KOLKATA: Pailan Arrows managed to pull off a 0-0 draw at home to Salgaocar, who have been in a good run of late in an 18th round I-League match at Yuba Bharati Krinangan, here, Thursday.
The draw leaves Salgaocar with 30 points from 18 encounters while Pailan stay at 8 points from 16 outings.
Salgaocar started upfront heavily relying on Edeh Chidi and Ryuji Sueoka to create inroads in the Pailan defence, but this was hardly the case.
The match started with a few scruffy passes and Pailan Arrows pressing Salgaocar in their own half and the first chance of the match was only in the 17th minute when Francis Fernandes and Ryuji Seuoka combined well and Ryuji pulled the ball back for Ishfaq Ahmed but goalkeeper Ravi Kumar did well to save it.
In the 39th minute, C S Sabeeth of Pailan did well to find himself in space but in an attempt to chip it over Salgaocar keeper Karanjit Singh he ended up putting the ball out.
The second half started like the first and there wasn’t much tempo. A half chance fell to Salgoacar in the 78th minute but Edeh Chidi couldn’t capitalise.
Pailan could have won the match in injury time when Ajay Singh was almost thorough on goal but Karanjit Singh came out and managed to keep the scores level.
The man-of-the-match award went to Ryuji Sueoka.
