Spanish ahead Jairo Samperio produced a late equaliser to assist ISL membership NorthEast United FC hold I-League 2 aspect Rangdajied United FC to a 2-2 draw within the concluding Group-E league match of the 134th Durand Cup on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong on Monday.
NorthEast United shot into lead with Bekey Oram changing a penalty within the twenty fourth minute. Randajied scored successive targets by ahead Manbha and Danzel Umdor within the thirty second and forty fourth minutes to lead 2-1 at half-time.
However, Jairo scored within the 76th minute to save NorthEast United’s blushes. The Highlanders topped the group with seven factors.
Army males bow out
The Indian Army Football Team got here again from a two-goal deficit to beat 1 Ladakh FC 4–2 in its last Group-C engagement on the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur.
The end result lifted Indian Army to six factors whereas securing the second spot within the group behind topper Jamshedpur FC (9 factors). However, the Army males failed to safe a quarterfinal berth as one of many two second-best groups owing to an inferior aim distinction (+2) in contrast to the top-two contenders — Shillong Lajong FC (+8) and Diamond Harbour FC (+4).
The outcomes: Group-C (Jamshedpur): Indian Army FT 4 (Sama 41, Abhishek 45, Christopher 51-pen, Rahul 55) bt 1 Ladakh FC 2 (P. Kamalesh 23-pen, Vignesh 37).
Group-E (Shillong): NorthEast United FC 2 (Bekey Oram’s 24-pen, Jairo Samperio 76) drew with Rangdajied United FC 2 (Manbha 32, Danzel Umdor 44).
