AIFF Media Team

NEW DELHI: Rakesh Oram netted  an outstanding hat-trick and two assists to stir the AIFF Elite Academy to their biggest 5-1 home victory in the second round of U-19 I-league competition against Dempo SC at Cuncolim ground on 18^th December 2014.

Dempo SC’s run of misery continued in their second away fixture as; Rakesh Oram’s emphatic finish from Milan Basumatary’s low cross preluded an intention to attack all-out from the early sixth Minute of the game. The proliferating forays forward by the host from the off, enforced the visitors to take a back seat and left them with no option than to sit back and soak the pressure.

It proved a difficult encounter for Dempo SC’s Keeper Allison Fernandes, who made series of outstanding saves to restrict the AIFF EA to 1-0, until the skipper Daniel Lalhlimpuia arrowed the cross from Rakesh Oram past the rival Goalkeeper just before a minute to the interval.

At the Half time the score was 2-0.

After the restart, a tactical switch in the style of play and energetic pressing and possession paid-off Dempo SC’s to get a foothold in to the game. The Light of hope in a swarthy tale was given by Jorge Rodrigues with a sweetly timed header on skipper Aaron Rodrigues cross. Buoyed by that, in a thick of a moment the Dempo SC nearly equalised with a heading effort from the striker Suraj Haldankar went agonisingly wide of the post.

The bad day quickly got worse for the visitors, as the AIFF brought on their stout Mid-fielder Robinson Singh, who orchestrated the play in the mid-field and got on to the score sheet himself with a probing ball over the Dempo SC’s back four; allowing the Right full back to cross the ball into the penalty area; the buccaneer Rakesh Oram measuredly set up the cross from Shahbaaz khan for Robinson Singh to volley the ball into the back of the net.

In 85^th Minute, the effort from Milan Basumatary was ricocheted off the rival keeper not too far for Rakesh Oram to complete his brace with a sweetly timed header. In the dying minute of the game it was again Rakesh Oram who conjured a magic of moment; after meddling the pass between both centre back; completing his treble with a solo finish over the keeper.

After the second home victory the AIFF EA continues to stay at the top of the league table with six points. The AIFF EA will be facing Sporting Clube De Goa on 23^rd December 2014 at 3:30 pm in Cuncolim Ground.