Prayag United secured their second win in
their opening back to matches of the I-League 2012-13 season to occupy the
second position in the league table just under Pune FC in goal difference. Odafa
put the Mariners ahead following a goal bound pass from Denson Devdas in just
19th minute of the game, but the Purple side made the fightback from
the behind, equalized just after 8 minutes after conceding the goal, that goal
can be described easily as the grace of the poor Mohun Bagan defence as Sukhen
Dey of Prayag sent in a cross which was deflected in the goal by Khelemba Singh,
beating Mohun Bagan custodian Arindam Bhattacharya who was in a move
towards front with Ranti Martins lurking. According to FIFA’s guideline in
later the goal was awarded to Sukhen Dey despite suggestions of a possible own
goal. Just before the first half whistle Kayne Vincent scored the second for
Prayag following an excellent pass from Carlos Hernandez.
The
lack of understanding in the entire Mohun Bagan side became clearly visible in
different occasions, poor tactics, strategy & game reading power of Mohun
Bagan coach Santosh Kashyap made the situation easier for the opponents.
Meanwhile the Purple side look well determined from the every aspect of the
game moreover they looked like a complete unit due to the good strategy &
good game reading power of Prayag coach Sanjoy Sen.
It seems somewhere Mohun Bagan club is overshadowed by a cursed dark
cloud, everybody expected according to their tradition Mohun Bagan will
fightback & beat Kolkata counterpart Prayag United by a decent margin today,
but in the field the complete opposite story happened in fact. The Mariners
swallowed a 1-2 defeat in front of almost forty thousand homesupporters at Yuva
Bharati Kringan, Salt Lake in Kolkata. Apart from the first twenty minutes it
never looked like the Mariners are in the commanding position in the match.
According to the players status & merit the Purple side is slightly ahead
than the Green & Maroon brigade but the Mariners also started with the best
forwardline of the country right now, how much the Odafa & Tolgay combination
could perform in the ground that is a different issue but according to paper
& whether payment is concern this duo is the best in the country right now.
In
the other hand the purple side looked an oil oiled machine, although they
missed their key defender Belo Razzak due to the red card of last match but it
never reflects in their performance, the two senior pro defenders Deepak Mondal
& Gourmangi Singh were defending smoothly their fortress while the great
hands of Subrata Paul under the goal was giving more reliability in the back.
The Costa Rican international was leading all the attacks from the midfield while Ranti martins & Kayne Vincent was
leading in the upfront.
Whether
the Mohun Bagan defenceline is concern they might have the worst defenceline of
the country right now, Helemba Singh & foreign recruit Eche both of them
unaware of their responsibility in the ground, there wasn’t any combination
between them, moreover Eche is not a player whose physique can take the load of
playing for entire 90 minutes, he never looked he deserves a place in any
I-League side this year. The condition of midfield was equally poor, there isn’t
any good passer & blocker even, rest is Mohun Bagan’s another foreign recruit
Stanley, who doesn’t know himself even why is he recruited & where the team
demands him.
Whatever
I-League is a marathon league, nobody can predict just after two rounds who can
won the crown this season, but till today Prayag looked very much composed,
well determined & a real contender for the crown while if the Mariners want
to something better ahead they have to improve in all the departments.
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