty, in the 88th minute.
The winners led 1-0 at half-time.
With this win, Tollygunge increased their points tally to 10 from eight outings, with three wins, a draw and four losses, while HAL remain on four points after eight matches. They have just one win and a draw to their credit.
Tollygunge went into the lead in the 31st minute when Moses Noira made no mistake while heading the ball into the net off a pass from Sandeep Das.
They increased their lead to 2-0 when Abolonle converted from the 'spot'.
In the 88th minute, Tollygunge's Sujeet handled the ball inside the box which forced the referee to award a penalty, which Jagadish Kumar converted.
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