Match Review:
Mohammedan Sporting after a couple of draws looked to bag 3 points as they hosted Dempo SC on Sataurday evening at YBK stadium.
Coach under pressure to deliver started with Tolgay-Joshimar upfront while midfield was marshaled by Penn,Anthony, Isfaq ,Mashi and the backfour comprised of Lucioano-Mehraj ,Collin and Nirmal.
Dempo SC started with just one foreigner and beefed their line up with former Pailan Arrows young players as Prabir,Narayan Das,Pronoy Halder,Alwyn George and Holicharan Narzary all featured in their line up.
Mohammedan Sporting started well as they pressed forward through Penn and Anthony Soren combining well on occassions as well as good overlapping play from Nirmal and Collin Abranches but Tolgay and Joshimar had a miserable evening as they failed to convert the moves to some attacking results in the final third. Penn and Soren did well to feed through balls to Tolgay but the out of form Aussie seemed to be scrambling for ideas to be in penetrative zone as his signature step-overs and inside outside moves were elementary for even young Narayan Das who easily choked the Aussie moves down the right.If Tolgay was miserable Joshimar wasn't far behind as both the strikers positioned themselves poles apart and the Dempo defenders had no problems dealing with one striker at a time as there was no combine link up play between the two strikers.Even if Joshimar used his height to control long balls but he had virtually no support to pass the loose second ball. However, the best chance of the match came to Tolgay Ozbey who controlled a ball in the six yard box and with only goalkeeper to beat volleyed the ball high and wide from the goal from an angle where it is virtually impossible to miss the target !!
Second half brought no changes to Mohammedan Sporting's fortune as Tolgay got another chance from a counter attack with one on one with just goalkeeper to beat but hit straight to him.
Dempo SC on the other hand lost Beto with injury within first 5 mins of the match and were playing with a young team. Jewel Raja and Cliford Miranda provided the push from Midfield as former Pailan duo of Alwyn George and Holicharan Narzary attacked from both flanks and Jeje played as a more central role.But Luciano and Mehraj used their physical presence to block any threat from Dempo as they missed their overseas players.
Holicharan made some good runs down the left flank and Alwyn used neat skills around the Mohammedan Sporting box but failed to test keeper Louis Barretto.
Coach Aziz made some changes as he was forced to bench Tolgay Ozbey and brought on Asim biswas and Mohammedan Sporting looked more dangerous on the attack. Asim weaved his way a couple of time through Dempo defence and created few openings and his remarkable left footer with 30 yards out was tipped over the bar by Dempo keeper.As Aziz desperate for a goal brought in Ajay Singh went on 4-3-3 formation to snatch a goal but created openings but failed to find the net.
With both teams missing few open chances the match ended in a goalless draw with the spectators gifted with a galore of misses which is becoming quite routine in Mohammedan Sporting games.
Coach Aziz need to work on his attacking options in final third as the team is playing well from defence to midfield but showing no penetrative threat in the final third.The fans would be looking for a more improved performance from their team as three consecutive draws could put pressure on Mohammedan Sporting as they are lined for more tough away games in coming legs of the I-League.
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