In a friendly match Mohun Bagan won 5-1 against Kalighat MS. Nabi, Odafe(2), Jewel and Ashim scored for Bagan. Shilton and Anwar’s mistakes costed Bagan a goal. Odafe was instrumental behind all five goals Bagan scored. Add to it – atleast 5 times either his shot was saved on the goal line or his pass to Sunil or Manish were shot off target by his fellow mates.

This was a game without Jose Barreto. Hence there was an additional load on Odafe. Ad Odafe proved that he is on course to hit peak. A 60% match fit – he was instrumental behind all 5 goals and 5 more opportunities!

 

 

 

 

Such chances were wasted

 

 

 

The striker sparkled against United Sikkim, with a 40% match fitness. His fitness level has slightly gone up – to around 60% in today’s game. Add to it – he was injured in the first half and had to go out of the ground for medical attention.

 

 

 

 

Jewel Raja scores

 

 

 

 

However, Odafe showed his greatness and his sense of final passes within the box. In the last match he played, his understanding with Barreto definitely gave a positive message to the fans and followers. Today’s game is just an indication that, have he be fit – Bagan definitely won’t have a trophyless season this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Odafe passes the ball – and Ashim scores the last goal

The Goalz program have been kicked off at Hrishikesh Park, Kolkata today. This is a project that will use football to encourage young talents from across Kolkata to aim becoming a good footballer. The project is been launched by Mohun Bagan (www.mohunbaganac.com), British Council (www.britishcouncil.org), Premier League (www.premierleague.com), Kolkata Police (www.kolkatapolice.gov.in), Kolkata Municipal Corporation (www.kmcgov.in), All India Football Federation (www.the-aiff.com) and Indian Football Association(the-ifa.org)

The Goalz project was launched in Kolkata on 6 July 2011 by Jeremy Browne, Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK, and Sovan Chattopadhyay, Hon’ble Mayor of Kolkata. Madan Mitra, Hon’ble Minister of Sports, Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF, Rob Lynes, Director British Council India and Commissioner of Police, R K Pachnanda were present.

Today, Mohun Bagan Club President Mr. Swapan Sadhan Bose and Hon. General Secretary, Mr. Anjan Kumar Mitra,  Mr. Steve Darby, Chief Coach of McDowell Mohun Bagan Team; Mohun Bagan Captain Jose Barreto , Vice Captain Shilton Paul players Hudson Lima Silva and Simon Storey. Mr. Debasish Roy, Additional Commissioner of Police (IV) and Mrs. Sujata Sen, Director East India, British Council were also present at the kick off ceremony.

There will be 50 trainees and will be coached by a team of 8 ex- footballers namely Sankarlal Chakraborty, Nirmalya Haldar, Indrani Sarkar, Kalyan Choubey, Arghya Majumdar,  Abhay Kumar, Bernard Oparanozie, Ranjan Bhattacharya.

The long term plan of this programme is to set up and deliver a sustainable model in Kolkata which could then be potentially replicated across India in collaboration with other police departments, municipal authorities and football clubs.

Source : The British Council, Mohun Bagan AC

“Locura por Messi: un árbitro le pide una foto durante un partido” – that’s what the headline is. If you don’t know Spanish – here is the English version : “Messi Madness: A referee asks for a photo during a match”. The infamous referee continues to humiliate Indian football. This time he was seen capturing Messi’s photo during a recent International match.

The news was published in Argentine websites and has been enough for ridiculing Indian football. The news goes as (translated into English)-

There was no doubt that Lionel Messi was the main attraction of the party the Argentina win against Venezuela in Calcutta. But the fanaticism that generated the best player in the world came to unimaginable limits.

Before the start of the party that ushered in the era Sabela in the selection, one of the assistant referees asked for a photo at the Argentina captain.

This incident seemed fanaticism continued to live on the streets of Calcutta with the arrival of "The Flea". During the match referee Dinesh Nair asked for a photo.

Source  : http://notio.com.ar/deportes/locura-por-messi-un-arbitro-le-pide-una-foto-durante-un-partido-17910