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Calcutta: Churchill Brothers raced to the top of the I-League ladder with a 3-0 demolition of Air India at the Duler Stadium here on Tuesday.
Brazilian midfielder Beto opened the scoring with a seventh minute penalty and then Gabonese striker Henri Arnaud scored once in both halves to take Churchill to the top with 42 points, two ahead of East Bengal. Churchill still have a match in hand.
Churchill got off to an encouraging start when Steven Dias won a penalty in the seventh minute. Bineesh Balan's wonderful ball in the danger zone was well received by Dias, but he tumbled into the zone after coming into contact with Air India defender M Pradeep, prompting the referee to point at the stop.
Beto scored the penalty with ease. Churchill got their second in the 22nd minute when Lenny Rodrigues sent a delightful through ball that pierced the rival defence and was intercepted well by Henri who drew out the goalkeeper and scored another easy goal.
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