Krishna rolls back time to haunt Habas and Bagan as Odisha win semi first-leg
Roy Krishna was comfortably the best player on the pitch that swallowed the rest. On Odisha's difference maker against Mohun Bagan.
Roy Krishna was comfortably the best player on the pitch that swallowed the rest. On Odisha's difference maker against Mohun Bagan.
Roy Krishna was the difference as Odisha won the first leg 2-1.
With a squad that lacks many star names, Owen Coyle has extracted the best out of Chennaiyin FC this season, and it's a first step with trophies in mind.
Man to man, there isn't an Indian midfielder who can match Brandon, and his goal against Chennaiyin was a real-time demonstration.
First half goals from Noah Sadaoui and Brandon Fernandes ensured the victory for Goa who will face Mumbai CIty FC in the semifinals.
Ahmed Jahouh's no-look loft over the top was a fitting way to end a game of football that was defined by its missed chances.
Odisha FC maintained their unbeaten run at home with a superb 2-1 comeback win over Kerala Blasters and qualified for the two-legged semifinals where they will face Mohun Bagan.
Antonio Habas oversaw Mohun Bagan's first-ever ISL League Shield victory after a dramatic final day win over Mumbai City.
Liston Colaco and Jason Cummings scored for Bagan, who posted a record points total of 48 points to win the Indian Super League on the final day.
The ISL League Shield race comes down to the pedigree and success of Mohun Bagan Super Giant against the financial might and success of Mumbai City FC.
The 22-year-old, in his fourth season with the club, went on to shed the 'junior player' tag and became one of Mumbai's most important players of the season.
East Bengal ran out 4-2 winners against nine-man Kerala Blasters to boost their playoff hopes.
A thrilling season of the ISL has produced a title race and playoff race like never before.
Chinglensana put on a superb footballing display against Kerala Blasters. It's even more impressive given what he's been through over the past ten months.
The match had ended in a 1-1 draw but the result can be changed to 3-0 loss for Jamshedpur.
Chinglensana Singh talks to ESPN about the past ten months: the trauma he and his family underwent, the struggle since to set things back to normal and the realisation that, though they lost almost all their material possessions, they have each other.
ESPN speaks exclusively to Sergio Lobera, Odisha FC coach
ESPN spoke to Hyderabad FC owner Varun Tripuraneni about the financial crisis and freefall of the club.
ESPN spoke to several people closely involved with Hyderabad FC to piece together what led to to the club's crisis and the work being done to resolve it.
Oh, now that was a derby. On the pitch, the goals were excellent in this 396th boro match, and they were shared between these two great teams.
Kolkata -- and by extension it's two greatest clubs -- is no longer the sun around which Indian football orbits... and yet, in a strange way it still is.
"For the first time after more than three years, there's hope... there's a sensation that we are equal."
"I have to say it was more emotional than any other celebrations I have lived in my life." - Carles Cuadrat on East Bengal's Super Cup victory.
The matches will kick off at 7:30 PM with the double headers, on Saturdays, starting at 5:00 PM.
India's premier football clubs gear up for a cup competition sans the country's best players, who will be in Qatar for the AFC Asian Cup
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohun Bagan Super Giant | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | +21 | 48 |
Mumbai City FC | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | +23 | 47 |
FC Goa | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | +18 | 45 |
Odisha FC | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | +12 | 39 |
Kerala Blasters FC | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | +1 | 33 |
Chennaiyin FC | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 27 |
NorthEast United FC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 26 |
Punjab FC | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -7 | 24 |
SC East Bengal | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 24 |
Bengaluru FC | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -14 | 22 |
Jamshedpur FC | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 21 |
Hyderabad | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | -33 | 8 |