Furqan ahmad dar

Mahilpur Football Stadium: Real Kashmir beat Delhi FC 2-1 at the Mahilpur Football Stadium on Saturday, condemning the latter to relegation from I-League 2024-25, as they are left with no mathematical chance for survival. Real Kashmir led 2-0 at half-time. Real Kashmir, meanwhile, are two points off the top of the table with 35 points from 20 matches, having played a game more, with two games of the season remaining.

Mohammad Inam (4’) and Gnohere Krizo (26’) scored two in the first half for Real Kashmir, before Hridaya Jain’s 55th-minute penalty pulled one back for Delhi FC.

Real Kashmir were on the scoresheet within the opening five minutes, courtesy of some calamitous defending by the hosts. Having picked up the ball on the left flank, Mohammad Inam drove along the line before zipping a low hard cross into the six-yard area. Pressured by Gnohere Krizo, the defenders failed to clear it and in the melee, goalkeeper Debnath Mondal spilt the ball back into play. Inam had followed his cross through and slammed the loose ball into the net.