No more league matches for Mariners before Fed Cup

IFA has accepted the proposal of Mohun Bagan that not to play in Salt Lake Stadium the next league match against George Telegraph. It was scheduled earlier that Mohun Bagan vs George Telegraph match will be held at YBK instead of MB ground on 15th September. But in the match against Chirag, Edeh Chidi was injured and he had to leave the ground. As per MB officials it has happened due to artificial turf of Salt Lake Stadium and they will not play any match at this ground before Federation Cup. They wanted to play at their own ground. But due to some unavoidable circumstances the match has been postponed and it will be held after Fed Cup.

Meanwhile another match which was scheduled for Mohun Bagan  to play on 18th September  against Railway Football Club, it has been postponed already due to preparation of the team for Fed Cup.

As we know Federation Cup is the most favourite trophy for Mariners over the year. Out of 31st time Mohun Bagan got the champions trophy 13th time and reached to the final 17th time. It has been most prestigious soccer tournament of India after I-League.

Last year mariners fall short of target as they are beaten by arch rival Kingfisher East Bengal in the semifinal.

However, Mohun Bagan will strat their Fed Cup campaign against Qualifying team (Group A) of Fed Cup on 22nd September, 2010 at Cuttack. The knock-out phase will also been played at Cuttack.

Mohun Bagan 2-2 Chirag United

A weekend of 2-2 draw between Bagan and Chirag United ended with a reminder that the Sahara Kolkata Premier League is still a place of gripping struggle.

Chirag seized a 2-2 draw when the left-half Munna Mallick and mideo Denson Devadas equalised a Muritala and a Barreto netter as Chidi failed to convert  a penalty to a goal. Chidi himself had got injured and was replaced by Jayanta. But it was Somnath who went beyond his capacities and stopped Bagan from scoring. Add to it – Subrata Bhattacharya’s strategy of players play-acting of injuries and stealing time saved the day for Chirag. 

But Bagan defense allowed Chirag to reach to the goal post almost everytime Chirag attacked. With Federation Cup knocking on the doors the fans and supporters might continue having nightmares with this sort of defense. 
 

Teams

Mohun Bagan: Sangram Mukherjee, Kinshuk Debnath, Sheikh Azim, Karan Atwal, Snehasish Chakraborty, Ishfaq Ahmed (Gouranga Dutta, 80th), Manish Maithani, Jose Barreto, Surabuddin Mallick, Edeh Chidi (Jayanta Sen, 40th), Subair Murithala Ali

Chirag United: Somnath Khara, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Arnab Mondal (Safar Sardar, 80th), Chika Wali, Sukhen Dey, Jerry Zirsanga (Gouranga Biswas, 54th), Denson Devadas, Asif K, Munna Mallick (Sheikh Sabir Ali, 90+5th), Joshimar, Junior Elija

Referee: Rathin Mukherjee

Opponent team Chirag United
No. of goal Mohun Bagan scored 2
Opponent scored 2
Number of yellow card shown to MB Players 2
Number of red cards shown to MB players 0
Average age of 1st 11 24.6yrs
Average age of the squad (registered for CFL till now) 23.3 yrs
1st half Score  1 – 1
Style of formation  4 – 3 – 3
Substitutions

1

Jayanta in place of Chiddi

2

Gauranga in place of Ishfaq

 

  
Man of the match Munna Mollick (Chirag)

MBSFA to meet IFA Academy at Chandigarh today

The under 17 squad of MBSFA reached the final of 8th All India Administrator’s Challenge Cup at Chandigarh. MBSFA have made their way to Final against IFA Academy in this under-17 age group tournament. This tournament is organized by Govt. of Punjab and 19 teams participated in this tournament. On the road to the final MBSFA beat Mahilpur Football Academy by 5-0 in the Semifinal.

MBSFA was in the group along with Chandigarh Public School, Rurka Kalna Football Academy, Jalandhar and Sambalpur Football Academy. In the group league matches MBSFA defeated Chandigarh Public School by 1-0, drew with Rurka Kalna Football Academy and then defeated Sambalpur Football Academy by 2-1. Being group champion MBSFA qualified for Semifinal, where they beat Mahilpur Football Academy, Punjab by 5-1. They will meet IFA Academy in the final today.

MBSFA needs to participate this type of tournament more based on the specific age group. mohunbaganclub.com wishes all the very best to team MBSFA for today’s grand final. Hope they will be the champion in this tournament as well.