Tollygunge hold Churchill goalless

Tollygunge Aggragami dished out spirited stuff to hold strong contenders Churchill Brothers of Goa to a goalless draw in the National Football League at the Rabindra Sarovar stadium, in Calcutta, on Monday.

The home team had themselves to blame for not carving out victory, as their forwards muffed scoring opportunities with exasperating regularity in a fast paced encounter.

Tollygunge, desperate to collect full points in this home match, abandoned their generally defensive strategy but lacked the finishing touch to pose problems for their opponents.

Churchill, boasting of a number of quality players in their ranks, could never really find their rhythm and were at the receiving end for most part of the contest.

After a barren opening session, both teams played their hearts out after the breather but failed to break the goalless deadlock on a slippery and soggy ground.

With this draw, Tollygunge have just 9 points from 11 outings while Churchill Brothers have 15 points to their credit from as many matches.

The two Tollygunge strikers Abdulateef Seriki and Emeka Achilefu, who have not been in the best of form in the League so far, invariably failed to get their acts together inside the box after managing to pierce the defence.

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