A 1-1 draw with Real Kashmir on the final matchday on Sunday (April 6) was enough for Churchill Brothers Goa to provisionally finish on top of the I-League 2024-25 table. (Highlights | More Football News)
Two late goals helped Inter Kashi beat Rajasthan United 3-1, but their fate hangs on the pending AIFF appeal committee’s hearing on April 28.
What Happened In Title-Deciding Matches
Ramsanga Tlaichhun scored in the eighth minute to put Real Kashmir in the lead early against Churchill Brothers, but the Goa club rebounded in the 50th via Rafiq Aminu's strike. The sole point was enough to keep the visitors at the summit of the standings.
Over at West Bengal's Kalyani Stadium, David Bollo and Matija Babovic netted in injury time to augment Prasanth Karuthadathkuni's 12th-minute strike as Inter Kashi notched up a 3-1 victory against the visiting Rajasthan FC. Alain Oyarzun was the lone scorer for the tourists.
And Dempo SC effected a superb comeback from two goals down to beat Gokulam Kerala 4-3 at the EMS Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode. Thabiso Brown’s (4’, 11’, 73’) last day hat-trick was not enough for the hosts, who needed an outright win and for Churchill Brothers to lose their fixture to win the title. In the end, they could not even fulfill their part of the bargain. Cristian Damian Perez (21’, 90+4’) scored two, while Kapil Hoble (34’) and Didier Brossou (71’) netted one each for Dempo.
