After a month of International break and with the completion of the IFA shield the I league finally returned with the remaining fixtures still left to be played and the climax of the exciting season yet to be written.

It was a clash of the two M's in I league as the fifth placed Mumbai FC went head to head with the sixth placed Mohun Bagan who were looking for a salvation after their IFA shield heartbreak against Churchill Brothers. The match began on a high note for Mumbai FC who were looking for a quick lead.

Mumbai FC started to craft well executed moves the architect being Abhishek Yadav who was looking the most active causing Biswajit Saha problems in the first fifteen minutes. Mumbai FC almost took the lead in the 18mins when their two strikers combined but Henry missing a glorious chance from 6 yards but credit should be given to Sangram Mukherjee for a terrific stop.

After the chance Mohun Bagan started to play with lot more vigour and with a counter attack their main predator Chidi Edeh missed a good chance but he couldn’t capitalise on a cross from Satish Kumar .The mariners were unlucky in the 28mins when cross from Chidi to Ashim Biswas hit the post and went out. Thus the scoreline remained the same with none of the sides getting a breakthrough as such. The second half began and still the tie waited to get a first goal.

In the 51mins Sukore scored and started to celebrate but the offside flag spoiled his celebrations. Till the 70mins the match was passing through a boring phase as the two sides failed to create any positive attack. But towards the end Mumbai FC wanted to get the decisive goal but Sukore was unlucky as his head sailed over the Mohun Bagan goalpost in 73 mins and in 75mins a shot from Sukore was well replied with excellent reflexes from Sangram Mukherjee.Towards the end the Mohun Bagan players became restless due to the lack of creativity in the Second half.

Lalampuia got sent off for an without ball leg push on Karan Atwal in 89mins and sent off. The tie ended with points being shared and Mohun Bagan rejecting the golden chance to get past Mumbai fc in the I League still waiting for the hangover of the IFA shield final to pass and get the spirit to win in their remaining I League ties.

Mumbai FC defender Ivan's Quao declared man of the match today.

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Mumbai FC  0 - 0  Mohun Bagan

MOM : Evans Quao( MFC)

Mohun Bagan : Sangram; Karan, Kingshuk, Anwar, Biswajit; Sagram ( Souvik), Gouranga, Jayanta, Satish; Ashim, Chidi.

Mumbai FC : Nidhinlal, Goutam,, Nicholas, Quao, Dani, Peter, Kima, Kuttimani( Ashutosh/Faizal) Abhishek( Lalmpuia), Henry, Sukore,

