Jedidi Haokip. In the 34th minute, Akashdeep Singh almost caught Jedidi Haokip off his line but the goalkeeper recovered in time to palm Singh's effort over the bar.Five minutes from halftime, the hosts came close to equalising but were denied by the crossbar. Following a long throw-in taken by Naresh Singh Yendrembam, Salam Ranjan Singh received the ball near the penalty spot. With his volley, the defender beat Real Kashmir goalkeeper and captain Subhasish Roy Chowdhury but was denied by the crossbar.Five minutes into the second period, TRAU skipper Komron Tursunov took a stinging long ranger, which Roy Chowdhury fisted away. In the 70th minute, the Red Pythons' substitute Sapam Bishorjit Meitei saw his long-range effort hit the woodwork and on the rebound, Tursunov was present, but the Tajik's acrobatic shot was straight at goalkeeper Roy Chowdhury.After this Real Kashmir's substitutes, Ibrahim Nurudeen and Phrangki Buam combined to double the score. It was Nurudeen, who did all the hard work to reach Yakubu Wadudu through pass and Buam, who had just come on the pitch, ran towards the goal to tap the Ghanaian's cross into an open goal.In the add-on time, Fernandinho tried to get one back for the hosts but his shot from the edge of the penalty area landed on the roof of the net.Following the win, Real Kashmir move above TRAU, onto fifth place in the points table, level on points with Churchill Brothers, who sit just above them in fourth position because of a better goal difference.
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