Greg Stewart is the player of the match!

Full Time -East Bengal – 0 Mohun Bagan – 2 ( Jamie, Dimitri)

90+6′ Jason booked!

90+5′ Another corner for Bagan

90+3′ – Corner wasted by Bagan

90+2′ Sahal, Deepak in for Apuia, Alberto

90+1′ Liston , Greg out – Ashique, Jason in

90′ 6 mins added to the clock

88:20′ And Dimitri converts the penalty ! Its 2-0 for Bagan

88′ Penalty !  Gill blocks Dimitri and referee makes no mistake this time

83′ Anwar fouls Greg – another penalty denied!

81′ Two back to back EB attacks foiled by Bagan defense

79′ Alberto fails to connect from 4 yards!

78′ Lakra booked for foul on Manvir

75′ Greg shot goes out

74′ Manvir fouled inside EB box. Clear penalty denied

73′ Talal attempt – ball in Vishal’s safe hands

70′ Dimitri in for Jamie

68′ What was Liston thinking! He took a shot from 20 yards – straight to Gill!

64′ Liston fails to convert from 4 yards!

62′ Manvir seems to have a muscle pull!

59′ Corner for EB. Brilliant counter attack by Liston – but fails to get past Gill

57′ Alberto booked for foul on Talal

55′ Corner for Bagan. Liston attempt goes wide

53′ Apuia shot goes wide

52′ Jamie attempt foiled .Corner

50′ Manvir shot way off target!

48′ Greg foils EB attack – places the ball well for Liston , Liston cross – Jamie fails to connect – ball goes to Manvir but he fails to convert!

47′ Apuia booked for foul on Souvik

45:01′ Match resumes after lemon break

HT Mohun Bagan -1 (Jamie) East Bengal 0

45+2′ Liston long ranger goes out

3 minutes added to the clock

45′ Lakra elbows Manvir – referee ignores

40:55 GOALLLLLLL – It’s Jamie. Manvir from right passes the ball into the box and Jamie places it well past Gill.

40′ Another Bagan attempt foiled by EB defense. Ball straight in Gill’s hands

36′  Corner for Bagan. Foiled.

35′ Finally a booking. Souvik booked for foul on Greg.

31′ Liston attempt saved. Corner. Greg attempt saved. Corner – ball in Gill’s hands.

28′ Cleiton fouls Tom. No card shown.

26′ Quick counter attack by EB – Talal shot goes wide

25′ Manvir attempt foiled. Corner. Saved by Yuste.

23′ Corner for East Bengal. Vishal collects the ball – long throw towards Liston on right – ball cleared by Gill

19′ Manvir goal cancelled as Assistant referee calls for an offside!

18′ Unbelievable miss by Jamie from 2 Yards!!!

16′ Jamie attempt foiled. Corner for Bagan

15′ Clieton shot off target. Goal kick for Bagan

12′ EB counter attack – Cleiton attempt – ball in Vishal’s safe hands.

10′ Liston move from left- ball goes out

6′ Yuste foils Liston attempt – Corner. Ball cleared.

4′ Another move from right. Corner earned. Ball collected by Gill.

3′ Brilliant move from the right but EB defense does well to block Manvir and Jamie attack!

1′ Bad tackle by Souvik on Liston, referee ignores

0′ East Bengal kick off

Referee : Tejas Nagvenkar

Squad: Vishal(1) , Bose (15), Alberto (21), Tom (5) , Rai(44), Apuia(45)  Liston (17), Thapa(6), Greg(10), Manvir(11), Jamie(29)

Bose awarded Player of the match. Apuia remains a hidden Hero.

Full Time – It’s 3-0 for Mohun Bagan. Jamie, Bose , Greg scored for Mohun Bagan.

90+3′ Ashique shot saved

90+1′ Ashique brilliance but Suhail misses from 3 yards!

5 mins added to the clock

89′ Dimitri shot goes wide

88′ Apuia fouled

87′ MSC attempt off target

86′ Liston attempt off target

82 ‘Ashique fouled!

