Mohun Bagan Crushes ONGC By 5-1 In Durand Cup

Mohun Bagan established a 5-1 victory over ONGC in their opening quarter final league match of the 122nd Durand Cup football tournament, played on Wednesday.

 

After their IFA Shield final loss to Churchill Brothers, Mohun Bagan has showcased a solid performance at the 17th Durand Cup title at the Ambedkar Stadium.

 

Bagan could have won by a bigger margin, but Jose Barreto missed a penalty. The Brazilian, however, made up for the loss scoring a brilliant goal in the 43rd minute in the group two match of the tournament.

 

Mohun Bagan controlled the match right from the start as Chidi and Barreto combined well to unnerve the ONGC defence. ONGC striker’s Baba Tunde and Lalsangzuala didn’t get much support from the half-line. Tunde, however, managed to score the solitary goal in the 82nd minute.

 

The 16-time champions took the lead in the ninth minute after an unmarked Surkumar hit from a rebound off James Singh's perfect flag-kick.

 

Nigerian Chidi doubled the score seven minutes later. Mohun Bagan went into the break with a 3-0 lead.ONGC failed to revitalize even after the breather. Lalsangzuala well-directed shot was saved by goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee.

 

Chidi netted again in the 82nd minute from Shanta Kumar's precise pass. Surkumar struck again in the dying minutes with a long ranger to complete the tally.

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Mohun Bagan beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 in I-league

Kolkata, Feb 16 :  Mohun Bagan today crossed a hurdle on their way to regain the title as they beat Mohammedan Sporting by a solitary first-half goal in an absorbing 15th round match of ONGC I League soccer championship at Salt Lake stadium.

The goal was smartly netted by skillful Bagan medio James Singh in the early first half.

With this victory Bagan maintained the top position in the league table with 33 points, two points ahead of their nearest rival Sporting Clube de Goa.

The green and maroon also set a new record of winning ten matches on the trot. Mohammedan Sporting remained at the last but one position with 13 points.

The match between any two of the three Kolkata giants is always a very keen affair irrespective of their position in the league table. Tonight’s tie also proved so as both the teams forced a number of raids on the rival forts alternately.

The Bagan defenders, specially Dipak Mondal and their medio Rakesh Mashi played well to foil quite a few Mohammedan moves while their medio Ishfaq Ahmed fed their strikers duo Baichung and Barreto with fine passes.

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Mohun Bagan beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 in I-league

Mohun Bagan on Sunday crossed a hurdle on their way to regain the title as they beat Mohammedan Sporting by a solitary first-half goal in an absorbing 15th round match of ONGC I League soccer championship at Salt Lake stadium.

The goal was smartly netted by skillful Bagan medio James Singh in the early first half.

With this victory Bagan maintained the top position in the league table

with 33 points, two points ahead of their nearest rival Sporting Clube de Goa.

The green and maroon also set a new record of winning ten matches on the trot.

Mohammedan Sporting remained at the last but one position with 13 points.

The match between any two of the three Kolkata giants is always a very keen affair irrespective of their position in the league table. Tonight's tie also proved so as both the teams forced a number of raids on the rival forts alternately.

The Bagan defenders, specially Dipak Mondal and their medio Rakesh Mashi played well to foil quite a few Mohammedan moves while their medio Ishfaq Ahmed fed their strikers duo Baichung and Barreto with fine passes.

Though Bagan maintained an edge, Mohammedan defenders marked both the strikers well and stopped them from doing further damage.

Mohammedan forwards Mike Okoro and Eugene Grey also had their chances but they failed to convert them into goals.

Bagan forged ahead in the 14th minute.

Barreto, following a combined move, took a shot at the Mohammedan goal which rebounded hitting a rival defender.

Alert Bagan midfielder James Singh seized the opportunity and shot a timely left footer grounder which gave Mohammedan goal keeper Nasim Akhtar no chance at all (1-0).

Stung by the reverse Mohammedan went all out and came near scoring in the 44th minute but a smart header by their medio Gautam Thakur off striker Eugene Grey went over narrowly.

