This is Sportstars ISL 2020-21 blog of the Mumbai City FC vs FC Goa game that will be played on Monday at the GMC Athletic Stadium.
That’s all we have for the night. We have a finalist and are moving to another semifinal with ATK Mohun Bagan against NorthEast United. [PREVIEW] Until then, it’s good night.
Sergio Lobera « I’m very proud and happy to reach the final. It is very special for me to play in the final. I have very good players and personalities in the dressing room. You deserve to enjoy this moment and hopefully win the trophy for the people. » I wish them [FC Goa and Ferrando] the best in the Champions League. They played very well and anything is possible on penalties. When I worked in Spain, there are no penalties for ending up at the top of the table. I want to win the cup. [With goalkeeper change and no shots on goal] About Amrinder it was a decision of the coach. It was a brave decision by my coach Amrinder is the best goalkeeper in India, but Purba can do a good job on penalties. It was a very difficult game. We suffered in two legs because we didn’t have the ball.
Juan Ferrando « [Where did you lose?] In the end, congratulations to Mumbai. After two games they were very difficult opponents. We had chances, but we did not score. In the penalty shootout it’s a bingo. Naveen’s work was very good. Our time .. maybe pressure or fatigue .. Physically and mentally … But it is necessary to explain the player that was the first chapter a good job. [omit Angulo?] Because we start with 4-3-3. We had problems with wingers. They had a lot of free space. Ishan was a reference 3 as No. 9. We need more time for more players. So we bought Angulo in overtime to do 4-4-2. You can use a lot of plans with multiple combinations, but we’re out of the finals. I don’t know. [Plan for the next 5-6 months before the new one Season?] My focus is to rest 2-3 days and focus on the Champions L prepare eague. Football is very difficult to think about. We plan with the coaches and decide on ACL for the preseason. This is important for FC Goa and Indian football. «
PODCAST – Goa coach Juan Ferrando’s first season at ISL is coming to an end. He had one of the toughest starts in India. On this episode of The Full Time Show, he talks to Aashin Prasad about his first season in ISL, quarantine and player management, coaching style, controversial referees and his insights from the season.
Our jury had predicted a victory for FC Goa, with 2/3 hoping for a long game that would last until the last minute .
What an end to a tempting tie! The league winner has the opportunity to make the double! Celebration at Mumbai Camp and heartbreak for Goa. First appearance in an ISL final for Mumbai City FC.
MCFC 6-5 GOA – Goan Borges comes up … He scores and Mumbai is through to the final !!
MCFC 4-5 GOA – Adil almost scores, Lachenpa put his hand on it, but he can’t leave outside.
MCFC 4-4 GOA – Autumn is coming up. He stutters, but he puts it right in the lin ke corner!
MCFC 3-3 GOA – Ranawade scores his penalty! It wasn’t in the corner, but Naveen is diving in the wrong direction.
MCFC 2-2 GOA – Jahouh goes for the final kick of the shootout. TO SAVE! Naveen makes the save! Jahouh fired it high to the left, but Naveen guessed it correctly to save it!
MCFC 2-2 GOA – Raynier’s next. Raynier slid it past Naveen near the center when the goalkeeper dived in the wrong direction.
MCFC 1-1 GOA – SAVE! Boumous hits it straight and Naveen hits it with one arm in the air!
MCFC 1-0 GOA – SAVE! Hernan Santana goes right, but Naveen turns up to save. That was another bad punishment.
MCFC 1-0 GOA – MISS! Brandon knocks it off the bar and the ball goes out. Big advantage for Mumbai.
MCFC 0-0 GOA – SAVE! Bedia misses when Lachenpa does the save diving on his right.
Mumbai does a last minute submarine after the full time whistle. Amrinder OFF, Lachenpa ON. There is some confusion as to whether a substitution can be made after the full-time whistle.
Juan Ferrando shakes his head as the final whistle blows. Both teams huddle together to decide on their penalties. Naveen was put through its paces by the goalkeeping coach.
120 ‘2’ Bedia with a corner. Amrinder pushes it behind him for another corner, but the referee blows the whistle. We go to punishments! Yay.
120 ‘GOA SUB: Dheeraj OFF, Naveen Kumar ON. Ferrando takes Naveen for the penalties.
119 ‘A shot from Ogbeche into the Goa penalty area. His shot misses the target and Rowllin cannot react to turn the ball towards the goal.
118 ‘Brandon comes in from the left and tries to find Angulo on the back post. Gama on the bench can’t stand to see …
115 ‘Angulo turns near the center line and tries to feed Pandita. Fall pays attention and intercepts.
