SHILLONG, JAN 18: Shillong Lajong FC suffered a humiliating defeat in their second group C match against Mohun Bagan when the latter scored six goals against the Reds at the JN stadium in Kochi on Saturday.
Mohun Bagan straightaway launched an attack in the first minute of the game when Katsumi Yusa provided Odafa with a brilliant pass only for his shot to be saved brilliantly by Lajong goalkeeper Ralte. Ralte had a busy day as in the next few minutes the Kolkata side attacked again in the goal post but he blocked the shot of Chizoba denying the first goal of the match to the Kolkata side.
However the Kolkata side kept up the pressure and found the net on the 9th minute when Odafa scored off a scrambled ball after Yusa’s corner. Mohun Bagan again scored the second goal through Christopher Chizoba’s in the 23rd minute.
Lajong had some chances but failed to convert to goals. The Reds got ten corners in the first half but failed to score. Mohun Bagan caught the Lajong defence sleeping again after Yusa’s offside trap worked in his favour when he found only the keeper to beat. Yusa took his chance and put the ball through Ralte’s legs to score Bagan’s third goal in the 30th minute .
The first half ended with Mohan Bagan leading 3-0 against Lajong.
Mohun Bagan began the second half as much pace from the first half and created a lot of chances in front of goal as well. The closest chance came in the 59th minute when Mundampara’s shot was saved by the crossbar. However seconds after the miss another chance came through from Yusa’s pass to Chizoba who ran through Milan Singh and saw his shot fly into the net as Ralte couldn’t keep it out.
Thangboi Singto never found any tactic work out for his team as Lajong found no clear cut chances on goal and were always on the backfoot.
In the 76th minute Bagan added a fifth through Odafa who ran into the box beating Jibon Singh and a scramble sent the ball in the air to which Odafa’s acrobatic kick sent the ball into the net once again.
Lajong even though was 5- 0 down tried to find some kind of a consolation goal but in vain. But the Mariners struck once again in the 92nd minute through a brilliant Ram Malik pass across goal which found the unmarked Ujjal Howladar with a tap in and scored his side’s 6th goals of the match.
Shillong Lajong will take on Mumbai FC on the 21st of January at the JN stadium, Kochi.- By Our Reporter
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