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Okoro does the trick for Sporting
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ASIANAGE on 16 July, 2008 02:31:49
 
Md. Sporting 1
Peerless SC 0
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
Barasat
July 16: Mike Okoro saved the blushes for Mohammedan Sporting on Wednesday as
the black-and-white brigade struggled against Peerless SC at the Vidyasagar
Krirangan in Barasat for their second win in the ongoing Calcutta Premier
League.
It was sheer individual brilliance from the Nigerian that ensured his team
stayed level with Mohun Bagan on the league table. The deciding moment came in
the 41st minute when the Sporting captain, receiving a through pass exhibited a
brilliant display of skill as he first inside-dodged Peerless defender Satish
Bharati, and then outside-dodged goalkeeper Arunava Das to score.
Coach Sabir Ali’s team’s prospects in the league rely largely on how Okoro
performs as the others were well short of their display in the previous game
against Railway FC last Sunday. Promising striker Theodore Sunday, regarded as
the ideal partner for Okoro, was subdued by marker Madhab Das for most part of
the game.
However, unlike the previous match, Sporting defenders held their nerve and did
not panic when the opposition, led by Arup Singh and under-19 footballer Tilak
Saha tightened the screws.