A pair of goals by Ishfaq Ahmed and Santosh Oraon in the second half brought victory for Mohun Bagan against a Challengers-XI. The challengers XI was mostly made up of the contestants of a private TV channel’s football based reality show. Former Bagan player Dipendu Biswas also played for them. The team’s coach is former Brazilian World Cupper Branco, and the mentor of the team is Diego Forlan, the Golden Ball winner of 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The Uruguayan star was present in the field and a jam packed Yuba Bharati Krirangan saw the hero of their dreams, the best player of the world Diego Forlan in front of them.

The Mohun Bagan team was not really in shape to play a competitive match because a lot of their players are in the Santosh Trophy squad and also in the National Camp. Only 14 players are now practicing, with even the foreigners yet to join the squad, though Muritala Ali has reached Kolkata. In the presence of such World stars like Diego Forlan and Branco, the match was a prestige one for Mohun Bagan. Mohun Bagan won the match 2-0. Ishfaq Ahmed scored a goal in the 38th minute and the second  goal scored by new comer Santosh Oraon in the 70th minute. There were a lot of easy chances missed by Ashim Biswas and Ishfaq Ahmed, though Bagan won the match comfortably.

Mohun Bagan President Tutu Bose and Finance Secretary Debasish Dutta presented a Green and Maroon scarf and a model of a sailing boat, the club emblem, to Diego Forlan.

Picture Courtesy : Sangbad Pratidin

2010 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winner Diego Forlan of Uruguay will be present in the match to be played between Mohun Bagan and Challenger, the team of a reality show of a private TV channel. This challenger team is coached by Brazilian Star Branco and mentor of the team is great Diego Forlan. There is another milestone of Mohun Bagan that the team will play in front of a player who is the Golden Ball winner of 2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa just 20 days before. But Mohun Bagan team is not ready at all because since the practice started on 16th July, 2010 only 14 nos. of players are available for club practice, rest of the players are in State duty and National duty. The foreigners have not arrived still now except Muritala Ali, who has arrived today at Kolkata. Among the 14players there are four goalkeepers. So the team is not ready to play a competitive match. However, it is prestige match and Mohun Bagan will play this match.

Mohun Bagan fans share their emotions on the 1911 centenary. Here’s how they share their feelings –

Dr. Raj Shankar Ghosh  came up with a poem –

Goal e Hiralal, dan e Bhuti Babu
Ba dik samle Sudhir
Ak lakh lok, aj jomayet
Football math e bhir.

Monomohon er majh math
Sathe Rajendrath Sen
Nilmadhab er karamoti aj
Gora rayi dekhben.

Habul r Kanu r jutir chonde
Charkhar Gora dol
Bangali r mone phurti byapok
Bijoy er pa e ball.

Shibdas Babu somota pheran
Sesh hasi Abhilash
Mohun Bagan Bangalir buk e
Sona jhora itihas.

Tridip Sheet shares the golden moments –

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Arindam Das shares the feeling –
 

Udit Mitra hopes :

Ajke theke abar amader club notun kore sopoth nik..amra hobo sera, amra dekhbo
age, amra set korbo notun milestone!!
Prarthona korchi..hajar hajar bochor dhore dule dule chole jeno amader nouka!!
Sobaike sobuj maroon bhalobasa!!

Shankar Chatterjee wishes