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Mohun Bagan held to surprise goalless CFL draw by Peerless SC!

Calcutta Football LeagueKolkata giants Mohun Bagan dropped their first points in the Calcutta Football League – Premier Division ‘A’ due to a surprise goalless draw against Peerless SC at the floodlit Mohun Bagan ground on the Kolkata Maidans.

With this draw Mohun Bagan stay behind archrivals East Bengal with now 13 points from five matches.

Mohun Bagan as expected had more of the game in the first session, but chances were few and the best of the half fell to Peerless SC but their African striker Kromah wasted it by shooting wide.

Things did not change after the break as Peerless defended deep and relied on counter attacks, while Mohun Bagan had problems to break them down. The best chance of the match fell to Argha Chakraborty but his shot only hit the woodwork while Mohun Bagan’s best was an attempt by Prabir Das but an alert keeper Sankar Roy denied his team the goal, which later earned him the Man of the Match award.

Peerless with the draw remain the danger team for Mohun Bagan this season after having beaten the Mariners in a pre-season friendly.

MATCH STATS

Mohun Bagan AC 0-0 Peerless SC – Goals: none

Mohun Bagan: Arnab Das Sharma – Deepak Devrani (62′ Tanmoy Ghosh), Sanjay Balmuchu, Raju Eknath Gaikwad, Sarthak Golui – Prabir Das, Robinson Singh, Thangjam Saran Singh, Tapan Maity (51′ Daniel Bidemi) – Azharuddin Mallick, Darryl Duffy (86′ Ajay Singh)

Peerless SC: Sankar Roy – Arijit Bagui, Eze Kingsley Obumnems, Akhil Rajbanshi, Zoheb Hassan – Argha Chakraborty, Sukhwinder Singh, Sharukh Rahman (90′ Rahul Jaiswal), Syed Rahim Nabi – Ghrnefo Ansumana Agogo Kromah, Laltu Hembram (85′ Laxmi Kanta Mandi)

Referee: Tanmoy Dhar

Man of the Match: Sankar Roy (Peerless SC)

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