<p>Army Service Corps (ASC) scored a convincing 3-1 win over Students Union in the BDFA Super Division League at the Bangalore Football Stadium here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The win propelled ASC to the top position with seven points from four matches, while Students Union are stuck on three points from as many games.<br /><br />ASC dominated the game from the start and could have gone ahead as early as in the fourth minute, but for striker Nitesh B missing an open chance after rival custodian Thomas fumbled a high ball. <br /><br />However, ASC were rewarded for their persistence in the 24th minute. Sreejith was brought down by Herald outside the penalty area and was awarded a free-kick. Deepak Panth’s perfect ball was headed home by Arunjeet. The goal spurred on the Army outfit and Thomas did well to parry away a long-ranger by Ramachandran in the very next minute. <br /><br />The story was no different in the second half and ASC doubled their lead in the 65th minute as Nitesh’s left-footed shot from the box beat Thomas.<br />ASC killed the game in the 74th minute after Sudhir Kumar scored off a pass by A Saikh from the left wing. <br /><br />Though Students Union pulled one back in the 82nd minute through Philip, it was too little too late.<br /><br />Earlier, Dayananda scored the winner as Bangalore Kickers edged out ISRO 1-0 in the A Division. He struck in the 58th minute as Kickers scored their second successive win.<br /><br />The teams observed a minute’s silence in memory of Olympian T Shanmugam, who <br />Saturday’s matches: A Division: Jawahar Union vs CIL (1.00 pm).<br />Super Division: MEG vs ADE (3.00 pm).</p>
<p>Army Service Corps (ASC) scored a convincing 3-1 win over Students Union in the BDFA Super Division League at the Bangalore Football Stadium here on Friday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The win propelled ASC to the top position with seven points from four matches, while Students Union are stuck on three points from as many games.<br /><br />ASC dominated the game from the start and could have gone ahead as early as in the fourth minute, but for striker Nitesh B missing an open chance after rival custodian Thomas fumbled a high ball. <br /><br />However, ASC were rewarded for their persistence in the 24th minute. Sreejith was brought down by Herald outside the penalty area and was awarded a free-kick. Deepak Panth’s perfect ball was headed home by Arunjeet. The goal spurred on the Army outfit and Thomas did well to parry away a long-ranger by Ramachandran in the very next minute. <br /><br />The story was no different in the second half and ASC doubled their lead in the 65th minute as Nitesh’s left-footed shot from the box beat Thomas.<br />ASC killed the game in the 74th minute after Sudhir Kumar scored off a pass by A Saikh from the left wing. <br /><br />Though Students Union pulled one back in the 82nd minute through Philip, it was too little too late.<br /><br />Earlier, Dayananda scored the winner as Bangalore Kickers edged out ISRO 1-0 in the A Division. He struck in the 58th minute as Kickers scored their second successive win.<br /><br />The teams observed a minute’s silence in memory of Olympian T Shanmugam, who <br />Saturday’s matches: A Division: Jawahar Union vs CIL (1.00 pm).<br />Super Division: MEG vs ADE (3.00 pm).</p>
