Goa: Churchill Brothers Sports Club were left to rue their inability to convert the chances into goals as they only managed a 1-1 draw against Sporting Clube de Goa in a I-League clash at Nehru Stadium, Goa, on Sunday.

After a barren first session, Anthony Wolfe handed Churchill the lead in the 72nd minute. But while that seemed good enough for full points, Churchill were pegged back after Sporting Clube’s Australian striker Boima Karpeh got the equaliser eight minutes later.

The draw took Churchill Brothers to 19 points from 20 matches, just a point above Mohammedan Sporting at the bottom of the table. They have a match in hand against Mumbai FC away on March 13.

Sporting Clube with 33 points from 22 matches are in fourth position and have no chance of grabbing the title now.

Churchill seemed determined to make this game count and made their intentions clear when Abdelhamid Shabana’s sent a through ball which Jaison Valles crossed for Balwant Singh, only for the header to go straight to goalkeeper Melroy Fernandes.

Melroy was again called into action as Shabana’s cross saw Anthony Wolfe take a shot at goal.

At the other end, Nigerian midfielder Ogba Kalu had a chance to break the deadlock but he could not connect on time from a corner kick. Velito Cruz also went close for Sporting Clube.

In the second session, Sporting striker Boima Karpeh intercepted a back-pass from Dharmaraj Ravanan and went for goal but goalkeeper Lalit Thapa proved equal to the task.

Churchill, after plenty of misses, finally surged ahead in the 72nd minute when a long ball was headed goalwards by Satish Singh and Wolfe made no mistake to hammer it home from close range.

The lead though lasted for only eight minutes as Sporting struck back. The Churchill defence did not clear cleanly, allowing Karpeh to do the needful from inside the box.

Churchill had at least two chances in the last ten minutes to seal full points but the relegation-threatened side could not translate their superiority into goals.