Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], July 29 (ANI): Sanan Mohammed’s second-half strike ensured Jamshedpur FC secured a 1-0 victory over Indian Army FT for his or her consecutive victory in Group C of the 134th Durand Cup, which was performed right here on the JRD Tata Sports Complex.
With this win, Jamshedpur FC have six factors from two matches and are on high of the group, nearer to a spot within the knockout phases.
Jamshedpur FC Head Coach Khalid Jamil made two adjustments to his beginning line-up bringing in Karthik Choudhary and Sourav Das rather than Sarthak Goloui and Lalhriatpuia Chawngthu whereas Indian Army Head Coach Manish Wahi named an skilled beginning eleven in a 4-3-3 formation with Rahul Ramakrishnan, Liton Shil, Shubham Rana and Samir Murmu, who debuted for Jamshedpur FC within the ISL final season, main the assault.
Indian Army dominated the primary half of the sport, sustaining possession and creating higher probabilities. The Armymen may have taken a two-goal lead inside the primary quarter-hour, however Samir Murmu’s effort from a decent angle whisked previous the far submit, and minutes later, Samananda Singh glanced a header extensive from a nook kick.
Jamshedpur FC struggled to match the Army facet’s physicality, because the Army facet dominated the midfield with Lethaolen Khongsai and P. Christopher Kamei dictating the tempo of the assaults. Samir got here shut as soon as once more to attain because the striker pounced on a weak-headed go from Praful Kumar to the goalkeeper, however his effort was blocked by the keeper, Amrit Gope.
On the opposite finish, the Red Miners have been utilizing the lengthy ball technique and the utilization of lengthy throw-ins to interrupt down the Indian Army defence, with out a lot success. Amrit Gope additionally made a fingertip save to disclaim Army captain B. Sunil’s effort in added time of the primary half to maintain the scores stage on the lemon break.
Khalid Jamil made two adjustments in the beginning of the second half, bringing in VP Suhair and Nikhil Barla rather than Vincy Barretto and Pronay Halder to inject some vitality going ahead. The residence facet took the lead within the 52nd minute ending a transfer which began from one other lengthy throw. Karthik Choudhary headed the ball again into the hazard space and Sanan Mohammed chested the ball down and completed expertly previous the diving Sayad Bin Abdul Kadir in objective.
Jamshedpur had higher management within the sport after taking the lead, although the Indian Army had the most important share of possession and makes an attempt on objective, however there have been only a few pictures on track that troubled the goalkeeper. The closest they got here to scoring was when Liton Shil hit the crossbar with a thumping long-range within the closing phases of the second half.
There was extra drama in the direction of the tip of the match as Indian Army goalkeeper Sayad Bin Abdul Kadir was given the marching orders for a problem on Jayesh Rane exterior the penalty field, after the midfielder beat the offside lure and ran by free in the direction of objective. Defender Samananda Singh took the goalkeeping duties for the final minutes of harm time because the Indian Army have been pushing for an equaliser. V.P Suhair additionally hit the crossbar within the final moments of the sport as Jamshedpur FC negotiated the final barrage of assaults to earn the exhausting fought three factors.
All 43 matches of the 134th Durand Cup can be broadcast LIVE on the Sony Sports Network (Sony Ten2 HD) in addition to livestreamed on the SonyLiv OTT platform. (ANI)