Goalie Monotosh stars in USFC-Churchill Brothers draw

GANGTOK, 02 Dec: Some crucial saves by goalkeeper, Monotosh Ghosh helped United Sikkim Football Club [USFC] hold Goan giants, Churchill Brothers Sports Club [CBSC] to a goalless draw in the USFC home match of the I-League 2012 played here today at Paljor Stadium.
The Goan team put pressure in the first half with constant attacks but with some good saves by the home team’s goalkeeper and defenders the first half ended goalless. In the second half, the home team sprang back into the game launching some good attacks but to no avail as the scoreline reveals.
USFC goalkeeper, Monotosh Ghosh gave an impressive performance, thwarting some very good attempts by CBSC strikers in the second half.
With today’s one point, CBSC still stands on the third position with 19 points, while the USFC now has 7 points. USFC goalkeeper, Monotosh Ghosh was aptly awarded the Man of the Match title.
Addressing a press conference after the match, USFC interim coach-cum-player, Bhaichung Bhutia appreciated the job done by the goalkeeper and stoppers of his team today. He also gave credit to the goalkeeper for some ‘crucial saves’ which fetched the team one point for the draw.
“The team has played a good game despite playing outside for three weeks for its away matches and with some players injured. The team has performed as expected in the home match”, said Bhaichung.
On the next home match against Shillong Lazong on 08 November, Bhaichung expressed that the team was excited and looking forward to play against another team from the North East region in the I-League.
Churchill Brothers SC coach, Mariano Dias expressed satisfaction with the team’s performance in today’s match. Mentioning that his team made some good attacks, he gave credit to the USFC goalkeeper for making some good saves in the match.
 “We tried our level best in the match and 1 point is still better than nothing,” said the Coach and added that the team will be playing with the same confidence in its upcoming matches.