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ISL League Shield And Playoffs Qualification Scenario Explained: Fight Between 3 For 6th Spot | Football News
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ISL League Shield And Playoffs Qualification Scenario Explained: Fight Between 3 For 6th Spot | Football News

[ad_1] The Indian Super League (ISL) Shield race has produced peak entertainment and excitement heading into the final week of the league campaign. Mumbai City FC sits at the pole position to defend their title with 44 points from 20 games, but Mohun Bagan Super Giant (42) along with Odisha FC (39) and FC Goa (39) are not far-off from displacing the Islanders from the first place in the table either, making it a four-way race for the ultimate honour of the top-tier of Indian football. Here's what the four teams need to do to clinch the first-place finish and also get into the top-two, guaranteeing them a semi-final berth.Mumbai City FC, Pos: 1, Pl: 20, Pts: 44Fixtures Remaining: Odisha FC (H), Mohun Bagan Super Giant (A)With Odisha FC (42) and Mohun Bagan Super Giant (39) breathing down ...
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Super Cup To Adhere To AFC’s 6 Overseas Players’ Rule | Cricket News
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Super Cup To Adhere To AFC’s 6 Overseas Players’ Rule | Cricket News

[ad_1] The Super Cup will follow the AFC's six foreign players rule, the AIFF has announced.© X (Twitter)The Kalinga Super Cup will follow the AFC's six foreign players rule, the All India Football Federation announced on Thursday. The 16 participating teams can register up to six foreign players in the starting line-up with one from Asia. This is in accordance with the AFC club competitions regulations."This decision has been taken in view of the fact that winners of the Kalinga Super Cup will qualify for the AFC Champions League 2 2024-25," the AIFF stated.The Indian Super League follows a 3:1 rule -- three non-Asian and one Asian player in the starting XI, even as the top-tier league allows to register six foreign players.The 12 ISL clubs have gained direct entry, while the I-League f...
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Mumbai City FC, FC Goa Register Comfortable Wins In Durand Cup | Football News
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Mumbai City FC, FC Goa Register Comfortable Wins In Durand Cup | Football News

[ad_1] Mumbai City FC cruised to a second consecutive victory with a 5-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in a Group B fixture of the Durand Cup on Tuesday. Jorge Pereyra Diaz scored twice and Alberto Noguera, Yoell Van Nieff and Vikram Partap Singh netted one each for the Mumbai City FC, who are now placed at the top of Group B. Jamshedpur FC made a fast start to the game as they forced a save out of Phurba Lachenpa inside 20 seconds of the save from an attempt by Bivan Laskar. But Mumbai City FC found their mojo soon and dominated till the end. Greg Stewart hit the crossbar from a freekick and Mehtab Singh forced a save out of JFC keeper Mohit Singh Dhami.It was in the seventh minute that Mumbai found the net through Diaz. A good interchange play between Greg Stewart and Vikram in the right resu...
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Mumbai City Clinch ISL League Shield After 5-3 Win Over FC Goa | Football News
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Mumbai City Clinch ISL League Shield After 5-3 Win Over FC Goa | Football News

[ad_1] Mumbai City FC beat FC Goa 5-3 in a thrilling match to clinch the ISL League Shield with two matches in hand in Margao on Saturday. FC Goa were determined not to make Mumbai's title charge easy, trying to beat them with their own attacking method. They found success with this approach as early as in the fifth minute. A long free kick found its way to Noah Sadaoui, who dodged past three defenders and found the target to put FC Goa ahead.But the league leaders weren't quiet for long. In the 18th minute, they were gifted a free kick just outside the box in a central position. Greg Stewart stepped up and hit a powerful left-footed shot to Dheeraj Singh's near post to beat his outstretched right hand.Both teams continued to push forward and looked shaky in defence, and in a four-minute...
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ATK Mohun Bagan Ends FC Goa’s Three Game Unbeaten Run In ISL | Football News
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ATK Mohun Bagan Ends FC Goa’s Three Game Unbeaten Run In ISL | Football News

