Mohammedan Sporting Membership completed the first-phase marketing campaign of I-League by taking part in out a 1-1 draw in opposition to NEROCA FC on the Kalyani Stadium on Monday.
Marcus Joseph obtained the lead for Sporting with a pleasant header within the second minute of the motion earlier than Sergio Mendigutxia levelled the difficulty with an opportunistic purpose within the thirteenth minute.
The remainder of the match noticed either side incomes quite a lot of scoring alternatives however all of the efforts proved futile.
The draw meant that defending champion Gokulam Kerala FC (27 factors from 11 matches) was confirmed because the topper of the primary section even earlier than its last round-robin match scheduled on Tuesday.
Sporting remained second with 26 factors from 12 matches whereas Neroca tallied 18 factors to maneuver into the fifth spot forward of Churchill Brothers (17), which has performed a match much less.
In one other match performed on the Naihati Stadium, Rajasthan United FC secured a ticket to the championship leg by taking part in a goalless draw in opposition to Sreenidi Deccan FC.
Rajasthan United ended its first leg marketing campaign with 16 factors, which gave it the seventh spot forward of Actual Kashmir FC (12 from 11). Sreenidhi Deccan completed fourth with 21 factors.
The end result: At Kalyani: NEROCA FC 1 (Sergio Mendigutxia 13) drew with Mohammedan Sporting 1 (Marcus Joseph 2).
At Naihati: Sreenidhi Deccan FC 0 drew with Rajasthan United FC 0.
