Real Kashmir edged past reigning champions Chennai City FC 2-1 in their first home game at the TRC Turf Ground in Srinagar on Thursday afternoon.
Danish Farooq (22') opened the scoring and Bazie Armand (27') doubled the lead for Kashmir within a short span. Whereas, Chennai City halved the deficit in the second half through Jockson Dhas (48').
It was a game of two halves. If the hosts were more authoritative in the first half then Akbar Nawas' men should earn the plaudits for a strong second-half performance. The Lions were without the services of Pedro Manzi, Sandro Rodriguez and Adolfo Miranda and things could have panned out differently if their full strength Spanish armada had taken the pitch.