@ Mumbai City FC, November 23
Chennaiyin were denied all three points in the first encounter between these two sides after a belter of a goal from Leo Costa with just five minutes to go saw Mumbai steal a share of the points. It was Mumbai's first ever point against Chennaiyin, having lost all of their previous matchups.
The result was a very disappointing one for the Blues because Mumbai looked like they came for a point right from the opening whistle. Chennaiyin did all the running in this match and Mumbai only stepped it up after going a goal down.
Chennaiyin looked good for the win after Jeje’s goal had given them the advantage yet with just five minutes to go in regulation, Costa was given space and time to shoot from 30 yards out to grab the equaliser and deliver a gut punch to the Chennaiyin players.
“Against Mumbai, I regret that we conceded a goal from 25 metres”, Materazzi still regrets as he feels it was a game that got away.
This encounter though will be in Mumbai where they have played better and more enterprising football. Plus they have India captain Sunil Chhetri back. Any returns from this game may be hard to come by.
