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Mohammedan Sporting upset Mohun Bagan in Calcutta Football League!

mohun-bagan-mohammedan-sportingMohammedan Sporting Club finished their campaign in the ongoing Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division – A with a surprise 1-0 derby win over Mohun Bagan AC at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The all important goal came in the 61st minute through substitute striker Leonce Dodoz which eventually separated the teams in a evenly matched tie.

Going into the match Mohammedan Sporting coach Mridul Banerjee made four changes to the starting XI by handing starts to Sourav Chakraborty, Parminder Singh, Mohammad Saukat and Alexandre Tabillon at the expenses of Rana Gharami, Atinder Mani, Mumtaz Akhtar and Dodoz.

Mohammedan Sporting began the game in attacking mode and created a couple of close chances early on. While Manvir Singh and Alexandre did well to get into spaces, the duo lacked the finishing in Mohun Bagan’s final third.

As the half progressed, Mohammedan Sporting started dominating the possession. On the other hand, Mohun Bagan defended deep and had their custodian Arnab Das Sarma to thank after he denied Manvir, Alexandre and Parminder on multiple occasions as both sides went into the breather tied at goalless.

The second half was a similar story as Mohammedan Sporting dominated majority of the proceedings and attacked with intensity looking for the breakthrough but once again the finishing was missing from the attackers.

However, Mohammedan Sporting’s persistence finally paid off as they went ahead just past the hour mark when Dodoz, who replaced Alexandre just at the stroke of half time, slotted home the opener after being set up by Manvir.

Mohun Bagan, meanwhile, tried hard for the equalizer in the remainder of the game but thanks to keeper James Kithan, who pulled off some brilliant saves, Mohammedan Sporting managed to hold on to their slender advantage and walked away with all three points.

The win propelled Mohammedan Sporting into second spot with 20 points from 10 games and they could finish as runners-up if Tollygunge Agragami, who are on 11 points from 7 outings, drop points in any of their remaining games.

Mohammedan Sporting Club: James Kithan – Nitesh Chhikara, Lancine Toure (c), Sourav Chakraborty, Pranit Lama – Parminder Singh (86′ Sonam Bhutia), Mohammad Saukat (59′ Mumtaz Akhtar), Dipankar Das, Dipendu Dowary – Manvir Singh, Alexandre Tabillon (45′ Leonce Dodoz)

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