FULL TIME! What a match this has been. Mohun Bagan had dominated in the first half, but that counted for little, as Minerva came back in the second half, as they knocked hard on the Mariners' door. They finally managed to get the equaliser through a Moinuddin goal. Minerva gave it a mighty effort in the end, and came out with the point that they wanted. Title favourites Mohun Bagan, on the other hand, would have to find their way back to the drawing board, to iron out their defensive errors.
94 - Kromah launches one final attack, plays it to Sony, who plays it back to him. Kromah then tried to play it back to Faiaz on the right flank, but it was too long.
89 - GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!! Moinuddin levels the scores with just a few minutes to go! MB defence failed to negotiate a long throw, as the ball bobbled around in their box. Moinuddin finally latched on to it, and slotted it into the top corner to level the scores.
87 - Minerva are stringing a few passes together, in an attempt to get back into the game. However, Mohun Bagan have already put enough bodies behind the ball.
82 - Sony Norde shows a brilliant burst of pace, as he surges into the box, and flashes the ball across the face of the goal, towards an unmarked Faiaz on the far post. However, the substitute could not get a touch onto that from close range. Had he managed to get a touch there, they would surely have increased MB's lead to 2-0
75 - Faiaz plays an aerial ball through ball to Kromah in the box, as the forward goes down. The Mohun Bagan players immediately turn to the referee, looking for a penalty. However, referee Umesh Bora simply gives a wry smile and asks Kromah to get back on his feet.
69 - Kassim releases Chencho down the left flank, as the Bhutanese winger fizzes in a low cross across the face of the goal. Unfortunately for Minerva, and fortunately for MB, the ball missed everyone, and rolled away, across the face of the goal.
64 - Minerva are knocking, and they are knocking hard on the Mohun Bagan defence. Chencho is played through on the left, as he enters the box with pace, but Kingshuk clears the danger.
59 - Chance! Second half substitute Lago gets a golden chance, as he gets the ball inside the box, from a corner, but his shot only goes on to rebound off the post. However, Lago got the ball again on the rebound, but his successive shot was well over the bar.
57 - Minerva break again, and Aidara heads it through to an unmarked Deepak inside the box. Shiton Paul rushed out of his line, and that seemed to be enough to put the Minerva man off.
54 - Aidara tries to break from the left side, but Gurjinder gets in a rash tackle, and earns himself a booking. Can Minerva use this free kick to get back in the game?
Half Time! And with that, we come to the end of the first half. It has been a brilliant half for Mohun Bagan, who have hogged possession of the ball. Sanjoy Sen seems to have completely changed his side around from the previous seasons, as the Mariners hogged possession of the ball, and dominated the proceedings. Although they looked to be lacking a bit of sharpness in the final third, the brilliance of Sony Norde helped them out towards the end of the first half.
For Minerva, however, its back to the drawing board. They have been completely outplayed in this half, and need to find a way back into this game. Fortunately for them, they are only one goal down.
43 - GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its that man again -- SONY NORDE! He breaks down the middle and cuts past three defenders at great pace, enters the box from the right side, and rifled it into the far bottom corner, to open the scoring! It took ISL 2017 3 matches to register its first goal, but Sony Norde has ensured that the same affair took only 43 minutes in the I-League.
41 - The switch in the flanks has opened some space for Lyngdoh, who gets it on the half volley on the edge of the Minerva area. He pulled the trigger with an almighty effort, but his shot was so high that we are afraid it might end up crashing a UFO.
37 - Chance! Dicka enters the box from the left, does a couple of stepovers, and crosses it in. The ball takes a deflection and headed towards Sony. However, the Haitian had his back towards goal, and tried to get a back-header in, but it was too weak to trouble Arshdeep.
35 - Corner for MB! Sony plays an accurate corner this time, to Dicka, near the penalty spot, but a Minerva leg managed get a touch on the ball, and divert it just enough, to put Dicka off
34 - Chencho breaks with great speed, down the left flank. The Mohun Bagan defence was well and truly caught napping, there. He crosses it in, but Shilton Paul is there on the spot, to smother the ball.
31 - There's only one suspect for taking this free kick -- Sony Norde! He lines up the shot, but the ball just doesn't dip after crossing the wall. It mere sails high over the bar. That was poor by the Haitian's standards.
27 - Whatever momentum Minerva had, seems to have gone away now, as the Mariners are bossing it in the middle of the park. The away side has kept 67 % possession of the ball.
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