Rangdajied United skipper Eugeneson Lyngdoh gave the home team a lead in the 25th minute but Balwant Singh equalised for the Goan giants within a couple of minutes.
Brimming with confidence, the host meant business from the start creating two opportunities within the first two minutes.
Skipper Lyngdoh's freekick almost beat Churchill custodian Arindam Bhattacharya, who had to stretched full length to keep the ball out for a corner.
Keeping the pressure on, the home team came close to scoring again in the 9th minute, when a melee inside the box gave Restomwell a chance to have a sneak at the goal. But Arindam came to his team's rescue again.
Just two minutes later, David Ngaihte, the livewire on the team, had another go at the goal when he blasted in a powerful right footer that just missed the right post by an inch.
But the crowd burst into joy in the 25 minute when Eugeneson blast the ball past the Churchill keeper from inside the box to rattle the side netting. The joy however, was short live as Churchill were lucky to level the scoring through Balwant Singh two minutes later off a freekick by Hugo. The match went into the lemon-break with the score board reading 1-1.