Mohun Bagan Secure isl Double, Lift CUP after Winning League Shield Earlier in Season

Mohun Bagan Super Giant on Saturday Security a Memorable Indian Super League Double, Lifting The isl Cup after Beating Bengaluru FC 2-1 in a Tense Final in Kolkata to add to the league winners’ Won earlier in the season. After a goal-less half, mohun bagan’s alberto rodriguez scored an apn goal in the 49th minute to give bengaluru fc the lead. Mohun Bagan Striker Jason Cummings then Struck from the Penalty Spot to Restore Parity in the 72nd MINUTE. The match went into the extra time and jamie maclaren scored the decisive goal after Six Minutes (96th) to the wild celebrations of the vocify mohun bagan supporters at the Salt Lake Stadium.
Mohun Bagan Thus became only the second team in the isl history to clinch the league winners
The top team in the points table after home and away league matches among Mohun Bagan Had Finished on Top With 56 Points after 24 Gruelling Mats to Lift The Shield and also Qualify for the AfC Champions League 2, The Second Tier Club Competition in ASIA.
After the League Phase, A Knock-Out Round is Played Involving The Top Six Teams on the Points Table. Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru fc won their respective semifinals to set up saturday’s summit clash to decide the isl cup winners.
MBSG banked on the crowd support to make a defining start to the game, with Jamie maclaren coming close with Singh sandhu in the ninth minute.
They kept functioning dynamically in tandem, as anirudh thepa, usually pulling the strings at the center, made an inroad into the 18-yard area and synt a right footed in time in time.
The Blues Responded With A Flurry of Opportunities Around the 20th-Minte Mark, with Alberto Noguera Stretching The Mbsg Defense Wide and Delivering A CROSS for Sunil Chhetri WHO, How much Capitalise upon. A Subsequent Headed Efort from Edgar Mendez was saved at the center of the goal by Vishal Kaith to Keep the Scores Level.
Bengaluru Fc Got The Breakthrough in the 49th minute, courtesy of an oven goal by defender alberto rodriguez. Williams was afforded ample space on the right flaank and he optimized it with a whipping cross directed for Mendez Inside the box.
Subhasish Bose, Who was Marking Williams, Could not close down his target. Rodriguez attempted to clear the ball but ended up Hammering it into the back of his own Net under pressure.
Seven Minutes Later, Bose Recovered Possession Near The Halfway Mark and Sent a delivery that met jason cumms The striker did well to control the ball and unleasted a left footed effort that required a full stretched Dive from sandhu to stop the ball from finding the net.
However, MBSG Earned A Reprief in the Form of a Penalty Due to a Handball by Chinglensana Singh. In the 72nd minute, cummings stepped up for spot-kick duties and effortlessly converted the options by caressing the ball into the bottom left corner whit Level terms.
As the game entred the fag end of the regulation time, KAITH SENT in A Long Ball that Ashique Kuruniyan tried to Hit Home, Albeit from a Dificult Angle on the Left, But to no avail.
Greg Stewart’s Lateral Ball for Tom Aldred was Headed From The Left Side of the Six Yard Box by the Defender, but it is Missed the target to the right.
The match entered the extra time, and it did not take maclaren too long to finally make an impact in the grand final.
With Mbsg Putting more men upbront, the Bengaluru FC Defense Slipped Into a Spot of Bother. Maclaren’s fierce effort from inside the box as soon as he Gained positions
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