PANAJI

Churchill Brothers edged past Pax of Nagoa 2-1 in the Goa Professional League at the Raia panchayat ground on Thursday.

Churchill opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Richard Costa intercepted a poor clearance and played in Dinesh Aribam, who struck a low shot from outside the box. The effort took a slight deflection off a Nagoa defender before rolling into the net.

Nagoa hit back ten minutes later after Minesh Kunkolkar floated a teasing ball into the Churchill box that caused confusion in the backline. The clearance fell to Beneston Barretto, whose shot deflected off Tluangtea, allowing the forward to react quickly and tap home from close range to level the score.

Churchill almost regained the lead before halftime when Jyothish whipped in a dangerous cross that found Cos

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