Mumbai City blows away Mohun Bagan; regains crown
Jason Cummings opens the scoring for the hosts, before Pereyra Diaz equalises for the visitors. Substitutes Bipin Singh and Jakub Vojtus then seal the deal for the eventual champion
umbai City FC found the net thrice in the second half to rst erase a goal’s decit and then overwhelm the home favourite Mohun Bagan Super Giant 3-1 in the nal to regain the Indian Super League crown, at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Saturday.
Mohun Bagan enjoyed the lead in the rst half when Jason Cummings found the target just before the break. Argentine forward Pereyra Diaz fetched the equaliser right after the interval before substitutes Bipin Singh and Jakub Vojtus struck once each to complete the triumph for Mumbai City, which last won the cup in 2020-21 beating the same opposition in Goa.
Mohun Bagan opened the scoring, much against the run of play, as a tired Mumbai City seemed to falter in its defensive organization towards the fag end
Mof the rst half. Mohun Bagan started the build up through the left as Liston Colaco located Petratos with a short pass. The Australian forward unleashed a powerful right footer which the Mumbai City goalkeeper Phurba Lachenpa blocked just to see the ball landing on the feet of Cummings positioned right near the spot.
The Mohun Bagan striker made no mistake in slotting the ball home while chipping it over Lachenpa.
Mumbai City, which enjoyed a commanding 66 per cent of possession, had at least three clear chances in the rst 40 minutes. But the Mohun Bagan defence kept a compact shape.
Things changed drastically after the break when Mumbai City arrived with a greater resolve and showed more incisiveness to break Mohun Bagan’s defensive arrangement.
Diaz found the equaliser in the 53rd minute. Bipin Singh gave Mumbai City the lead in the 81st minute while Vojtus completed Mumbai City’s win in injury-time.
The result: Mohun Bagan SG 1 (Cummings 44) lost to Mumbai City FC 3 (Diaz 53, Bipin 81, Vojtus 90+7).
Individual awards: Golden boot: Dimitrios Diamantakos (13 goals, Kerala Blasters).
Golden Ball: Dimitri Petratos (Mohun Bagan).
Best Goalkeeper: Phurba Lachenpa (Mumbai City).
Best Elite Youth Development Program: FC Goa.
Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev beat American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 on Friday to reach his rst Madrid Open nal where he will face Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The Canadian advanced after the Czech Republic’s Jiri Lehecka pulled out injured midway through the rst set of their seminal.
Rublev, the highest seed left in the tournament at the seminal stage, survived an early wobble to see o¤ the 12th seed, and will now be favourite to claim his second title of the year.
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