🇮🇳 ISL 2020/21 Season-MatchDay 9- Previews, Reviews, Match Results, Discussions - ATK Mohun Bagan, Bengaluru FC, Mumbai & More

What a perfect way to end 2020 - a Hero ISL thriller! :clap: :clap:

For the second match in a row, FC Goa waited till injury time to secure all three points; this time beating Hyderabad FC 2-1 at the Tilak Maidan Stadium. While the first half saw most of its action in the middle of the park, the second half picked up steam with Aridane Santana netting the opening goal of HFCFCG. Super-sub Ishan Pandita entered the action and within 10 seconds restored parity in the 87th minute and then Igor Angulo applied the finishing touch for the Gaurs once again.

Highlights - Hyderabad FC 1-2 FC Goa - Match 43

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Post-match Presentation - Hyderabad FC 1-2 FC Goa - Match 43

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MATCH PREVIEW
Mumbai city FC Vs Kerala blasters FC

Hot favorite is mumbai. If KBFC focuses more on defense some better result may come.
In every section mumbai is better than KBFC.

Then how to break them. Dead lock defense is the only way. The match they lost against NEUFC, because of the same.

KBFC should look for counter attacking football, it they don’t wanna humiliate themselves.

Players to watch out for
GK. : Gomes ( fingers crossed )
Def.: Costa, Kone, Nishu, mortada
Mid : samad, Jahouh , hugo, gomez
Att.: Le fondre, ogbeche

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This is how the ISL points table looks like at the start of 2021!

Good luck teams! :+1:

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FSDL announces schedule for the second leg of ISL 2020/21

  • Kolkata derby between ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal on February 19

  • The second half of the 7th season of the league will start on January 12 with NorthEast United FC taking on Bengaluru FC

  • There will further be seven double-headers in the remainder of the 55 league games of the season, all to be played on Sundays.

  • League phase comes to a close on February 28 - ATK Mohun Bagan will be playing in the final league game of the season against Mumbai City FC

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:seven: different players have scored a :soccer: for Kerala Blasters in ISL 2020-21, the most for any team! :muscle: :muscle:

However, Kerala Blasters have not registered a victory against Mumbai City FC in their last :four: encounters! Will they turn the tables tonight :interrobang: :thinking:

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Mumbai City FC will be aiming for the :top: spot on the first matchday of :two::zero::two::one: :star_struck:

Mumbai City have found the back of the :goal_net: in :six: consecutive matches :fire:

More goals tonight to continue their scoring streak! :fire:

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:two: changes made by Kibu for tonight’s game! :tshirt:

Costa is back in the starting line-up for Kerala while Abdul Hakku is benched. Also, Puitea gets a start!

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Mumbai City FC line-up

Mandar Rao Dessai is back in the squad after taking a personal leave.

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For a player to have completed a minimum of 250 passes at the end of MD8 in the Indian Super League, Mumbai City FC midfielder Hernan has the best passing accuracy of 92.6 amongst all players. Perfection.

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Kerala Blasters feature yet again amongst the top clubs on Social Media, beating the likes of Leicester City and West Ham United on Twitter. :raised_hands:t3::fire:

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Mumbai City returns to the top of the ISL table with a 2-0 win over Kerala Blasters.

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Captain, Amrinder Singh wins the Hero of the Match :raised_hands:

For his exceptional performance in goal. :clap:

Ahmed Jahouh is awarded the DHL Winning Pass of the Match :clap:

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Kerala Blasters took a total of 21 shots and managed 4 on target - same as Mumbai City FC - but could not find the back of the net.

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Kerala Blasters Head Coach Kibu Vicuna After the Match

"We lost the game in the first 11 minutes. We cannot concede like that. But we continued fighting, trying to score goals, staying alive in the match. We played well in the second half, we created chances, pressed high, but we couldn’t score.

“For us the key player was Jahouh but that’s way Vicente was closer to him but his assist from near the goalkeeper was great. In the half time, I told my players we drew against NorthEast United after they led 2-0 so why not today. In my opinion we had chances but we just couldn’t score.”

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Hugo Boumous After the Match

"Amrinder has been outstanding today. He’s a great goalkeeper, one of the best in India if not the best. He made a lot of saves today and he’s very important for us and he’s one of the main reasons for us being on top of the table.

"I think the first one clearly he tackled me, I came down and it was a penalty I think. I am not a player of that manner (simulation-wise)

“We have an offensive style of play. Even if the players are different, we are trying to play the same way. Defensively, we are better than what we were at FC Goa. We have a great goalkeeper, even though Nawaz was also good last season. Jahouh is great with his passes, I am doing well too. Rowllin, Bipin, Raynier, everyone’s doing great. We have a great squad, not only 11 or 20 but 27 players. We are enjoying in training.”

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Final scoreline MCFC 2-0 KBFC

KBFC seriously doesn’t deserve this. They played marvelous in the 2nd half. Wing play was very much well addressed plan. But Mortada fall man he is like Himalayan range. Almost cleared everything.

Ahmed jahouh as usual very much lethal. Hugo boumous was great for the goal but that was due to complete bad defending.

Once again class of refs is a problem in this ISL. From next season they need to address this. Both the penalties are not proper.

One more thing Samad is trying hard but majority of the time either he was selfish or taking wrong decisions. Passing accuracy was horribly low. He has capabilities but need to discipline this kid.

Great game of football. KBFC needs to find the strike force. If that happened, this team could be something else.

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SC East Bengal battle Odisha FC @5pm IST

MATCH PREVIEW:

Robbie Fowler and Stuart Baxter, the coaches of SC East Bengal and Odisha FC, find themselves chasing a similar target. It is about finding the first win for their teams in the Indian Super League, which is on the verge of reaching the halfway stage.

East Bengal and Odisha FC are the only two winless sides in the tournament and currently occupy the bottom two places in the current league standings.

New signing Raju Gaikwad makes his first start for SC East Bengal in the Hero ISL as Robbie Fowler ushers in 2 changes while Odisha FC field an unchanged XI once again.

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It took SC East bengal eight games to register their first win in the ISL, the longest by any team in the competition. The previous team that took the most number of matches to register their first win was FC Goa (5). Rejoice.

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SC East Bengal 3-1 Odisha FC

SC East Bengal celebrated a historic moment by claiming their first-ever Hero ISL win, beating Odisha FC 3-1 at the Tilak Maidan Stadium. Anthony Pilkington gave Robbie Fowler’s side the lead before Jacques Maghoma doubled the advantage with a powerful strike. New signing Bright Enobakhare had a debut to remember as he netted on his debut in the 88th minute. That wasn’t the end of it as the 100th goal of the season was also scored seconds ahead of the full-time whistle.

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