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Bengaluru FC - the new Durand Cup Champions

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Bengaluru FC made history in Indian football after winning 131st prestigious tournament Indian Oil Durand Cup, today at Saltlake Stadium in Kolkata by defeating another Indian Super League side Mumbai City FC by 2-1 scoreline. Bengaluru takes the win after a 90 minutes intense fight in Salt Lake pitch. Head Coach Simon Grayson wins his first trophy with the club in his first tournament in India. Bengaluru has completed a comeback to winning campaign again after their some hard ISL season.  pic - ISL social media Bengaluru FC takes the lead in 11th minute through Sivashakti who continues his dream run in this high voltage Durand Final. He beats Moutorda Fall and puts the ball over Purba Lachenpa to find the net. But Mumbai City didn't take much time to find the equaliser. In the first quarter of the game Greg Stewart takes a shot on target, shot saved by Bengaluru goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and in second ball Apuia sends the ball into the net. In 38th minute Be...

Mumbai City enters Durand Cup semi final in style

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In the third quarter final of ongoing Durand Cup 2022, Mumbai City defeated Chennaiyin FC by 5-3 to keep up their journey towards prestigious Durand Cup trophy. At Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata the match played for 120 minutes after having equalised in 90th minute. Greg Stewart send Mumbai City to semifinals by scoring a first hattrick for them. pic - Durand Cup social media In the starting of the match, Kwame Karikari takes a long ranger shot towards Mumbai City goal, but it saved by goalkeeper Purba Lachenpa. Then in 40th minute Mumbai City midfielder Ahmed Jahouh takes a pass to Amay Ranawade towards Chennaiyin goal and this time goalkeeper Debjit Majumder made a mistake. He fouled Amay Ranawade and Mumbai City takes the lead through penalty, goal scored by Greg Stewart. Also, referee showed yellow card to young Chennaiyin midfielder Sajal Bag for his desparate tackle.   But Chennaiyin FC returned to match by scoring the equaliser in 59th minute. Ninthoi placed a phen...

East Bengal defeats Mumbai City by 4-3 scoreline

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East Bengal defeated Mumbai City FC by 4-3 in today's Durand Cup match at Kishore Bharati Stadium, Kolkata. A 7 goal thriller match helps East Bengal to find their first win in the prestigious Durand Cup tournament. But the both teams lacked their performance in defence area and East Bengal scored their all goals on counter attacks.  pic - Durand Cup social media In the first half, both East Bengal and Mumbai City managed to score 3 goals but both teams also conceded 3 goals. Total 6 goals scored in first half of the game. The first goal of the match came in 17th minute when forward Sumeet Passi scored a header. Next Mumbai City midfielder Ahmed Jahouh teackled Cleiton Silva before the edge of the box, and the Brazilian forward doesn't forget to score goal this time. He put the ball in the top right corner and make the difference 2-0 immediately. But, soon in a counter attack Bipin Singh servs a cross in East Bengal box and Greg Stewart scored the third goal of the ...

Mumbai City thrash Indian Navy by 4 - 1

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Mumbai City played their first match in the prestigious football tournament Durand Cup today and beat the opposition Indian Navy by 4-1 scoreline.  pic - Durand Cup social media Adresh scored the first goal of the match in 43 minute for Indian Navy. After that young Indian forward Vikram Pratap Singh took back Mumbai City in the game in the added minutes of the first half. Then Greg Stewart scored a penalty and coach Des Buckingham took back Vikram from the field and out Chhangte in the position. And that's the match turning point. Chhangte scored 2 goals for Mubai City, one in 89th minute and one in added times. And gives Mumbai City the win they need in the season opener. 

Mumbai City announces their squad for Durand Cup 2022

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Mumbai City announces their squad for the upcoming season opener tournament Durand Cup. Mumbai City head coach Des Buckingham will lead the squad for the latest 131th edition of Durand Cup. Mumbai City will field their main team in the tournament.  GOALKEEPERS :   PHURBA LACHENPA ,  MOHAMMAD  NAWAZ ,  BHASKAR  ROY. DEFENDERS :  RAHUL BHEKE ,  AMEY RANAWADE ,  MEHTAB SINGH ,  SANJEEV STALIN ,  MANDAR RAO DESSAI ,  ROSTYN GRIFFITHS ,  VIGNESH D ,  MOURTADA FALL. MIDFIELDERS   :   ALBERTO NOGUERA ,  AHMED JAHOUH ,  ROWLLIN BORGES ,  VINIT RAI ,  GREG STEWART ,  ASIF KHAN ,  PC ROHLUPUIA ,  LALENGMAWIA HUIDROM , NAOCHA SINGH. FORWARDS  :  VIKRAM PARTAP SINGH ,  LALLIANZUALA CHHANGTE ,  GURKIRAT SINGH ,  AYUSH CHHIKARA ,  BIPIN SINGH THOUNAOJAM ,  JORGE PEREYRA DIAZ.