Mohun Bagan thrash West Bengal Police 6-0. Nirmal Chettry was the first of the four different Mohun Bagan players who scored for Bagan today. Others whose names were there in the score card included Odafa (2), Sabeeth(2) and Tolgay.
Nirmal opened the account in the 5th minute when his header found the ball kissing the nets. Within 2 minutes his brilliant through found Odafa who bull dozed into WBP penalty area with two defenders trying to block him- and finish off in style (2-0).
Jewel Raja scored a goal before the half time – but his goal was cancelled as the referee felt he was offside.
In the second half Sabeeth scored two successive goals – first in the 50th minute and thenin the 64th minute. Odafa scored the 5th and Tolgay – who came as a replacement in the second half scored the sixth goal.
Bagan players missed 4 opportunities to score- Jewel, Nirmal, Tolgay and Manish Bhargav are to be blamed for the same.
Bagan will now meet Churchill Brothers on 20th September in Siliguri for the Federation Cup group league match. Other teams in the group include Air India and Mohammedan Sporting.