PUNE: Pune FC derailed Dempo SC's aspirations of regaining the I-League crown when they outplayed Armando Colaco's side 3-2 at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mhalunge-Balewadi, on Friday.
To stay alive in the title race the Goan outfit needed to win all three of their remaining games but hosts Pune FC put a spoke in the reigning champions' run, thus paving the way for league leaders Salgaocar SC (53 points) to lift the crown on Monday against JCT.