Denson and Kingshuk returned from office duty

Bagan had a no practice session today as they played the match yesterday. They had a swimming pool session today and all the players enjoyed a lot to keep them fresh. After derby win this team is changed a lot and they seem to have get back their confidence. Coach Karim is aware of that and that is why he already told that only one final has been played, still four finals to go to win the trophy. By this statement of the chief coach, the mental strength of a team can be understood easily. Meanwhile, experienced players like Denson Devdas and Kingshuk Debnath returned to Bagan camp after completing their office duty. Both the players did not play the last match against Mumbai FC as they returned back to Kolkata from Kerala to play for their office team Income Tax.

While asking about their next match against Shilong Lajong, Karim Bencharifa is very confident to get the success in the match and he also expressed his confidence about his team tham his defence will block well Trinidad’a player Glen of Lajong. As Odafa will play the Saturday’s match, so it has given more and more confidence to Karim and his team. This is very rare occassion in this season, when all the four foreginers will be in the first-XI for Bagan. If Bagan win Saturday’s match they will be well advanced to go to Semi-final. The match will start from 4.00pm.

Bagan starts Fed Cup with victory (1-0)

Mohun Bagan began their Fed Cup campaign with 1-0 victory against Mumbai FC. Christopher Chizoba is the only scorer for Bagan, while Bagan should have win the match at least 3 goals, if Ram Malik and Christopher would be more perfect. Ram Malik missed the open net in fact. Odafa Okolie did not play today’s match, though there was a news that he can play from the beginning. Karim might have been taken a chance to start without him. However, Bagan snatched the victory over Mumbai FC in the first match of Fed Cup. Bagan will next play against Shillong Lajong on Saturday from 4 pm at Cochin. Meanwhile, in another match Shillong Lajong today thrashed Sakgaocar by 4-0. It means, the next match for Bagan is the must win match. Point table of Group C below.

 https://www.mohunbaganclub.com/points_view.php?fid=NDA=

Group – C (Cochin)                
Teams P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
Shillong Lajong 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
McDowell Mohun Bagan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
Mumbai FC 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Salgaocar  1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

Kick-off for Fed Cup

The 35th AIFF Federation will start from today at Cochin and Manjeri in the state of Kerala. Top sixteen teams of the country will participate in the tournament and the teams will be divided in the four groups. The two Semifinals and Final will be played at Cochin on 23rd and 25th January respectively.

 Here are the groups and schedule of 35th AIFF Federation Cup:

 

Group A (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Cochin)

Churchill Brothers, United Sports, Pune FC, Eagles FC

Group B (MDS Complex, Manjeri)

Sporting Clube de Goa, Bengaluru FC, Rangdajied United FC, Kingfisher East Bengal

Group C (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Cochin)

McDowell’s Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar SC, Mumbai FC, Shillong Lajong FC

Group D (MDS Complex, Manjeri) 

Dempo SC, Mohammedan Sporting, Bhawanipore FC, United Sikkim FC

 

January 14, 2014
Churchill Brothers vs United Sports 
Pune FC vs Eagles FC 
Dempo SC vs Bhawanipore FC 
Mohammedan Sporting vs United Sikkim FC

January 15, 2014
Salgaocar SC vs Shillong Lajong FC 
McDowell’s Mohun Bagan vs Mumbai FC 
Rangdajied United FC vs Kingfisher

East Bengal Bengaluru FC vs Sporting Clube de Goa


January 17, 2014
United SC vs Pune FC
Eagles FC vs Churchill Brothers
Bhawanipore FC vs Mohammedan Sporting
United Sikkim FC vs Dempo SC


January 18, 2014
McDowell’s Mohun Bagan vs Shillong Lajong

Mumbai FC vs Salgaocar SC
Sporting Clube de Goa vs Kingfisher East Bengal

Rangdajied United FC vs Bengaluru FC


January 20, 2014
United SC vs Eagles FC

Churchill Brothers vs Pune FC
Bhawanipore FC vs United Sikkim FC (5 p.m.)
Dempo SC vs Mohammedan Sporting (7:30 p.m.)

January 21, 2014
Shillong Lajong vs Mumbai FC

McDowell’s Mohun Bagan vs Salgaocar SC
Sporting Clube de Goa vs Rangdajied United FC

Bengaluru FC vs Kingfisher East Bengal


SEMI FINALS:
January 23, 2014
Winner of Group A vs Winner of Group C

Winner of Group B vs Winner of Group D

FINAL:
January 25, 2014
Winner of Semi Final 1 vs Winner of Semi Final 2