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Mohun Bagan trashed Army XI 6-0 in Calcutta Football League!

Calcutta Football LeagueKolkata giants Mohun Bagan AC after not turning up for the derby against East Bengal Club earlier in the week, on Saturday evening trashed Army XI 6-0 in the Calcutta Football League’s Premier Division – A at the floodlit Mohun Bagan ground on the Kolkata Maidans.

Mohun Bagan moved to 19 points from seven matches, while Army XI stay on seven points from the same number of matches.

The Mariners went ahead in the 13th minute through a Daniel Bidemi goal, but they had to wait until the 53rd minute to double their lead with Daniel Bidemi heading in a Thangjam Saran Singh free kick. A minute ahead of the hour mark, Mohun Bagan made it 3-0 with Darryl Duffy putting the ball into the net.

Daniel Bidemi scored his third in the 65th minute before young Azharuddin Mallick made it 5-0 in the 79th minute off a Prabir Das pass. The final nail in the Army XI coffin came once again from Daniel Bidemi, who scored his fourth off a solo effort in injury time.

MATCH STATS

Mohun Bagan AC 6-0 Army XI – Goals: 1-0,2-0,4-0,6-0 Daniel Bidemi (13′,53′,65′,90+2′), 3-0 Darryl Duffy (59′), 5-0 Azharuddin Mallick (79′)

Mohun Bagan AC: Arnab Das Sharma – Tanmoy Ghosh, Raju Eknath Gaikwad (67′ Bikramjit Singh), Ashim Dey, Chinta Chandrashekar Rao – Prabir Das, Pankaj Moula, Thangjam Saran Singh (Sourav Das), Azharuddin Mallick – Daniel Bidemi, Darryl Duffy (63′ Haroon Amiri)

Army XI: Buta Singh – L. Roshendro Singh, Zothanpuia, Karun Subba (23′ N. Suresh Meetei), Surjit Singh – T.C. Lalhuapzauva, D.K. Mahato (??’ Francis), Sunil Bhowmick, Kalesh M.V.; Sanjay Rana (58′ Rajesh Negi), Samu Hambrom

Referee: Arabinda Bera

Man of the Match: Daniel Bidemi (Mohun Bagan AC)

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