FT: Match end. Mohun Bagan 0 - 0 Mumbai FC.
93': Corner for MFC. Nicholas corner kick cleared.
92': Corner for Bagan from Satish movement. Chidi header from Satish's kick went out.
90': 3 minutes added by referee as injury time. 10 men MFC is now playing against Bagan.
89': RED CARD to Lalampuia who fouled Karan Atwal without ball.
89': Sukore shot deflected from Bagan defence. Counter attack of Bagan.
87': Still no score in the match.
85': PLAYER CHANGING by MFC . Faizal Rahman in and Ashutosh out.
82': PLAYER CHANGING by Bagan . Nazimuddin in and Gouranga out.
82': PLAYER CHANGING by MFC . Lalampuia in and Abhishek out.
80' : At Banglore 4-0 Leading by Indian Arrows against HAL. Fela scored.
80': Bagan got a corner in left side of MFC. Nidhinlal collected Gouranga's shot.
78': Bad luck of Chidi. His left footer beat the MFC keeper but hits the cross bar and went out.
75': MFC is attacking again and again in Bagan box.
75': Another corner of MFC in right. Nicholash kick cleared by Bagan defender.
74': Sangram saved a shot of Henry from a good move of MFC.
73': MFC wins a corner in right side. Nicholas shot and Sukore header just missed the target.
70': PLAYER CHANGING by MFC. Kuttimani out and Ashutosh came in the field.
70': Another attack of Bagan. Satish Kumar's shot blocked by MFC defence.
69': Quao of MFC defence well blocked an attack of Ashim Biswas's of Mohun Bagan. Good move by Ashim.
66': Boring match is going on. No positive attacks.
63': Still no score in the match. In Banglore Indian Arrows is leading 3-0 against HAL. Shilton scored now.
60': Yellow card to MFC Keeper Nidhinlal who fouled Chidi just outside their Box.
58': Satish Kumar's effort from right flank of MFC. Jayanta passed him and his left footer missed the target.
57': PLAYER CHANING by Mohun Bagan. Sagram Mandi out and Souvik Chakrabarty came in.
56': Bagan's Anwar well defended advancing Henry, covered him and back pass to Sangram.
53': MFC attacked from right side. Dani Pereira to Abhishek crossed from their but the ball went wide.
51': MFC scored a goal by a header of Sukore from Henry's cross but Referee cancelled it for offside.
50': Good movement of MFC from right, but Abhishek finally caught offside.
48': 2nd half match starts. No score in the first half match but in an another match, Indian Arrows is leading 2-0 now. Jwewl Raja scored for Indian Arrows against HAL.
45'+2': Bagan got a corner from Gouranga's Attack. But 1st half ended.
45': Referee Madho Singh added 2 minutes more as injury time.
43': Nice attack of MFC. Goutam Debnath's cross from right and Henry's header went out from closer.
40': Still no score in the match.
38': Kingshuks' long cross from right side went to MFC keeper's hand which was back headed by Nicholas.
35': MFC wins a corner in Bagan's left side. Cleared by Bagan defence.
33': Still no score in the Match but In Banglore Indian Arrows is leading 1-0 by Jeje's score in 40' against HAL.
30': MFC got free kick. Nicholas's kick and header of Abhishek went out.
28': Bagan is attacking more and more now. Satish Kumar passed towards Chidi who gave it to Ashim but his shot hits the post and out.
25': Again chance missed by Chidi. Gouranga well crossed from right, ball went to Chidi but Nidhinlal sell saved.
24': Chidi got a ball in MFC box but Nicholas well cleared. Gouranga crossed the ball from right.
22': MFC is pressurizing more and more with two Nigerians.
20': Miss pass of Gouranga Dutta, try to pass Chidi. No score yet.
19': Counter attacked by Bagan. Chidi missed a chance from Satish Kumar's cross. Bad miss of Chidi who scored 168 goals so far in India.
18': Good chance came to MFC. Henry missed to score from Sukore pass in 6 yard Box, but Sangram well saved.
16': MFC is attacking with two strikers Henry and Sukore assist by Abhishek Yadav.
15': Yellow card to Kima of MFC.
14': Throw in for MFC. Ball went to Satish Kumar of Bagan in left but his effort less cross went out.
12': No score yer. In first leg Mohun Bagan won 2 - 0.
11': Counter attack of PFC. Sukore effort went to Sangram's hand.
9': Corner for Mohun Bagan. Gouranga's kick. Ball cleared.
6': Counter attacked by MMB, Jayanta to Chidi but his shot went direct to Nidhinlal's hand.
6': Again attacked by MFC. Abhishek header off a left sided cross of Henry went out.
5': Back pass to Nidhinlal the keeper of MFC.
2': Mumbai FC attacked. Abhishek from right side beat Biswajit but his shot went over the bar.
1': Match starts

The boys of Indian Arrows routed HAL in their 20th Round 18th matches in I- League played at the Kanteerava Stadium Bangluru. J for Jeje and J for an another boy Jewel Raja, both are the members of Indian National team showed their excellent performance in the match to earn full points from Away match.

In the match Indian Arrows took lead 38th minute through Jeje Lalpekhula who got a long cross from Shilton and Vishal kumar's movement in HAL penalty box and beat Hal Keeper Promod.

Jewel Raja who scored his first International goal against Chinese Taipei in AFC Challenge Cup Qualifier scored the 2nd with his nice skill. By a defensive mistake of HAL, Jeje got the ball and gave to midfielder Jewel who beat advancing keeper Promod and scored easily.

Shilton D silva scored the third for Arrows from a corner kick of Jewel Raja. Ball dropped in the Hal box where Shilton was unmarked and scored with a nice placemen.

Substitute of Manandeep, Malswamfela score the 4th for Arrows in 80th minutes from a pass of Jibon Singh.

03.04.2011: HAL   0 - 4   Indian Arrows

IND: Jeje 37', Jewel Raja 50', Shilton 66', Fela 80'

MOM: Jeje ( Indian Arrows)

Indian Arrows: Jaargup, Visal, Raju, Deepak(Aksoy Mal), Lalrozama, Lalrin, Jewel, Shilton, Jeje, Manandeep(Fela), Jibon(( Fela).

HAL: Promod, Kenneth, Naveen, Jai Kumar, Goutam, Murli J, Metei, James, Vijoy Kumar, Hamza, R.C.Prakash.

It was a night to forget for Subrata Bhattacharya and his boys as Chirag United was muzzled at the hands of Dempo. The match started with Dempo looking the stronger of the two and Ranty Martins gave them a dream start when he scored in the 13 mins.

The goal was an outcome of a howler from the Chirag keeper Somnath Khara as the cross from Ranty Martins went directly into the goal. As the first half progressed Ranty martins was looking more and more deadly and almost doubled the lead when a Beto shot deflected from the fist of Somnath Khara went into the path of Ranty but this time the Chirag goalkeeper made amends of his first mistake and stopped the ball with a great double stop.

But again the Chirag defence due to their sloppyness gave away a penalty when Ranty Martins was fouled by Chika Wali in 28mins.The spot kick was successfully converted by Beto as Dempo was leading 2-0 .Dempo wasn't finished there as they kept on hunting for the third goal and a shot from Climax Lawrence just went over the bar in 33mins.The match looking one sided than ever was brought to life in 38mins when Shankar Orao scored and pulled one back for Chirag United.

