131st Indian Oil Durand Cup Match Report- Mumbai City FC vs Rajasthan United FC

Mumbai City FC – 5 (Greg Stewart 10’, Lalianzuala Chhangte 18’, Mehtab Singh 36’ Ahmed Jahouh 63’(P) Vikram Pratap Singh 90+2) - Rajasthan United FC- 1 (Gyanmar Nikum 67’)

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Kolkata, Monday, August 29, 2022: Mumbai City FC (MCFC) unleashed a champagne performance in the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup, with a 5-1 win over Rajasthan United FC (RUFC), in a Group B game at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan (KBK), here in the southern part of the city.

Greg Stewart opened the scoring for the Islanders in the 10th minute, with Lallianzuala Chhangte doubling the advantage in the 18th and Mehtab Singh adding a third in the 35th, to put the issue beyond RUFC in the first half itself. In the second, Ahmed Jahouh converted a penalty won by substitute Vikram Pratap Singh, before Gyanmar Nikum got one back for RUFC with his second of the tournament. Vikram Pratap then nailed one in himself the second minute of stoppage time to make it a five-star performance from the Islanders.

All 47 games of the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup are being telecast LIVE on Sports18 1 SD & HD and Sports18 Khel as well as live-steamed on the Over the Top (OTT) platform VOOT!

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RUFC looked a far cry from the spirited side of their first two games with MCFC snuffing out whatever challenge they would have provided in the first half itself, with some eye-catching football. The first MCFC goal gave an indication of things to come when Argentine Pereyra Diaz, with a lovely body turn in midfield, found Scotsman Greg Stewart’s run in between two defenders, who made no mistake with a clinical finish. This was after RUFC had got the game’s first corner for themselves in the very first minute itself.

MCFC continued to attack and Lallianzuala Chhangte, who had had a few runs before that, received the ball on the right flank and cut inside, to let go a left-footer which took an unfortunate deflection from RUFC defender Aidar Mambetaliev’s head to wrong foot keeper Niraj Kumar and go in.

In the 35th minute, Greg Stewart took a free-kick from the right, floating the ball across goal. Mehtab Singh, who had come in from his position in deep defence, met it on the half-volley and found the back of the net. The game was well beyond RUFC now and with the kind of form MCFC were in.

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To their credit however, they came out with positive intent in the second-half and did create more chances to score than they did in the first. MCFC were also not letting up and after Vikram Pratap was deemed to have been brought down in the box, Jahouh converted from the spot calmly to make it 4-0 for the Islanders in the 63rd minute.

RUFC then got a consolation goal from 17-year-old Gyanmar Nikum, who had been brought on a few 2 minutes back. The scorer of the winning goal against ATK Mohun Bagan, got the ball on the edge of the box on the right and burst through two defenders to curl it with his left into the back of the MCFC net.

Not to be left behind in the goal feast, Vikram Pratap got at the end of a through from midfield by Stewart, to slot in a fifth for MCFC in the second minute of stoppage time.

Tomorrow’s matches

Matchday 15 of the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup has Bengaluru FC taking on champions FC Goa

at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) in Kolkata in a Group A clash. The second

game will see Hyderabad FC go up against Neroca FC at the Khuman Lampak Stadium in Group

C.

Next games of MCFC and RUFC

Both MCFC and RUFC finish their engagements at the KBK with MCFC coming back first of

September 03, 2022, to take on Emami East Bengal, while RUFC play the Indian Navy on

September 05, 2022.

Ticket Information

India’s leading entertainment destination BookMyShow has been roped in as exclusive ticketing

partners for the 131st IndianOil Durand Cup.

Fans can book their tickets to all the league stage games of the tournament exclusively on

www.bookmyshow.com.

In addition, Box Office services have already been made operational for fans in respective host

cities.

The details are as follows:

For Group Stage Games

Kolkata

VYBK GATE- 4A BOX OFFICE

17th August onwards, 10 am - 5pm

Apart from this, match tickets for the three home teams in Kolkata will be sold and redeemed

from respective clubs and stadiums concerned with the respective matches from Matchday -2

Guwahati ongoing

12th August onwards

SAI Box office, Paltan Bazar

10 am - 5pm

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium

Gate - 1 Box office

10am - 5pm

Imphal ongoing

13th August onwards

Khuman Lampak Stadium

Gate - 1 & Gate - 2 Box Offices

Tentative timing - 8:30 am - 4:00pm (To be confirmed)

Above Box Offices will be operational throughout the Group Stage matches of respective cities.

Ticket prices

Guwahati - Rs 50, 100, 250

Imphal- Rs 50, 100, 300

Kolkata - Rs 50, 100, (200 only for VYBK)

BOX OFFICE will be dealing with Online redemption and Offline cash Sale

Broadcast & Live-stream details

Sports18 is available on the following service providers:

Voot is available to download for free on all mobile app stores and on Connected TVs.

About Durand Cup

A symbol of India’s football history and culture, the Durand Cup is Asia’s oldest and the world’s

third oldest football tournament. Organized by the Indian Armed Forces, the Durand Cup has

been the breeding ground for India’s best footballing talent, over the years.

The inaugural edition happened in Shimla in 1888, when it started off as an Army Cup, open

only to the British Indian Army troops in India, but soon opened up to civilian teams. Named

after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India from 1884 to 189

he iconic tournament reached its 130th edition in 2021. Mohun Bagan and East Bengal have

been the most successful teams, winning the tournament 16 times each.

Contact:

Somit Biswas- 9873723210

Sandipa Ghosh- 9883016244

Hritam Bose- 9903206978

Avishek Banerjee- 96743 90713 (Guwahati)

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