I-LEAGUE - Mohun Bagan beat Pailan Arrows in home match also
27.01.2012 : KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
McDowells Mohun Bagan struck twice in the second half to blank Pailan Arrows 2-0 in a 17th round I-League encounter played at the Salt Lake Stadium on Friday. It was charismatic Jose Berreto who opened the score for Mohun Bagan in 64th minute. India International Jewel Raja scored the second goal in the 77th minute.
The first-half was a story of missed chances as both teams failed to make use of their opportunities. The Arrows were in fact, unlucky not to be awarded a penalty when Rahim Nabi pushed Bijendra Rai inside the box. Bagan on the other hand seemed clueless. They seemed to be dazed by their young opponents and kept losing possession in the midfield. And on occasions they entered the rival box, they lost control.
Changing sides, it was, however, a different story. Bagan came out with some zeal to make a comeback. Eventually, Jose Berreto headed home in the 64th minute off a precise corner from Hudson Lima to give the much desired lead to the home side. Spurred, Bagan went all out. They staged numerous attacks and in the 77th minute, Jewel Raja tapped it in off a perfectly placed pass by Rahim Nabi.
Pailan seemed to lack experience and missed several chances from which they should have scored. With this win Mohun Bagan move to 30 points from 17 matches while Pailan Arrows stay at 7 points from 15 outings.
LIVE COMMENTARY OF THE MATCH - MRINAL KANTI NATH
27.01.2012: Mohun Bagan 2-0 Pailan Arrows (KOL - FT.)
PAI: Naveen, Rajib, Lalrozama, Protomesh, Gurtej Sr., Probir, Gurtej Jr., Bikramjeet, Jeevan, Sabeeth (Ajay), Bijendra.
MMB : Sangram, Surkumar, Kingshuk, Anwar, Masih, Nabi(Dhanarajan), Lima, Jewel, Chettri(Ashim), Barreto( Manish M), Odafa.
In matches between the two sides so far, Chidi Edeh, Muritala Ali, Odafa Okolie (all Mohun Bagan) and Jeje Lalpeklua (Arrows) have scored three goals each.
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FT : Match end. Mohun Bagan won 2-0 against Pailan home match.
90+2': Rajib Ghosh fouled Kingshuk.
90': Still Bagan is leading 2-0.
89': PLAYER CHANGE: Mohun Bagan. Nabi out and Dhanarajan in..
88': PLAYER CHANGE: Mohun Bagan. Barreto out and Manish Maithani in..
81': Breaking NMEWS : Churchill Brothers is leading 1-0 after 12 minutes against East Bengal.
80': PLAYER CHANGE: Pailan. Tirthankar in and Jeevan out.
77': Mohun Bagn is leading 2-0 now.
76': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 2nd goal of Bagan. Jewel Raja scored from Rabi's brilliant pass.
75': Mohun Bagan is leading 1-0.
73': Pailan is trying to equalize the scoreline.
72': Lima's coener cleared.
71': Rakesh Masih's left footer from out side box, went for Corner.
70': Barreto fouled a Pailan Player.
70': Mohun Bagan is leading 1-0 now.
67': YELLOW CARD : Lima of Bagan after goal.
65': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL..Barreto for Bagan. Lima's corner and Barreto's header.
64': Bagan won a corner from Odafa's attack which blocked by Naveen Kumar.
63': Pailan won a corner in right side, Ajay singh's header from corner went out.
PLAYER CHANGE: Pailan. Sabeeth out out and Ajay singh came in.
60': Nabi's right footer from out side box went out. Good effort of Nabi.
58': Corner for Bagan in left from an atack of LIMA. Well effort of Jewel from Corner, his right footer went out over the cross bar.
57': Baga got a chance through Barreto but his shot deflected and out.
PLAYER CHANGE: Mohun Bagan. Sunil chettri out and Ashim Biswas came in.
55': In first leg Pailan's Lalrozama scored first within 5 minutes and Odafa equalized that in 65th minutes.
55': Still no score in the match.
53': Rajib was bad tackled Nabi. Free kick for Pailan. No impact.
51': Long ball of Barreto towards Lime but Ball went to Naveen before reaching of Lima.
50': No impact in Free kick, cleared
50': YELLOW CARD : Kinshuk of Bagan.
49': Kingshuk and Bijendra collide, Bijendra injured now fit. Free kick for Pailan.
49': Bijendra Rai's attack cleared from Bagan defence.
46': Lalrozama's long shot went wide.
46': 2nd half starts.
HT: It's half time now in the match. No score.
45': Still no score in the match.
