Durand Cup 2021: FC Bengaluru United beat Mohammedan SC 2-0 to finish top of Group A
Both
sides
had
already
made
it
to
the
quarter-finals,
so
the
Black
Panthers
will
be
going
through
as
Group
A
runners-up.
The
game
was
goalless
at
half-time
and
owing
to
the
rain-hit
conditions,
the
deadlock
was
turning
to
be
hard
to
break.
The
breakthrough
finally
arrived
in
the
64th
minute,
when
Bengaluru’s
Thokchom
James
Singh
rose
above
his
marker
to
score
the
opener.
With
only
one
goal
separating
the
two
sides
in
the
business
end,
the
game
was
headed
towards
a
nerve-wracking
finish
in
the
final
few
minutes.
All
doubts
were
cast
aside
however,
when
Mohammedan
conceded
a
penalty
in
the
fifth
minute
of
stoppage
time.
Slovenian
forward
Luka
Majcen
stepped
up
and
made
no
mistake
in
converting
the
spot-kick
and
rubber
stamping
Bengaluru
United’s
status
as
Group
A
kingpins
with
added
authority.
Match
between
Indian
Air
Force
(IAF)
and
CRPF
abandoned
The
concurrent
Group
A
fixture
between
Indian
Air
Force
(IAF)
and
CRPF,
which
was
scheduled
to
take
place
at
the
Mohun
Bagan
Athletic
Club
Ground,
had
to
be
called
off
due
to
unplayable
conditions
caused
by
heavy
rain
and
water
logging.
Both
sides
have
been
awarded
one
point
each.