113 ‘Pandita almost reached the end of a poor header by Santana, but Amrinder was unable to end the game.
110′ A foul by Goa and Yahouh. Dheeraj leaves his line and hits a punch, but he collides with Gonzalez. Both players have failed and are being treated.
108 ‘Jahouh with a free kick for Santana in the box.
106′ Sanson with a bad header in the edge of the box, but luckily Boumous is unable to steer the header onto the goal.
106 ‘Goa has tackled the final 15-minute break. Boumous goes down and clutches his calf. He’s okay to continue.
104 ‘Brandon and Bedia hit the free kick. Bedia tries to roll it into the top corner, but it heads straight for Amrinder, who takes it for a corner.
97 ‘A free kick from Doanchie down the right that is not marked. But his cut finds no teammate.
95 ‘Jahouh with a free kick into the Goa penalty area. Gonzalez gets a touch and falls into the void, but no Mumbai player can take advantage of that. Martins loads it out of the box.
93 ‘The ball bounces around Mumbai’s area as Mumbai tries to clear the ball from Sanson. Noguera takes his shot to show the referee the shoe print left by Mandar in the Mumbai box.
Our jury predicts a victory for FC Goa, with 2/3 hoping for a long game that will last until the last minute goes on.
Goa were the better team and had the better chances, but couldn’t use them. Donachie could have been the hero in the last minute of the game, but he couldn’t capitalize on it. Another 30 minutes to determine the first finalist of the season.
90 ‘4’ THAT WAS THE CHANCE! Bedia swings a free kick and Donachie gets a free header, but he can’t get it to the target as he heads it down and away from goal.
No away goals in the semifinals this season. It looks like we’re going to focus on extra time.
89 ‘A shot from Jahouh from range.
87′ A shot from Jahouh (Dheeraj) misses the target.
81 ‘A shot by Boumous (goal).
80′ A shot by Gonzalez from the right into the Mumbai penalty area. However, the ball is intercepted before Ortiz reaches the end. Jahouh with the interception.
75 ‘A shot from Gama. But the referee awards a goal kick. Sergio Lobera has not yet made any substitutions in the two games.
72 ‘Noguera gets in a strike, but is off target. Sixth corner for Goa. Noguera swinging a corner and Donachie hits it, but can’t keep his header on goal.
71 ‘Bedia takes a free kick from distance and Raynier extends a leg to deflect after a corner. The shot hit the target and would probably find the top corner.
70 ‘A shot from Boumous from a distance.
62′ A handball is fired at Adil in the Goa box, but the referee says nothing Penalty kick. At the other end Romario plays with a low cross into the penalty area, which Pandita hits with a header, which Amrinder saves! The replay shows that there was no handball.
61 ‘A shot from Rome. However, a goal from Ortiz missed the target. A shot from Santana is intercepted by Santana.
60 ‘Mumbai’s chance as Boumous locates Bipin in the box. Bipin returns the favor by shooting him back in for Boumous, who is blocked by Adil.
57 ‘A shot from Noguera (free kick) from the right.
55′ Gama runs out of his own half and wanders into space. Pandita runs behind the defense, which gives Gama space to play from a distance, as in the first leg. He likes it well, but this time Amrinder is pushing it away to save!
53 ‘Bedia and Ortiz take a free kick. Ortiz shoots and shoots over the target.
52 ‘Borges fouls Ortiz with a shot on goal. Ortiz and Romario worked well ahead of the free kick.
48 ‘Amrinder misses a shot by Amario. Well done move from Goa on the left.
46 ‘GOA SUB: OFF, Pandita ON. Goa begins the second half. Ortiz moves to the left flank.
STAT: 0 – Mumbai City FC haven’t scored a single shot on goal at the end of the first half. This is the fourth instance this ISL season for the islanders and the second this season against FC Goa.
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A lively opening half of football ends with an unchanged goal line of 0-0. Who will be the first finalist of the season? #ISL #MCFCFCG LIVE: https://t.co/zNVMlSnsyR
A tempting opening half in which both teams don’t give each other an inch to gain an advantage. Goa had the best chance when Ranawade made a crucial block in the penalty area against redeeming. Ortiz looks like a threat to play a false nine and get the ball into the net, which was rightly offside.
45 ‘2’ Borges Fouls Ortiz and Spaniard are not happy with him. Both players compete against each other.
43 ‘A shot from Slumoming into the edge of the Goa penalty area, but the ball is behind the winger. Ball finds Vignesh on the flanks and his cross is blocked by Gonzalez.
40 ‘A shot from Noguera (Redeem) misses the goal.