The second half saw Bagan going a little defensive to keep their fort intact during which Mohammedan made some moves without any result.

Mohammedan had another chance to restore parity but in the 71st minute, Jyothi Kumar shot over from top of the box off a pass from Okoro.

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I-League: Lalwampuia Has To Mend His Ways - Anjan Mitra

Mohun Bagan secretary Anjan Mitra stated that the club would speak to Lalwampuia’s parents and even send him to a rehab centre to get rid of his alcoholism altogether.



This comes after the Mizoram player was taken into police custody for creating a ruckus on Saturday night. After his drinking session, Lalwampuia’s bike hit a car and the player got into a heated exchange thereafter.

The Kolkata club officials intervened and helped him out of the police station. The striker did report to the afternoon training session but was asked to leave but the club authorities.

Speaking to Goal.com, Mitra said, “He (Lalwampuia) is such a talented player but he has to mend his ways now. This isn’t the first time he is involved in such incidents. It tarnishes the reputation of our club especially at a time when we are doing so well.

“Whatever action has to be taken will be on Monday. We might even send him to a rehab centre. We are to speak to his parents and discuss his problem. Any harsh decision by us at this point of time would affect his playing career.”

Lalwampuia is known to report drunk at the training sessions, or get into arguments with his fellow team-mates. The striker has always been a trouble maker and which is one of the reasons why he has always remained a ‘player to watch’.     

Rahul Bali.

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Bagan emerge leader, record ninth consecutive win

Kolkata, Feb 7 Mohun Bagan climbed to the top spot with a Bhaichung Bhutia strike to defeat Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 and set up an I-League record of nine wins on the trot here Friday.

The seasoned Bhutia found the winner in the 76th minute to take Bagan’s tally to 30 points from outings. Sporting, who led the table before this match, slipped to the second spot with 28 points after playing the same number of matches as Bagan.

Substitute Lalkamal Bhowmick’s corner was ably side-volleyed by Jose Barreto and Bhutia avoided two Sporting players to slot home with a left footer after a superb half-turn that left rival goalkeeper Felix D’Souza stranded.

Bagan, whose attackes were more penetrative, could have scored in the opening half itself.
A minute from the breather, James Singh crossed from the right and Bhutia headed the ball that crashed against the far post before ricocheting off Sporting Clube goalie Felix D’Souza who seemed to be inside the line when the ball hit him. However, referee P.K. Bose allowed play to go on.
In the second half, Bhutia’s header was once again saved off the line by Joseph Pereira.

Sporting had a couple of chances too, but Bagan custodian Sangram Mukherjee brought off fine saves to thwart Eliza Junior and Nathaniel Amos.

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Bagan beat Dempo 1-0, clinch Federation Cup

Kolkata, Dec 22 : Jose Ramirez Barreto scored the solitary goal late in the second-half to give Mohun Bagan a 1-0 win over 10-man Dempo as the green-and-maroon brigade clinched their 13th Federation Cup title here today.

Irrespective of the absence of their regular skipper Bhaichung Bhutia out due to knee ankle injury, Mohun Bagan dominated the final right from the start on a misty and cold evening at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake stadium.

Having missed a couple of chances and playing goalless in the first-half, Mohun Bagan tried their best after the changeover and PC Lalawmpuia almost scored immediately after the break but only to see his shot going out of target.

In the 67th minute, Lalawmpuia got a golden chance but only to see his shot saved as corner was given in favour of Mohun Bagan. Lal Kamal took the corner which looped into the Dempo box as Habibur Rahman Mondal headed it for Barreto to take the shot.

The Brazilian’s powerful strike hit the cross before going into the Dempo net as the boisterous home crowd began celebration bursting firecrackers.

The Barreto goal also avenged Mohun Bagan’s 0-2 loss to Dempo the last time the two teams met in a Federation Cup final in 2004.

Dempo looked for for an equaliser with the Goans charging up after the conceding the goal but in turn they were reduced to 10-man army with their ace striker Ranty booked twice after the Nigerian brought down Marcos Pereira in the 78th minute.

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