Mohun Bagan’s must win against Rivals

It does not get any bigger than this for Mohun Bagan. If Bagan loses points, advantage Chirag United. If team Mohun Bagan secures full 3points, then they are very close to retain the Kolkata League title.

The match has lost some of its gloss though with the news that Kingfisher East Bengal is much away from the title – and as it stands – they might lose the 4th position of the table if the lose to Mohun Bagan.
 
Even though one would like to see Bagan wins with a huge margin, one would also want to see the best players on the field in the big matches. That is what big matches are all about. Best players, great atmosphere and lots of goals (hopefully). For example, watching Mohun Bagan vs Kingfisher East Bengal without Barreto and Bhaichung is like preparing to go on a dinner with Katrina Kaif only to learn that she is ill and you have to go out with some girl around the corner.
 
Mohun Bagan must go into the game in the best possible manner- score from the very beginning. The team has scored 7 goals in last two matches. Both Barreto and Chidi are scoring goals post Bengali new year. The defense is looking rock solid with Deepak leading from behind.
 
While East Bengal has Alvito suspended, Nirmal away and Yakubu not registered for the match, they will have to grossly depend upon Nabi, Sanju and Mehtab for the game. 
 
Both the teams will play in 4-4-2 formation.
 
Expected teams –
 
Kingfisher East Bengal –
 
Gurpreet (U-19), Khabra, Mehraj, Opara, soumik, Sanju, Bikhokhei, Mehtab, Nabi, Bhaichung, Hammond
 
Mohun Bagan –
 
Sangram, Surkumar, Masih, Deepak, Biswajit, Sueoka, Subhojit(U-19), Mickey, Snehasish, Chidi, Barreto

Picture Courtesy: AAJKAAL

Mohun Bagan 0-0 East Bengal

Mohun Bagan fails to get past a 10-men kingfisher East Bengal. The match ends to a goal-less draw in Sahara Perimier League clash at Yuba Bharati Krirangan here today.

 As Mohun Bagan yet again let a winning chance slip by, the players’ physical pains will be nothing to the fans adn supporters’ mental frustration of being forced to accept another draw against East Bengal.

 

East Bengal were reduced to 10 men when Harmanjot Singh Khabra was sent off in the 73rd minute after a nasty tackle on Snehashish Chakraborty but Mohun Bagan’s strike duo of Jose Ramirez Barreto and Edeh Chidi did not get enough supply from mid-field to take full points from the match. KEB goalkeeper Gurpreet did well to save some sure goals at the dying moments.

Barreto magic is back

Mohun Bagan defeated Air India by 4-0 and brought much needed win for the team. Sueoka and Marcos scored one goal each while Barreto scored twice. 2nd goal of Barreto was the gem of a goal.
However, after six matches Mariners saw themselves on the victory stand. Mariners defeated Air India also in the 1st leg by 5 goals, where Jose Barreto scored hat-trick.







In the match Surkumar Singh and Sangram Mukherjee was missed due to injury, Zenith and Shilton Paul were there in the team in place of them. This was the second match of the coach 3rd coach of the season for Bagan Biswajit Bhattacharya, in the first match Bhattacharya saw a drawn encounter against Salgaocar S.C.

 The home side started in style when in the 7th minute of the match Ryuji Sueoka converted a solo effort past Arnab Das Sharma. (1-0).

In the 21st minute Bagan from a free-kick Brazilian Marcos Pereira scored a wonderful goal a by a direct curling shot and Air India goal-keeper remained stand still.

However in the 32nd minute Air India missed a golden opportunity through Kailash Patil and N.D. Opara.

 In the second half both the teams off to a positive start. In the 60th minute Jose Barreto scored a goal from a pass of Isfaq Ahmed and made the score line much better for mariners. (3-0).Eight minutes later once again a Barreto magic made score line 4-0 for Bagan and it was a geam of a goal. From a flick of Snehasis who came in for Isfaq, Barreto sends a magical volley right in to the net and gave his critics a solid reply.

 Team:

Shilton, Zenith, Dipak, Manju, Biswajit, Ishfaq (Snehasis), Marcos, Manish (James), Sueoka, Chidi, Barreto