38′ Jahouh stands over and rolls him to the edge of the box for Boumous . He runs in and smashes the goal.
37 ‘A shot by Adil from the edge of the penalty area at Le Fondre. Free kick near the sideline on the right.
34 ‘After a free kick, Ortiz hits the top left corner. Amrinder covers the area and pushes it to the corner.
33 ‘A shot by Falliz from Mumbai misses the target. The central defender knocks him down. Free kick from a dangerous area.
Our jury predicts a victory for FC Goa, with 2/3 hoping for a long game that will last until the last minute.
30 ‘Adil with a well-timed block on Le Fondre on the edge of the Goa box. WATERBREAK.
27 ‘BLOCK! Excellent by Ortiz for holding the ball up and getting Nogeura into play. The no. 10 dances past his marker before shooting a right-footed shot at goal that Amrinder was only able to parry into the penalty area. Cash in tries to put the ball into the net, but Ranawade makes an excellent block!
27 ‘A shot from Mumbai (Boumous and Rowllin). The cross in the box is blocked.
26 ‘A shot from Nizuera misses the target.
24′ A shot from Ranawade to the right. The corner is turned on and jumps into the six yard area, but luckily for Goa it’s cleared.
19 ‘Foul by Gama on Raynier. He is one of the seven players from the first game to receive a yellow card.
17 ‘A long ball for Bediz from Ortiz. The striker scored a goal. Martins scolds the opponent near the line to win a corner.
16 ‘Bipin with a cross from the left into the box and Adil with a header. Another ball comes in and Gama heads it back into the path of Adil, who chops it out of the box.
13 ‘A shot from Boumous misses the target. Donachie would do well to scare off the striker.
9 ‘Excellent recovery from Jahouh to catch Ortiz and take the ball from the striker.
6′ Boumous with a diagonal switch for La Fondre in the penalty area, but Adil makes an excellent block to keep the striker from getting the ball into the six yard area.
5 ‘Bipin is good at taking a corner after a 40 yard run from the center line to the sideline. A short corner is taken and the crosser tries to find a case in the box, but the delivery is behind the target man.
3 ‘Jahouh fouled Ortiz.
2′ Amey shoots the ball near the center line Savior, before he loses against Adil on the edge of the Goa field.
7:24 p.m .: Both teams make their way to the middle. Goa players come out in their black away shirts. Mumbai in its native colors.
The city of Mumbai starts with XI before the decisive second leg put through its paces. – ISL / Sportzpics
The city of Mumbai starts with XI before the decisive second leg through its paces. – ISL / Sportzpics
6.40 p.m.: Three changes for Goa as well as Ivan Gonzalez, Alberto Noguera and Redeem Tlang are named in the starting XI, with Angulo, Seriton Fernandes (injured) and Princeton Rebello (injured) making way . Good news for Goa as midfielder Brandon Fernandes made his first return to the matchday squad since January 17 when he hobbled against ATK Mohun Bagan.
Goa FC have 18 goals off the bench in strike duo Igor Angulo (14) and Ishan Pandita (4). ISL / Sportzpics
6:37 p.m.: Big changes for both sides. Sergio Lobera brings back Amey Ranawade, Rowllin Borges and Hernan Santana. Mandar Rao Dessai, Mehtab Singh and Bartholomew Ogbeche drop onto the bench. Adam le Fondre will lead the line for the first time since losing to Jamshedpur FC.
Amrinder Singh; Amey Ranawade, Mourtada Fall, Hernan Santana, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy; Ahmed Jahouh, Rowllin Borges; Raynier Fernandes; Hugo Boumous, Bipin Singh; Adam le Fondre
Dheeraj Singh; Ivan Gonzalez, James Donachie, Adil Khan, and Retter Gama; Edu Bedia, Glan Martins; Redeem Alexander Jesuraj, Alberto Noguera, Tlang; Jorge Ortiz
6:20 p.m .: Ishan Pandita from FC Goa has the best minutes-per-goal rate in the current season of the league (13). The Indian striker only played 52 minutes in the league, but has already scored four goals.
6.15 p.m .: FC Goa has only won one of the eleven games at halftime (D7 L3) this ISL season.
Amrinder Singh; Amey Ranawade, Mourtada Fall, Mehtab Singh, Mandar Rao Dessai; Ahmed Jahouh, Raynier Fernandes; Adam le Fondre, Hugo Boumous and Bipin Singh; Bartholomäus OgbecheDheeraj Singh; Leandra D’Cunha, Adil Khan, Ivan Gonzalez, Savior Gama; Edu Bedia, Glan Martins; Alexander Jesuraj, Alberto Noguera, Jorge Ortiz; Igor Angulo.
