Reliance Foundation Development League: Mohun Bagan Super Giant Thrash East Bengal FC 5-1 – News18

Mohun Bagan Super Giant thrashed East Bengal FC 5-1 within the East Zone regional qualifier of the Reliance Foundation Development League on the Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Stadium in Barrackpore on Monday.

Mohun Bagan SG’s Suhail Ahmad Bhat netted a brace as Sibajit Singh, Taison Singh and Dippendu Biswas scored one every earlier than Aman CK pulled one again for East Bengal within the dying minutes of the match.

Contrary to the ultimate rating line, it was East Bengal who began the sport on the entrance foot. Gunraj Singh’s free-kick even flippantly rattled the crossbar within the sixth minute.

The Red and Gold devoted had been vociferous within the stands, cheering each move and abusing each opposition participant with the choicest obscenities.

Once the Mariners weathered the preliminary storm, the floodgates opened for the Mohun Bagan supporters.

Sibajit scored a chic free-kick within the twenty third minute after Fardin Ali Molla was felled simply outdoors the penalty field as he tried to chop in from the fitting wing. A superbly positioned deadball into the highest nook meant Ranjit Sarkar had no likelihood within the aim.

As the half rolled on, the younger stars from Mohun Bagan with a number of gamers having senior continental in addition to nationwide expertise, began dictating the tempo in midfield.

Come the forty fourth minute, Suhail was introduced down outdoors the penalty field to cease a lightning break. Taison stepped up

and from a close to-inconceivable angle, slotted residence the second for Mohun Bagan SG.

After the break, Suhail scored two again-to-again objectives.

In the forty eighth minute, Sibajit turned supplier with the free-kick as Suhail turned the ball in from the following melee.

Fardin’s shot was turned behind for a nook within the 67th minute as Taison’s cross discovered the keen head of Suahil as he thundered residence the fourth.

East Bengal supporters began to skinny out on the prospect of a fifth.

All hell broke unfastened when within the 82nd minute, Dippendu climbed the tallest to energy residence a aim.

The remaining pink and yellow-clad supporters had been handled to a face-saving aim from Aman.

With the complete-time whistle, the Mariners cheered but it surely was Mohun Bagan SG coach Bastob Roy who shortly went over to console a tearful East Bengal keeper.

At the submit-match press convention, he was a cheerful man however reminded everybody that the match, despite the fact that a Kolkata derby is being performed between kids.

“As a coach, I am satisfied with just the three points even if it comes by a single goal margin. The rest of the goals are for the supporters. The next two matches are must-win games and we will have to shift our focus quickly to that. We are playing United Sports in a ground [Rabindra Sarobar Stadium] with treacherous conditions and I’m concerned about that,” Bastob Roy mentioned.

“East Bengal conceded the goals in a single spell and hence they suffered a breakdown. It can happen to any team and as this is a development league, we should much rather focus on the learning that these players are gaining,” he added.