MBSG registers a facile win over JFC
Petratos, Cummings, and Sadiku find the net as the home team moves to second spot in the standings ahead of Mumbai
ohun Bagan Super Giant (MBSG) regained its winning form with a comfortable 30 win against Jamshedpur FC (JFC) and rise to the second spot in the current standings, in an ISL10 fixture here on Friday.
Australian Dimitri Petratos found the lead early in the opening quarter of the action before Jason Cummings and substitute Armando Sadiku found the net once each in the third and fourth quarters to complete Bagan’s convinc
Ming win over its opponent from the neighbouring city.
Mohun Bagan has tallied 33 points from 16 outings to edge Mumbai City FC (on 32 from 16) to the third spot in the standings. Odisha FC, which continues to lead the list with 35 points, has played a match more than its immediate challengers.
Having failed to beat Odisha in its previous outing at the latter’s home, MBSG showed the resolve to pick up the full quota of points at home.
Jamshedpur realised that early as Petratos buried the ball in the Jamshedpur net after receiving an assist from Manvir
Singh minute.
Manvir, who was supported exceptionally well by the Finnish playmaker Joni Kauko, set up yet another assist in the 68th minute that pried open the Jamshedpur defence and helped Cummings finish a wellconceived move.
Sadiku, who came in as a 70th minute substitute, produced the final goal in the 81st minute as Manvir ran up through the left wing to set up a backcentre on the Jamshedpur goalmouth which the former finished with a leftfooted drive. in the seventh
The result: Mohun Bagan 3 (Petratos 7, Cummings 68, Sadiku 81) bt Jamshedpur 0.
Kerala Police women triumph
NAGPUR: Kerala Police comfortably beat Rajasthan 6947 and won the women’s title in the AllIndia Police Games here on Friday night.
In the men’s section, Punjab and Rajasthan entered the final while Kerala Police finished third.
The results: Men: Semifinals: Punjab 54 (Amandeep Singh Gill 15, T.P. Singh 12) bt Kerala 24; Rajasthan 91 (Abbas 27, Krisham Pal 17, Piyush 16, Aditya 13, Deepak 13) bt CISF 88 (Prasun Mishra 32, Devendra Choudhary 20). Third place: Kerala Police 104 bt CISF 83.
Women: Final: Kerala 69 (S. Aishwarya 16, N. Athulya 15, Jayalaxmi 13) bt Rajasthan 47 (Asha 10).
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