But again Dempo maintained their two goal when Peter Carvalho scored in the added time of the first half thus making the first half a goal feast to remember. The second half started with constant raiding of the Chirag defence which was l ooking shaky by Ranty Martins and Beto .But the drama of the tie which gave four goals in the first half continued as Chirag United earned a penalty and the Indian star striker Sunil Chetri scoring from the spot marking his 50th goal in the I league witha style.

But the dramatic comeback of Chirag United was spoiled b the man of the night for Dempo Ranty Martins who scored his second goal and the fourth for Dempo in the 74th minute. Thus the tie ended with Dempo earning all three points and Ranty martins proving once again why he is the top marksman in the current Indian football scenario and Chirag United will be waiting for a reply to move on from this defeat in their remaining I League matches.

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Chirag United   2 - 4   Dempo SC
DEM: Ranti 13, 75', Beto 30', Carvalho 45'

CU : Shankar 38', Sunil 71'

MOM: Ranti Martins(DEM)

Chirag United: Somnath, Chika, Arnab, Narugopal, Sukhen, Lalkamal, Choi, Jerry, Sankar, Sunil, Elija Jr.

Dempo: Subhasish, Debabrata, Mahesh, Samir, Dominic, Carvalho, Miranda, Climax, Kalu, Beto, Ranty.

FT: Match end. Dempo get 3 points to beat Chirag united 4 - 2 in their away match. Ranty Martins got Man of the Match award for his outstanding play.

90': Referee added 3 minutes more.
89': Missed by Ranty. Miranda to Ranty in Chirag Box but his 6 yard shot went out.
86': PLAYER CHANGING for Dempo .. Climax Lawrance out and Abranches came in.
86': PLAYER CHANGING for Chirag.. Shankar Oraw out and Asif K came in.
84': PLAYER CHANGING for Dempo.. Valeriano came in place of Samir Naik.
82': Great miss of Soumik. Junior's shot deflected from Subhasish's hand which came to soumik in 6 yards but he missed the target.
80': Dempo is leading 4-2 now.
78': PLAYER CHANGING for Chirag.. Chika Wali out and Justine Stephhen came in.
74': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL..4th goal of Dempo. Ranty scored again. Cliffor crossed from left and Carvalho header went to unmarked Ranty who scored goal. 75th Goal of Ranty in India.
71': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.. Chettri scored goal from spot kick. 50th goal in I-League.
70': Penalty for Chirag. Debabrata fouled Junior when he entered in Dempo Box. Chettri will take the shot.
68': Chirag is attacking now. Shankar - Sunil good combination.
63': Dempo is playing a compact football.
58': Still Dempo is leading 3-1.
56': Yellow card to Choi of Chirag who fouled Samir Naik
54': Dempo attacked again. Ranti's shot saved by Somnath.
50': 2nd half match starts.
HT: It's half time now. Dempo is leading 3-1.
41'+2': Ranti crossed from left went to Beto and his shot seflected from Somnath's hand and went to Carvalho who scored the goal.
45'+1': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL..3rd goal of Dempo. Peter Carvalho scored the goal.
45': referee added 2 minutes more as injury time.
42': The scoreline is 2-1 for Dempo.
39': Nice score of Shankar from a left sided attack with his left footer.
38': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL..Chirag scored through Shankar Oraw.
34': Dempo is pressurizing more and more in chirag box.
33': another attack of Dempo. Beto header from Ranti's cross and ball deflected to Climax but his shot went our over the cross bar.
31': Dempo is leading 2- - 0.
30': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.. Beto scored goal from Penalty.
28': Penalty for Dempo. Yellow card to Chika Wali of Chirag United who fouled Ranty. Referee Pratap singh awarded Penalty to Dempo. Beto will take the shot.
25': Still Dempo is leading 1-0.
23': Chance missed by Ranty. Beto shot from top of the Chirag box, deflected from Somnaths's hand and Ranty who followed the ball missed the chance as his shot saved by Somnath via corner.
22': Debabrata well defended Sunil in left back position.
18': Subhasish well saved an attack of Sunil-Junior movement.
15': Now Dempo SC is leading 1-0.
13': GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL... Ranty scord. Great mistake of Sonnath Khara. The cross of Ranty from right out position slipped from his hand and went direct to goal.
12': Ranty fouled Somnath, the keeper of Chirag.
11': Sunil got the ball from Jurion but three defenders of Dempo came and cleared the ball.
8': Still no score in the Match.
5': Good cover of Mahesh in front of Sunil Chettri. Shankar passed towards Sunil in Dempo box.
5': Junior shot went out but it was very poor shot.
3': Arnab cleared Mirinda's left sided attack.
2': Narugopal to Shankar in left but ball out.
1': Chettri to Junior in Dempo Box but cleared by Samir.
1': Match starts.