44': Sabeeth to Jurtej to Bijendra in out side Bagan Box but Bijendra's weak shot went out.
44': Bagan won 6th corner. Jewels kick and Barreto's nice effort of side volley went out from 6 yards
This will be Mohun Bagan's 315th match in NFL/I League and they have scored 415 goals so far.
42': Bagan won a corner in right. Jewel's shot cleared.
41': Odafa shot went wide.
38': No score yet in the match.
35': Sangram saved a shot of Jeevan.
35': Still no score in the match.
33': Bad shot of Surkumar from right out side box. Ball went wide.
The match will be Pailan Arrows' 41st match in I-League and they have scored 39 goals so far.
30': Jeevan to Gurtej in Bagan box and Gurtej's shot wenot out.
28': BREAKING NEWS : Bengal and Mizoram made goalless match in AIFF U-19 Dr. B.C.Roy Trophy at Silliguri.
26'; Barreto's shot from out side box went out.
25': Gurtej's right footer from out side box from a well movement went wide.
24': Bijendra's shot went out from close. Well attack of Pailan form 5 passes attack .
23': Lima's shot went wide.
22': Well effort of Prabir Das from right side but cleared . Counter attack of Bagan.
19': Still no score in the match.
STATS: Upto 14th match so far Pailan Arrows was winless like HAL who played 16 matches so far..
17': Pailan attacked from left through Jeevan Singh but Surkumar well defended him.
15': Masih effort went out.
STATS:In matches between the two sides so far, Chidi Edeh, Muritala Ali, Odafa Okolie (all Mohun Bagan) and Jeje Lalpeklua (Arrows) have scored three goals each.
12': Free Kick for Pailan. Bijendra's shot and Jeevan Singh shot went out.
11': Lima's effortless corner kick.
10': Good effort of Odafa. His right footer from out side box went for corner.
10': No score yet.
8': Free Kick of Bagan. Jewel's shot went direct to Naveen Kumar.
7': YELLOW CARD : Jeevan Singh of Pailan.
7': Odafa injured. Jeeban Singh fouled Odafa.
: STAT. Jeje of Pailan Arrows( Indian Arrows) scored hatrick against Mohun Bagan in their last year's 5-4 win..
5': Agains attack of Pailan. Bijendra's effort dismissed by Nabi in left.
5': No score in the match.
4': Sabeeth's well attack from Bijendra's pass but cleared by Bagan defence.
3': Jewel crossed from right abd Odafa's weak header cleared. Counter Attack of Pailan.
3': ODafa and Sinil playing in forward while Barreto in midfield.
2': Counter attack of Pailan, Jurte towards Bijendra in right but his cross well cleared by Sur Kumar.
1': First attack of Pailan, ball went to Sangram.
1': I. Rabishankar Singh will start the match.
: STAT. Odafa Okolie scored hattrick against Pailan Arrows in 1st leg.
0': Match will start soon at Salt Lake Stadium.
Football First presents "Football for Fun" at Delhi
26.01.2012 : KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
The Football Link which has launched a year long campaign – "Football For Fun", a social initiative to promote healthy lifestyle amongst children in New Delhi just ended today. By getting the children to play football in their neighborhood grounds this campaign started on 22nd January organized in association with Football First Sports and Resident Welfare Associations (RWA). It's mailny an effort to promote grassroots football for boys and girls in neighborhoods across Delhi.
The campaign kicked off during the Republic Day Celebrations in South Delhi at Mandakini Enclave (22nd January), Nilgiri Apartments (22nd January), Aravali Apartments (25th January) and Greater Kailash II (26th January). During these three days various mini tournaments were conducted at the RWA community grounds with over 400 children (both boys and girls) taking part in football games.
As part of this campaign, The Football Link plans to cover more than 50 different localities in a year across Delhi and organize football games, in a safe and fun environment, for more than 5000 children.
I-LEAGUE PREVIEW : Depleted Churchill take on East Bengal
26.01.2012 : KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
Churchill Brothers Sports Club and Kingfisher East Bengal both have defensive concerns ahead of the team's important I-League clash at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda on Friday (January 27).
Churchill Brothers have lost two of their last three matches and coach Manuel Gomes is keen to break the trend. But the Portuguese coach will find it extremely difficult to contain the marauding rival strikers as he struggles to put up a decent defence.
Defenders Gouramangi Singh and Denzil Franco are both suspended with double bookings and the coach may have to bring in new faces to fill the void. One such player that the coach is banking on is Saran Singh who has not had much to do in League so far. Naveen Kumar Sudhakaran is expected to play at the centre of defence.