[ad_1] The ATK Mohun Bagan-FC Goa match in progress.© PTIATK Mohun Bagan snapped FC Goa's three-match unbeaten run in the Indian Super League with a 2-1 win in Kolkata on Wednesday. A first-half strike by Anwar Ali was not enough as goals by Dimitri Petratos and Hugo Boumous helped ATK Mohun Bagan reign supreme at the Saltlake Stadium. Hosts ATK Mohun Bagan got things up and running soon after kick-off, creating their first big chance in the sixth minute itself. Dimitri Petratos pounced on a loose ball at the edge of the box and pulled the trigger, but missed the target with his attempt.Four minutes later, they were in the lead. Once again, it was Petratos who made the difference as he collected the ball from a throw-in, advanced through the right side and fired a shot into the near post...
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Javi Hernandez Slams Brace, Bengaluru FC Return To Winning Ways In ISL | Football News
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Javi Hernandez Slams Brace, Bengaluru FC Return To Winning Ways In ISL | Football News

[ad_1] Bengaluru FC players celebrate a goal.© ISLJavi Hernandez struck a brace as former champions Bengaluru FC returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over FC Goa in the Indian Super League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday. The Spaniard broke the deadlock in the 27th minute when he calmly slotted past Dheeraj Singh from a Roy Krishna assist, the strike ending the Blues' four-match goal drought. Bengaluru FC doubled their advantage in the 57th minute when the Blues broke on the counter with Udanta Singh's measured pass for Hernandez to hand the Gaurs their first home defeat of the season.The win ended BFC's five-match winless run as they jumped from 10th to eighth position, three points behind Chennaiyin FC.FC Goa remained in fourth spot, three points behind Odi...
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‘Kiss On The Foot’ Act Puts Soccer Commentator In Trouble In Kerala | Football News
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‘Kiss On The Foot’ Act Puts Soccer Commentator In Trouble In Kerala | Football News

[ad_1] Image for representative use© AFPIt might have been done out of excitement but a "kiss on the foot" act of a noted Malayalam football commentator, done to an Ukranian ISL player of Kerala Blasters during an interview, has evoked sharp reactions on social media platforms including from hardcore soccer fans. Enraged netizens slammed commentator Shaiju Damodaran for doing the act in the name of "whole of Kerala" and dragging the entire Malayali community, while kissing on the foot of the foreign soccer player, a video of which had gone viral. The controversial incident happened during his recent interview with Ivan Kaliuzhnyi for a YouTube channel.Excited over the goal scored by the Ukrainian player against FC Goa in the Indian Super League (ISL) here on November 13, Damodaran, in th...
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ISL: FC Goa Celebrate First Home Match With 3-0 Drubbing Of Jamshedpur FC | Football News
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ISL: FC Goa Celebrate First Home Match With 3-0 Drubbing Of Jamshedpur FC | Football News

[ad_1] FC Goa's first home game of this Indian Super League (ISL) season was a joyous one as they defeated Jamshedpur FC 3-0 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in Margao on Thursday. Iker Guarrotxena and Noah Wail Sadaoui scored inside the first 15 minutes, and Brison Fernandes struck in the 93rd minute to give FC Goa a win on their return home. Both sides made two changes to their starting eleven. The hosts welcomed Dheeraj Moirangthem back in goal, and Mohamed Fares Arnaout replaced Marc Hernandez in defence.The visitors also made a change in defence with Eli Sabia coming in to replace Pratik Chaudhari. Harry Sawyer dropped to the bench, and Jitendra Singh came into the midfield as Jamshedpur switched to a 4-2-3-1.FC Goa were off to a flyer as Guarrotxena scored after just two minutes. B...
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ISL: FC Goa Pip East Bengal 2-1 With Last-Minute Goal | Football News
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ISL: FC Goa Pip East Bengal 2-1 With Last-Minute Goal | Football News

[ad_1] Local giants East Bengal's ordeal continued as they lost 1-2 to FC Goa in the Indian Super League, courtesy Edu Bedia's stoppage time free-kick, in Kolkata on Wednesday. The Gaurs thus ended their six-match winless streak at the Salt Lake Stadium. It was Brandon Fernandes, who had put the Goan outfit ahead in the seventh minute while Cleiton Silva converted a spot kick to restore parity. FC Goa got the lead when the 28-year-old midfielder was picked out from the left flank by Alvaro Vazquez before he dodged past Ivan Gonzalez and dinked it over custodian Kamaljit Singh to give his team the lead inside 10th minute of the first half.In the 24th minute, Jordan O'Doherty and Cleiton Silva launched a counter-attack. O'Doherty played the ball in behind Silva but the striker could not ge...
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