Aeronautical Development Establishment overcame a one goal deficit to down 10-man Oriental 2-1 in a Super Division football league tie followed by an unruly protest from the losing side at the Bangalore Football stadium here on Tuesday.

Despite conceding possession for most part of the game, Oriental were on top with a 32nd minute strike from Rama Rao and went into the break with the lead.

Seven minutes into the second-half, the tables turned thoroughly in favour of ADE when Oriental were reduced to 10 men after Sagar received his second yellow card from referee Bala, with the second caution for wasting time.

Turnaround
Clearly unhappy over the decision and being one man short, Oriental fizzled out and soon ADE scored the equaliser in the 52nd minute through Girish Kumar and the winner came from striker Donald eight minutes from time.

Moments after the final whistle, some of the Oriental players trooped around referee Balu protesting the second yellow  given to Sagar and alleged favouritism. The cacophony at the end took attention away from the three splendid goals in an otherwise insipid encounter.

ADE held a slight edge from the start but it was Oriental who celebrated first when the season’s new signing Rao slammed a long-ranger into the left corner of the goal.

Though ADE goalkeeper Dilip was seen limping moments before the strike, apparently due to a knee injury, he could have done nothing about the curling effort.

For ADE, striker Donald shrugged off recent fall in form with some good raids but the their equaliser was a bolt from the blue. Girish Kumar went for an ambitious 30-yard free kick that swerved past Oriental custodian Elavarasan to hit the top right corner.

Oriental’s misery compounded when Donald headed home an Elangovan free kick from the right to take ADE’s tally to seven points from seven matches.

Other result: ‘A’ Division: Tilak Memorial: 4 (Kiran 7th, 27th, 71st, Anil Chettri 24th) bt RBI: 0.
Wednesday’s matches: ‘A’ Division: Universal vs Nationals, 1.45 pm; Super Division: ASC vs LRDE, 3.45 pm.