Sporting outgun PSEB

Under these conditions, the Punjab side appears to have put up a creditable show, having held on with gritty determination. On another thought, the PSEB performance was not that brilliant either, considering that Sporting were as much at sea on the wet ground as their opponents. Cassius Owino and Moses Ohira, the two Kenyans controlling the attack for Sporting, slipped at crucial times, wasting the few opportunities that came their way.

It was left to goalkeeper Shanti Majumdar to save the day for Sporting. He guessed right in the first tie-breaker shot off Dalip Kumar, to dive to the right and effect a save. Arjan Ali for Sporting and Sukhbir for PSEB, missed their spot-kicks. Subir Ghosh, Sporting left-back, set off the celebrations by scoring with the last tie-breaker shot of the match.

Earlier, both the sides squandered scoring chances galore. Both Owino and Ohira broke away with counter-attacks for Sporting, but blundered in the end. In the 30th minute, Owino, with an open goal 10 yards away from the PSEB goalline, failed to connect a volley.