Mumbai City FC confirmed their place in the semifinals of this year’s ISL with a convincing 2-0 win over Chennaiyin FC. Goals from Matias Defederico and Krisztian Vadocz ensured that the defending champions were soundly beaten.
Here is how each player fared.
Mumbai City FC
Amrinder Singh - 6/10
He might as well have sat in the stands, as Chennaiyin didn't give him single save to make.
Sehnaj Singh - 5/10
Sehnaj looked uncertain in the second half as Chennaiyin used Riise and Daniel very well down that side. But, no damage was done. This isn’t his natural position, and in the bigger games to come for Mumbai, Aibor Khongjee might prove to be a better bet at right-back.
Anwar Ali - 6/10
Anwar was comfortable as for large parts of the game; Succi was isolated. He did have a challenge once Dudu came on and made a nuisance of himself, but Anwar pitted himself well.
Lucian Goian - 6/10
He is the leader of this defence, and he once again showed. Even though Chennaiyin's attack was off-colour, he was vocal, organised the defence well and ensured that the clean sheet was intact.
Sena Ralte - 6/10
He was eager to get forward at every opportunity and proved a useful outlet. He defended very well against Jayesh. Chhetri helped him out when required, as he willingly tracked back. But, in truth, Ralte had a reasonably easy day at the office, made largely by Wadoo having a shocker of a game.
Gerson Viera - 5/10
He was untidy on the ball and made a few stupid fouls. But Vadocz covered for him, with the Hungarian having an absolute stormer of a game.
Krisztian Vadocz - 9/10
What a goal that was from Vadocz. Apart from that stunner, he played beautifully in the defensive midfield role, ensuring that Raphael didn't get any space. He also played an integral part in putting Chhetri in, to find Defedrico for Mumbai’s opener. Man of the Match.
Cafu - 6/10
He tried hard, but more often than not, his quality deserted him.
Matias Defederico - 8.5/10
Defederico had a superb game as he troubled Riise with his pace all game. His ability to find space between the lines is an asset for Mumbai. It was a beautiful finish to give Mumbai the lead after Chhetri had put it on a plate for him.
Diego Forlan - 8/10
He controlled the play for Mumbai as he brought Chhetri and Defederico into play. The rotation of the front three caused havoc in the Chennaiyin defence. He seemed to be tired in the dying embers of the game as he misplaced some passes, which by his standards, he should have routinely made. Mumbai were looking at a much bigger scoreline as Chennaiyin were there for the taking. It is nice to see a marquee player living up to his billing, for once, in the ISL.
Sunil Chhetri - 8/10
The Indian captain had a stunning game. He played the pass for Defederico's opener. Everything that has made him the legend he is was there to see. The desire, the strength and most importantly, the quality. His exchanges with Forlan and Defedrico were a joy to watch.
Substitutes
Facundo Cardozo - 5/10
He came on for Cafu and helped Mumbai keep the lead.
Jackichand Singh - 4/10
He came on late in the game for the brilliant Chhetri.
Tino Cunha - 4/10
He had a chance brilliantly saved by Karanjit thirty seconds after he came on for Defederico in the 86th minute.
Chennaiyin FC
Karanjit Singh - 5/10
He will feel he could have done better for Vadocz's goal, but apart from that, he made a few big saves.
Mehrajuddin Wadoo - 0/10
Wadoo had a dreadful game. His passing was awful; crossing was diabolical, and Chhetri ran rings around him, ensuring he did nothing on the defensive side either. For a man who has played every minute this season, and a player as experienced as he is; better was expected on what was a big occasion for Chennaiyin to keep their hopes alive.
Eli Sabia - 4/10
Forlan and Chhetri troubled the big Brazilian. At the other end, he had chances from two Riise free kicks that he missed.
Bernard Mendy - 5/10
Mendy stood tall but got no support from his teammates. It would not be far-fetched to call Mendy Chennaiyin’s best player on what was otherwise a miserable day at work for the champions.
John Arne Riise - 5/10
He put some decent crosses in, but Defederico ran him ragged. Defensively, his lack of pace was there for all to see, as he just could not keep up with the skill, the pace and the trickery of Defederico.
Harmanjot Khabra - 3/10
None of the qualities that made him one of Materazzi's favourites in the first two seasons was to be seen. Today, the Italian manager was only left frustrated as Khabra tried to do things out of the ordinary when keeping it simple and bringing in the more skilful players into play might have been the right thing to do.
Zakeer Mundampara - 4/10
His role was to break up Mumbai's attacking play, but Mumbai passed the ball through him. He was substituted in the 58th minute.
Hans Mulder - 5/10
Mulder's passing was off the mark by quite a distance today. In a changed Chennaiyin system, he found no joy whatsoever.
Raphael Augusto - 3/10
He played a little deeper in midfield than in recent games and was quieter than he has been in recent games. He had been the single most important player for Chennaiyin in their recent games due to his eagerness to get forward to support Succi, but the big no. 9 was left isolated today.
Jayesh Rane - 5/10
He beat Ralte with skill on a fair few occasions, but his balls into the box were awful. In truth, Jayesh was not helped by the fact that he got zero support from his full back as Wadoo himself was having a terrible game.
Davide Succi - 5/10
Succi got absolutely no help with the midfielders leaving him isolated against the whole Mumbai defence. It didn’t help him that Goian, who has arguably been the best defender this season was in the opposition and did not give him a sniff. He was reduced to taking long shots which didn’t trouble Amrinder at all.
Substitutes
Daniel Lalhlimpuia - 5/10
Riise and him combined well, but much like the whole Chennaiyin performance, Daniel too fell short.
Dudu Omagbemi - 4/10
He threw himself about, but that was pretty much it.
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