The coach will also be concerned by the continued absence of Lalrindika Ralte due to injury. Jerry Zirsanga is almost certain to be handed a place in the starting line-up. The clash against East Bengal will be crucial to Churchill’s title chances and there is a general belief that another defeat could spell doom for the former champions.
East Bengal on the other hand, have given a good account of themselves but at times Trevor Morgan's side has appeared sluggish. Inconsistency, too, has been a big bane. "Yes, our performance has been inconsistent. We lost some of the matches which we should have won. But having said that, I think we are in a good position. Ideally, we would have loved to be at the top of the table by now. We need to stay focused," Morgan told the-aiff.com in a previous interview.
The coach also has defensive concerns, something he intends to correct with the return of Nirmal Chettri. "Defensive organisation is an aspect we need to improve upon," said the coach.
I-LEAGUE PREVIEW : We are not intimidated by Bagan: Sukhwinder
26.01.2012 : KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
Pailan Arrows take on McDowell Mohun Bagan in a crucial match of the I-League to be played at the Salt Lake Stadium on Friday (January 27). Pailan are currently placed just above HAL at 7 points from 14 matches while Bagan stay on 27 points from 16 outings.
Pailan Arrows who are still searching for that elusive win which might "turn their fortune," would go all out against Mohun Bagan, against whom they had lost their first round encounter 1-3. Arrows' Technical Director Sukhwinder Singh stays confident. "No one can deny that Bagan are a big team. We did lose to East Bengal in our last match. But I think we are definitely improving," he stressed.
"We have scored thrice in our last two matches. In the first-leg, we were not able to convert the chances that came our way. I feel the strikers are prepared for the challenge. We are yet to secure a win and we stay desperate for it. Hopefully, we will get it against Bagan. But they are a very strong opponent,"he added.
"But in the I-League, there's very minimal difference between the teams. We won't be intimidated by our rivals in any way," he maintained. On the other hand, McDowell Mohun Bagan's sailing hasn't been that smooth as they lost their last two matches against Sporting Clube and Prayag United. At the moment, the big-spending Club can't afford any more slip-ups if they intend to finish in the top-five.
AFC CHALLENGE CUP - 2012 : Is India ready for 2nd Title?
25.01.2012 : KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
The AFC Challenge Cup is an international football competition for emerging nations (those in the lowest of three categories as designated by the AFC president) that are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The first tournament was hosted by Bangladesh in 2006.
The 2008 and 2010 editions of the AFC Challenge Cup formed part of the qualifiers for the 2011 Asian Cup as the winner of each edition qualified directly. The winners of AFC Challenge Cup competitions 2012 and 2014 will qualify to the AFC Asian Cup 2015 finals.
Qualified nations
1.Palestine - Qualification Group A winners
INDIA Ithe Winner of 2007 AFC cHallenge Cup in India) IN QUALIFICATION for 2012
21 March 2011 : India 3-0 Chinese Taipei
23 March 2011 Pakistan 1-3 India
25 March 2011: Turkmenistan 1-1 India
India got 7 Points from 3 matchs as the group winner of Group B.
THE FIXTURES OF UPCOMING FINAL EVENT-NEPAL
GROUP A: Maldives, Nepal, Palestine, Turkmenistan.
ALL MATCHES KICK-OFF AT 3PM (NEPAL TIME)
March 9: DPR VS Philippines (Halchowk Stadium)
March 9: India VS Tajikistan (Dasrath Stadium)
March 11: Philippines VS India (Dasrath Stadium)
March 11: Tajikistan VS DPR Korea (Halchowk Stadium)
March 13: DPR Korea VS India (Dasrath Stadium)
March 13: Tajikistan VS Philippines (Halchowk Stadium)
SEMIS-1: March 16: A1 VS B2
THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF: March 19
FINAL: MARCH 19 (Dasrath Stadium).
2.Philippines - Qualification Group A runners-up
3.India - Qualification Group B winners
4.Turkmenistan - Qualification Group B runners-up
5.Maldives - Qualification Group C winners
6.Tajikistan - Qualification Group C runners-up
7. North Korea - Qualification Group D winners
8. Nepal - Qualification Group D runners-up
IND : Jeje 32', Chhetri 76', Jewel 88'
PAK : Mehmood 32'
IND: Jeje 67', 90+4', Dias 90'
TRK : Conkayew 52'(pen.)
IND: Lalpekhlua 60'
GROUP B: DPR Korea, India, Philippines, Tajikistan
SEMIS-2:March 16: B2 VS AI