81′ Deepak, Ashique in for Greg, Thapa

77′ Tom booked

75′ Dimitri, Suhail in for Jamie , Manvir

73′ What a poor judgement by Liston. Bagan had an advantage but he unnecessarily went fora long ranger – straight to the goalie. Jamie was in an advantage position!

72′ Tom foils an MSC move. Corner. 

70′ Greg move blocked inside the box

69′ Manvir attempt saved

68′ Liston free kick goes wide

67′ Zuidika booked for foul on Liston

66′ Greg shot goes wide

62′ Liston fails to place from 3 yards!

55′ Manvir booked

53′ Rai long ranger goes wide

52′ Manvir grounder saved

48′ Manvir attempt foiled

46′ – Liston attempt straight to goalie

45:01′ Match resumes after lemon break

HT – It’s 3-0 for Mohun Bagan in the break!

45’+1′ Bose header goes wide

45′ Manvir brilliance – but ball saved by MSC defense

35:12′ Greg gets into the D and places the ball well. It is 3-0 for Mohun Bagan!

32′ Bora booked

30:50′ – Greg free kick – Bose makes it 2-0

30′ Adjei booked

29′ Manvir brilliant move from the right – Jamie was close to score a double!

28′ Jamie booked!

24′ Alexis booked for foul on Thapa

21′ Liston attempt in vain !

19′ Thapa fouled. Franca booked

17′ Jamie attempt straight to goalie

12′ – Liston shot saved

7:45 – and Jamie scores! Mohun Bagan up 1-0. It was a corner and Liston corner finds Greg – his back header goes to Jamie and Jamie heads the ball into the net.

4′ Goalie fists out Apuia long ranger

3′ Jamie attempt straight to Goalie

0′- Kick off by MB

Squad: Vishal(1) , Bose (15), Alberto (21), Tom (5) , Rai(44), Apuia(45)  Liston (17), Thapa(6), Greg(10), Manvir(11), Jamie(29) 

Mohun Bagan had shown a terrible show so far in this season. The reasons why the team is having poor show , and the team has been reduced to a “one half” team – needs a retrospect.

Categories

• Coach – and his lack of vision in setting the right team after 6 games
• Captain – his lackluster attitude and clueless defending
• Senior players’ lack of confidence

The coach has got 6 games to find out the right combination of the team. He has placed 6 different playing XI in all these 6 games.  He finally realised that with Bose , Tom and Rai – you can’t go for a 3-5-2 combination. He has realised that 4 defenders is the right combination when these defenders are fielded. He then puts up two defensive midfielders before the defense – leading to a lack of an attacking midfielder – match after match. He could have fielded just Deepak Tangri as a defensive midfielder who should have been a better choice any day.

The coach does not have confidence to field an attacking midfield for unknown reasons. In spite of fielding a defensive formation – only one game saw clean sheet – and Bagan conceded at an average of 2 goals in the rest of the games. The coach decides to have a zero left wing in the first half against Bengaluru FC ! Why ? The confidence he has on Shubhashish Bose is stunning. 

Bose has never been able to foil fast attacks unless he becomes physical. He can be dribbled easily, He can get into false position easily. Bose goes on attack and either puts the ball into no man’s zone or loses the control – and is slow enough to get back to his position. However, he has got 90 mins of game – match after match, while video recordings of the games will show at times he tries to hide behind Tom exposing the left flank. Why is coach unable to give  Amandeep match time? What is coach’s interest in giving Bose opportunities match after match ?

Coach either takes Liston off or Manvir off from time to time in first XI leading to a problem in the balance of the team. Sahal had been instrumental in assisting goals , just like Liston or Manvir – but he is not placed in playing XI !

Dimitri or Jason don’t get balls at all in the attacking third – did the coach find out why ? The confidence level of these players are at all time low – has the coach even considered addressing the same?

 

Coach’s love towards Bose and lack of confidence in a formation of Liston, Deepak, Sahal, Manvir is costing Bagan heavily – match after match.  IF the coach is unable to address the problems, Bagan will be in a disastrous position in ISL soon.