BANGALORE, March 13: Substitue P Saha of Central Railway did the magic for his team scoring a hat-trick to humble South Central Railway 4-1 in the group C Second Division National Football League match here today.Central Railway coach I Vaz gambled with his players and sent in Saha for Chirag Shaikh in the 76th minute when the scores were level at 1-1. Saha's goals came in the 79th, 82nd and 88th minute.
Amureedin of SCR clicked in the very first minute after the half-time, when goalkeeper A Kanolkar had no answer to his solo effort.
In the 60th minute, Central Railway equalled with a lob from Asif Jamal from the right flank, goalkeeper Apanna held the ball but it bounced back and Agusto D'Silva gently tapped it into the net.
Jaleel brought down Asif Jamel in the area. The referee awarded a penalty. Asif Jamel's shot was not cleanly collected by Apanna and Saha booted it in.
The second goal came off an individual effort while the hat-trick goal came from the flag kick off Mohd Ansari.
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