Substitute Bhim Darlami and Amar Dangol scored second-half goals within a span of eight minutes to seal the match while Friends´ skipper Aajad Pradhan missed a penalty seven minutes after conceding the second goal. [break]
Both teams lacked the cutting edge in the first half as they failed to score with weak shots. But the second half was entirely different as RCT dominated Friends scoring within ten minutes after the break.
Darlami received the ball in the box and curled a powerful left-footer to the right corner of the post as Friends´ custodian Sagar Gurung dived in vain.
Amar Dangol snatched the ball from Prince Paul in the 63rd minute and scored the second goal which hit the left post and got deflected in.
A minute later, RCT should have scored more but David Nkang hit a rebound above the bar. Nkang was in a perfect position to score with only the keeper to beat after he met the rebound off keeper Gurung who had blocked Darlami´s shot.
Friends earned a penalty in the 70th minute after Alexis Likeng fouled Santosh Singh in the box. But Friends´ skipper Pradhan´s shot was saved by RCT´s second choice keeper Prem Tamang.
Friends´ best chance came three minutes after missing the penalty when Surendra Tamang set up Tank Lama but Lama´s shot was saved by Tamang.
RCT´s Sulabh Jung Rana´s shot off a corner hit the post in the injury time.
With the victory, RCT has gather six points from two matches following its 1-0 win over APF in the first match.
RCT coach Madhu Karki expressed satisfaction that his team was able to beat good teams but rued that the team could have scored much more goals. “We dominated the second half but couldn´t score more goals due to negligence,” he said.
Friends has three points as it had earlier defeated Swayambhu Club 3-0 in the first match.
Friends´ coach Paras Chaudhary said his team didn´t perform as expected this time.
In the earlier kick-off, Boudha Football Club and Brigade Boys Club (BBC) shared a point each after a goalless stalemate. It is the first draw after the completion of 12 league matches. Both the teams had earlier lost their first matches.
BBC missed an early chance to score as striker Diwas Gurung missed a cross from Yalambar Rai in the ninth minute. However, it was Boudha which had the better chances in the game. Skipper Rajesh Shahi header rattled the bar in the 25th minute. Nine minutes later, Crispen Chhetri´s header off a Steven Veron cross was blocked by BBC goalie Suman Ranjitkar.
Boudha created another chance in the 41st minute. Khum Gurung hit the post after he was set by Uttam Gurung.Crispen Chhetri shot the rebound toward the post only to be denied by keeper Ranjitkar.
Man Bahadur Tamang´s powerful strike from 25 yards was also blocked by Ranjitkar in the 60th minute.
“We played well but luck didn´t favor us. A couple of shots hit the post,” said Boudha´s coach Kiran Shrestha.
BBC coach Sanoj Shrestha said they couldn´t perform well in the midfield.
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