Calcutta: Pailan Arrows and Pune FC were both left ruing missed opportunities, as the 12th round of the I-League encounter ended in a tame 1-1 draw at the Salt Lake Stadium, on Thursday.

Arrows opened the scoring in the 15th minute of the first half, when Pune FC goalkeeper, Abhra Mondal, failed to clear a Bijendra Rai free kick from the left flank. Jibon Singh obliged by scoring on the rebound. The goal provided the city team impetus to play a more attacking game.

The visitors managed to get an equaliser in the 42nd minute, when Lester Fernandez’s pass from the centre of the park was smartly received by Keita Mandjou, who ran around Arrows’ defender Gurtej Singh (Sr.), to score.

The goal seemed to rejuvenate the visitors. They were miserly with the ball and accurate with their passes but the finishing touch was lacking. Keita and Jeje Lalpekhlua kept attacking but the Arrows custodian Naveen Kumar stood tall. The draw leaves Arrows on seven points from 12 games while Pune FC are on 19 from the same number of games.

TEAMS

Pailan Arrows: Naveen Kumar, Rajiv Ghosh, Calrozama Fanai, Shouvik Ghosh, Gurtej Singh(Sr.), Avinabo Bag (Prabir Das 68), Jibon Singh (Tirthankar Sarkar 76), Sehnaj Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Bijendra Rai (C.S. Sabeeth 53), Holicharan Narzary

Pune FC: Abhra Mondal, Srikanth Ramu, Gujinder Kumar, Chika Wali, Caitano Costa, Karma Tsewang (Baldeep Singh 28), Shanmugam Venkatesh (Subash Singh 72), Douhou Pierre, Lester Fernandez, Jeje Lalpekhlua (Paresh Shivalkar 66), Keita Mandjou

Referee: Durga Madhav Naik.

MoM: Naveen Kumar