Mohun Bagan fans continue to remain upset in this season. Bagan fans were upset not because of Debashish Dutta, a journalist of a vernacular newspaper unnecessarily maligning the club and its supporter while reporting a cricket match. Many Bagan supporters have serious doubts over the credentials of the journalist and they tend to ignore him. But fans and supporters of Bagan feel sorry for the performance of the team in this season. Bagan failed to win 4 tournaments the team participated and in all four occasions the team remained “Runners Up” – reminding of 2004!

Bagan played well in the first half – created lots of opportunities – but failed to score more than one goal. Chidi scored the one in 36th minute.

In the second half Churchill kept pressure on Bagan defense – and Bagan failed to maintain the advantage and conceded 2 goals – first in 49th minute (Odafa) and then in 69th minute (Charan Rai). 

Odafa’s goal was from an offside – but nevertheless the referee ignored it and Bagan was deprived of a chance to win the first trophy of the season.

Mohun Bagan came from behind and beat Southern Samity 2-1 in a nail biting encounter at Yuva Bharati Stadium today. Chiddi and Ashim Biswas scored for the Mariners whereas Edmilson scored for the Southern Samity.

Mohun Bagan reaches the final of IFA Shield today by beating Southern Samity 2-1. Mohun Bagan started in 4-4-2 combination with Chiddi and Ashim in the forwad line. Edmilson converted a direct free kick from the edge of the penalty  box in 9th minute of the match. The goal came against the flow of the match. It was a much needed wake up call for the Mariners. They came back into the match and Chiddi’s header from a corner makes it 1-1. After this it was Mohun Bagan all the way. But they had to wait till 80th minute when Ashim got a loose ball as the opponent keeper made a mistake and the ace striker made no mistake to convert it.

Mohun Bagan will take on Churchill Brothers in the final on Thursday, 31st Match, 2011.

Choi canceled out an own-goal from Narugopal to ensure Chirag finishes the last match of the IFA Shield with a draw. But as per FIFA rule there is no same side goal, so the match commissioner declared Ashim Biswas as the scorer as the last touch had come from his foot. Mohun Bagan’s Trophy hope continues as Bagan finished top of the group. Last time Mohun Bagan won this trophy was in 2003. Mohun Bagan played in the final 3 times in last 5 occasions but failed to win the title.

Bagan started off well – however, fitness is of real concern. Only 3 players ( one goalkeeper , one stopper and one side back) were there in the reserve bench while none of the players of foreign origin were available for the game.

However in the 11th minute Bagan got the lead when Narugopal conceded an own goal. In the 60th minute Choi converted a penalty into a goal to make it 1-1. Gouranga got couple of chances, and Ashim created panic in chirag box from time to time – but failed to break Chirag defense. Chirag played exceptionally well in the second half – Deepak and the team had a tough time – Deepak was off colour today.

Bagan might face Churchill Borthers in the semi-final. Last time they met in this trophy was in the final of the last occasion – and Bagan went down against CB.

Team:

Mohun Bagan: Sangram, Sukumar, Dipak (Sagram Mandi), Kingshuk, Biswajit, Gouranga, Rahul Kumar, Jayanta Sen, Dipendu Dowari, Ishfaq Ahmed, Ashim Biswas