Mohun Bagan lost in the final of MSC Platinum Jubilee Cup to arch rival Kingfisher East Bengal in the tie breaker on Sunday at Yuba Bharati Krirangan. The match was 2-2 in regulation period and at the end of extra time it was 3-3. The match had gone to tie-breaker and Kingfisher East Bengal won the match by scoring 3 goals in the tie breaker while Bagan scored only 2 goals.

It was the match of prestige but both the team came down to the ground with their second team because of both team’s Sahara CFL commitment.Sanju Pradhan, Robin Singh and Susanth Mathew scored in succession for East Bengal from the spot kicks, but their colleagues Ravinder and Biswajit Natta failed to convert. Mohun Bagan’s opening pair of penalty takers, Souvik Chakraborty and Snehasis Chakraborty failed to score putting pressure on the team. Rahul Kumar and Dipendu Dowari scored to reduce the margin to 2-3 and with Biswajit missing, all hopes of Mohun Bagan rested on Gourango to equalize. However, his shot went high and it was all over.

Mohun Bagan played an aggressive attacking game from the first minute but failed to strike in the first half. At the other end, e Alvito D’ Cunha gave East Bengal the lead with a left foot grounder in the injury time of the first session. Crossing over, Mohun Bagan drew parity through Satish Kumar and Ashim Biswas made it 2-1 with a header. However, Bagan could retain their lead for only 12 minutes when Robin Singh equalized for East Bengal. In the extra time, Robin Singh found the target for East Bengal before Harpreet Singh brought both sides to an even keel.

 

Teams:

Kingfisher East Bengal : Nasim(Jayanta), Saikat, Sunil, Gurwinder, Ravinder, Sanju, Sushant, Alvito, Aseem ( Biswajit), Robin, Budhiram (Bikash).

Mohun Bagan : Sangram, Biswajit(Dipendu), Kingshuk, Sagram ( Rahul), Harpreet, Souvik, Snehasish, Jaken ( Gouranga), Satish, Santosh, Asim.

It is another occasion when foreign team will play against Mohun Bagan in their visit to India. Sheffield FC of England will be participated in the another Kolkata outfit Mohammedan Sporting Club’s Platinum Jubilee Cup and as a part of that they will meet National Club of India at Salt Lake Stadium on Friday, 12th November from 3pm onwards. Sheffield FC was established in 1857 and is the oldest club of World. After Pele’s Cosmos, Roger Milla, Oliver Kahn’s Bayern Munich and Diego Maradona, it is Sheffield FC in front of the Mariners. Sheffield FC plays in EVO-STICK LEAGUE.

In the perspective of Mohun Bagan this match has importance but not more than CFL because in the present situation of the League table it is clearly shown that Mariners are also in the run to grab the CFL title like last three years, it will be their fourth CFL title in a row. After finishing CFL there is I League, so no more space for relaxation what so ever for the team Mohun Bagan. After loosing in the Fed Cup final by Referee Dinesh Nair Calcutta League is the primary target for the Mariners.

However the match against International outfit is always important for the teams of India and Mohun Bagan is no different from that point of view. So team Mohun Bagan will play the match as well as the tournament with their full ability. But Jose Barreto may not be played in tomorrow’s match against Sheffield. Other players are going to be played in this AFC recognised tournament.

Meanwhile other two clubs Host Mohammedan Sporting and Kingfisher East Bengal will take part in the second match of the day from 6 pm onwards. All the matches are in knock out format and the winner of the two matches will meet on Sunday 14th Novmber at the same venue from 3.15pm onwards to lift the prestigious Platinum Jubilee Cup.

The schedule is mentioned below:

Date & Time                                   Venue                                                 Teams

12/11/2010 (3.00pm)         Yuba Bharati Krirangan                Mohun Bagan vs Sheffield FC.

12/11/2010 (6.00pm)         Yuba Bharati Krirangan                Mohammedan vs K.East Bengal

14/11/2010 (3.15pm)         Yuba Bharati Krirangan         The Final (winner of 1st and 2nd match)

 

Bagan won against West Bengal Police by 4-0 margin in a Sahara CFL match. Bagan is now on 31 points from 12 matches. Chidi, Muritala, Souvick and Snehasis scored the goals for mariners. While Police team was not in their full strength due to their other duties. However, Mariners are eying the CFL title.

After diwali celebration it is the first match of Mohun Bagan. They attacked the opponent today with their striker duo Chiddi and Muritala, while Jose Barreto was not in the team due to his illness. David was in the first-XI as under-19 player. Coach Stanley’s experiment with the team continued as Gouranga and Dhanrajan found their place in first XI.

Bagan started well with a lot of attacks. But their majority of the attacks were ended in vain as the Mohunbagan attackers couldn’t overcome the offside trap of the Policemen. The Mariners had to wait till 21 minute to score their first goal through Edeh Chidi and got the lead (1-0). Chidi ran along with the ball in to the box , kept his balance even though he was slightly off-balanced and got past goalkeeper to push the ball inside the net.  Brilliant solo effort by Edeh Chidi.

In the 44th minute Muritala was tackled off the ball inside the penalty box by Police defender and referee had given penalty for Bagan, Muritala scored a right footer grounder and the ball kissed the net (2-0).

In the added time of the 1st half Chidi was tackled in the Police Penalty Box but this time referee thought that it was simple play acting by Chidi and shown him yellow card. As a result, the ace striker will miss the next match as he was shown another yellow against George Telegraph match. 

In the second half Ashim came in for Edeh Chidi. In the 67th and 68th minute Surabuddin and Snehasis came in the place of David, Gouranga respectively.

In the 69th minute Souvick taken a long ranger shot as much as from 25 yards and increased the margin of goal to 3-0. This was indeed a brilliant effort from the talented young blood.

In the 87th minute its Snehasis got the ball from Dhanrajan and he made no mistake to score from it. It was another brlliant movement by Snehasis himself.

Team:

Mohun Bagan: Shilton, Sagram, Karan, Kinshuk, Dhanarajan, Souvik, David (Surabuddin), Jayanta, Gouranga (Snehasis), Chidi (Ashim), Muritala.

Fact sheet of today’s match at a glance

Opponent team	West bengal Police
Date	9-Nov-10
Venue	MB Ground, Kolkata
Kick off time	2:30 PM
No. of goal Mohun Bagan scored	4 [Chiddi,Muritala, Souvik, Snehasis]
Opponent scored	0
Number of yellow card shown to MB Players	1(Chiddi)
Number of red cards shown to MB players	0
Average age of 1st XI	23.7 yrs
Average age of the squad (registered for Fed cup)	23.3 yrs
1st half Score	2 – 0
Style of formation	4 – 4 – 2
Substitutions
1	Ashim in place of Chiddi(46mt)
2	Surabuddin in place of David(67mt)
3	Snehasis in place of Gouranga(68mt)