5.45 p.m .: PODCAST = FC Goa coach Juan Ferrando had one of the most difficult starts in India. On this episode of The Full Time Show, he talks to Aashin Prasad about his first season in ISL, quarantine and player management, coaching style, controversial referees and his insights from the season.
The seventh edition of the Indian Super League began on November 20th in an organic bubble in Goa.
During the four-month tournament, eleven teams will play against each other in a league and playoff format at three venues. After the inclusion of SC East Bengal, 115 games will be played this season, compared to 95 last season.
With a 2-2 draw, FC Mumbai City will meet on Monday in the second leg of the first semi-final of the Indian Super League 2020 / 21 in Bambolim to FC Goa.
The team that is ahead in the GMC Stadium will secure a place in the ISL 2020-21 final and has the chance to win a place in the AFC Cup – Qualification 2022, which will be awarded to the winner of the playoffs.
MCFC came from behind twice to deny FCG the advantage in the draw on Friday at Fatorda Stadium. The islanders, who are known to dominate their opponents from the start, had problems early in the first leg.
Although his team did not start the previous game as he would have liked, head coach Sergio Lobera is head coach not too worried, especially because Mumbai won a tight league title a few days ago.
« I don’t feel any pressure and neither do the players. It was a great season and we achieved something very important. We want to enjoy the playoffs and win another trophy. We are very excited and happy to be playing this way. » of games, « he said during a virtual press conference.
In the meantime, Lobera’s counterpart Juan Ferrando has several injury concerns. Seriton Fernandes and Princeton Rebello were both sent off on the last outing. With Brandon Fernandes already out, the Gaurs could A little too few Indian options.
« In the last game we had a lot of (injury) problems, but it’s normal. The players are very tired. This season has been very difficult. In such a case we make difficult decisions and sometimes we succeed, sometimes we attract. « It is necessary to take risks, » said Ferrando.
« It is important to choose the best possible line-up for an important game. It is difficult because we choose a style of play. If a player is injured, a new plan has to be made, « added the FCG coach.
Rebellos injury was on a two-foot challenge by MCFC center-back Mourtada Fall attributed to Margao during stoppage time in the second half. Ferrando compared Fall’s challenge to a taekwondo parade, and Lobera hit back on his enemy.
« Speaking of autumn: if someone says they had bad intentions during the duel, they don’t know them. Me don’t like people trying to provoke my players. If you want to compare then I can say that Edu Bedia (Goa captain) bit Deepak Tangri (in Chennaiyin FC’s game) and he’s still playing.
« At the end of the last game, some people spoke to the match commissioner. I don’t like people crying all the time. On the pitch we have to respect all the people and try to help the referees and other officials. « claimed the Mumbai boss.
The away goals rule has been abolished this season. If the second leg also ends at Levels, the teams go into overtime and, if necessary, into penalties.
Ferrando spoke about the unpredictability of one Shooting and said: « Of course we prepared for penalties because it is necessary, but I hope we don’t need penalties in the end. Because punishment is also about luck. «
After the return of the suspended Amey Ranawade, the islanders finally have a full squad available.
FC Mumbai City: Amrinder Singh, Nishit Shetty, Vikram Lahkbir Singh, Phurba Lachenpa, Mourtada Fall (Senegal), Mandar Rao Dessai, Tondonba Singh, Amey Ranawade, Mohammad Rakip, Mehtab Singh, Valpuia, Ahmed Jahouh (Morocco), Rowllin Borges, Bidyananda Singh, Cy Goddard (Japan), Raynier Fernandes, Hugo Boumous ( France), Jackichand Singh, Hernan Santana (Spain), Asif Khan, Bipin Singh, Vikram Pratap Singh, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Bartholomäus Ogbeche (Nigeria), Pranjal Bhumij, Adam Le Fondre (England).
FC Goa: Mohammad Nawaz , Naveen Kumar, Dheeraj Singh, Shubham Dhas, Ivan Gonzalez (Spain), Seriton Fernandes, Adil Khan, Aibanbha Dohling, James Donachie (Australia), Mohamed Ali, Sanson Pereira, Retter Gama, Edu Bedia (Spain) Brandon Fernandes, Amarjit Singh , Alberto Noguera (Spain), Redeem Tlang, Glan Martins , Jorge Ortiz (Spain), Leander D’Cunha, Princeton Rebello, Alexander Jesuraj, Makan Chothe, Igor Angulo (Spain), Ishan Pandita, Devendra Murgaonkar.
Ref: https://sportstar.thehindu.com
