Minerva Punjab FC News
Punjab FC have been one of the strongest contenders this season. Despite being 11 points adrift of the leaders Mohun Bagan, Punjab is the only team in the league who are still undefeated at home.
Following the ban imposed in December 2018, the club was restricted from participating in the Administrator's Cup for the next three years.
Minerva had earlier alleged that on the All India Football Federation's insistence, the Odisha government had withdrawn permission to use the stadium against Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal for the Group E match.
The game was originally scheduled for February 18 but did not take place after Minerva refused to travel to Srinagar, citing security concerns in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
With 39 points from 19 matches, East Bengal are just one point behind leaders Chennai City FC (40 points from 19 matches).
A win for Churchill Brothers is enough to win their maiden national league title in just four years of existence.
Defending champions Minerva Punjab FC, are scheduled to play Real Kashmir FC on February 18 at the TRC Turf Ground in Srinagar.
The home-side dominated possession and created chances, even missed a penalty, but could not get past a solid Minerva defence.
Reigning champions Minerva Punjab FC, Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Real Kasmir FC and Chennai City FC are some of the clubs to have raised concerns over live coverage of the games.
Minerva Punjab have still not been able to find a compact attacking unit as evident from the fact that they have just scored five goals from six games.
Aizawl did try to press for the equaliser but Minerva, who had in between bolstered their defence by bringing in Deepak Devrani for Dahir, held out for a first win.
Aizawl FC will now play host to defending champions Minerva Punjab FC on November 10 while Neroca will travel to Srinagar to lock horns with Real Kashmir FC on the next day.
The Club owner Ranjit Bajaj had earlier revealed that several of his players were approached by bookies for match-fixing.
A handful of scribes from Chandigarh on Monday boycotted Minerva Punjab's post-match press conference, protesting the I-League team management's move to ban a correspondent from covering the pre-game address briefing due to "provocative" reportage.
Minerva Punjab FC jumped to the top of the I-League table with a clinical 2-0 victory over reigning champions Aizawl FC in a crucial encounter at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium here on Monday.
East Bengal handed leaders Minerva Punjab FC their first defeat at home this season to stay alive in the I-League title race with a crucial 1-0 win here on Tuesday.
In a fast-paced game, William Opoku Asiedu scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute to continue Minerva Punjab FC's fairytale run.
Minerva Punjab FC rode on Bhutanese striker Chencho Gyeltshen`s first-half brace to jump to the top of the table with a 2-1 victory over Mohun Bagan in an I-League encounter at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here on Wednesday.
The Maharashtra derby started off in a pretty unusual manner with both teams displaying little control and precision when circulating the ball.
Top scorer for Mohun Bagan, Scottish striker Darryl Duffy makes a return to the squad after missing his side's 2-2 draw against Mumbai FC earlier this week
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