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Churchill Brothers put on a spirited show against Kuwaiti side Al Qadsia in the one-off Round of 16 tie of the 2010 AFC Cup. The former I-League champions lost 1-2 to the Kuwaiti giants.

Two goals from Al Enezi in the first-half gave Al Qadsia a comfortable margin going into the second period but Churchill made a match of it after Odafa Okolie pulled one back for the Goans. Odafa controlled the ball with his chest inside the area before finishing the move with a clinical strike. Unfortunately for Odafa his attempt in the first-half was incorrectly judged as offside.

Thereafter the chances were far and few and Churchill found it difficult to create any openings. Churchill’s Brazilian coach Pereira was however content with the level of performance his boys put up. He said in his interview with the official AFC website, "I'm satisfied with the performance as we played a good game tonight."

"We had some clear chances and threatened Al Qadsia's goal on several occasions but our strikers failed to score.
"We should have even been awarded a penalty in the game which could have sent the match to extra time. We managed to force our style on Al Qadsia and showed them our capabilities.

"Al Qadsia's goals came from defensive mistakes as the defenders didn't mark their players well. Our goalkeeper was at his best as well and he blocked a number of chances for Al Qadsia.

"We went into the competition without putting the title as our target and I believe that we managed to show good performances and go out with dignity.”