Kolkata, 29 April (HS). Mohun Bagan Super Giant team has made it to the final of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24. Mohun Bagan defeated Odisha FC by a margin of 2-0 (3-2 on aggregate) in the second leg of the first semi-final played at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday evening. In a thrilling first leg, Odisha FC won 2-1. Had achieved victory.
Australian striker Jason Cummings scored in the 22nd minute and substitute attacking midfielder Sahal Abdul Samad scored in the 903rd minute in Mohun Bagan Super Giant’s victory. Winger Manvir Singh was declared player of the match for providing the assist in the decisive goal.
The first goal of the match came in the 22nd minute, when Australian striker Jason Cummings scored to give Mohun Bagan Super Giant an early lead, making it 1-0 (2-2). Australian striker Dimitrios Petratos fired a powerful shot from outside the box, which was blocked by Odisha FC goalkeeper Amrinder Singh, but the ball did not go very far on the rebound and remained scattered in the dangerous area of six yards, where Cummings reached with his left foot. He made a grounded shot and sent the ball inside the bottom right corner. This is Cummings’s eleventh goal this season.
After this, during the stoppage time of the match (90 3), substitute attacking midfielder Sahal Abdul Samad scored a goal to increase Mohun Bagan’s lead to 2-0 (3-2). After entering the box from the left flank, Manvir Singh put in a cross, which was blocked by Odisha FC goalkeeper Amrinder Singh but the ball hit Sahal’s head on the rebound and crossed the goal line near the left post.
Let us tell you that this was the 11th match between the two teams in ISL and Mohun Bagan Super Giant has won the fifth match while Odisha FC has won only one match. Five matches between the two have been drawn. In the first leg of the first semi-final between the two, Odisha FC registered a thrilling 2-1 win over Mohun Bagan Super Giants, the Juggernauts’ first ISL win against this opponent.
