Mohun Bagan started with the 4-4-1-1 formation, with
a lone striker Odafa in the upfront & Stanely played as a schemer role just
in behind of the Odafa. The visitors also started with the same formation with
Sean Rooney as a lone striker in the upfront.
The
home side got their first goal from a corner taken by Snehashish Chakroborty from the right side,
Nirmal Chhetri headed the ball towards Denson Devdas who directed the ball
towards net cleverly making two Salgaocar defenders completely full.
Just
after swallowing that goal entire Salgaocar side looked a bit of charged of,
they started to compose & dominate the midfield, almost they could have their
equalizer even but they might consider unlucky themselves, the Mariners
custodian failed to grip a strong grounder taken by Sean Rooney, but it went
past just kissing the goalpost.
The
Green & Maroon brigade got their second goal against the complete run of
the play at the 19th minute of the game. This time it’s Odafa’s turn
who nested the ball right inside the net beating two of the away defenders pulling
them almost from the 20yards distance outside the box.
In the
61st minute home side scored the third courtesy Stanely & sealed the match on
their fore. The Salgaocar defense shattered by a solo run by Rahim Nabi from the
ride side of the top box, when he passed
the ball to Stanley beating opponent defence then Stanley didn’t have anything
much to do apart from placing the ball into the net.
After
that goal the home side could have increased their lead easily but they failed
to convert all those. Odafa himself singlehandedly created three more
opportunities but these time the luck helped the visitors two way passed more
miseries.
Now
the Mariners are moving like an well oiled machine under the supervision of
stopgap coach Mridul Banerjee, since last four matches they are able to pick up
10 points out of 12 & with 12 points from total six matches yet puts them
in the fifth position in the I-League table just in behind of East Bengal(14 points
in 6 matches), Dempo (13 points from 6 matches), Churchill Brothers ( 12 points
from 6 matches) & Prayag United ( 10 points from 5 matches), makes the
situation smoother for the upcoming coach Karim Bencharifa also form here they
look like they are once again back into the contender of I-League crown.
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