The two best teams of the ongoing ISL season will lock horns on Saturday to decide which club lifts the ISL trophy for the first time. Both the Islanders and the Mariners finished in the top two positions in the table with 40 points each, separated only by the head-to-head record and Mumbai City’s superior goal difference. City enjoyed their best-ever season in the ISL, and most of the credit goes to the new manager Sergio Lobera who brought in some of his trusted players from his previous club Goa. Former Goa players Hugo Boumous, Mourtada Fall, Ahmed Jahouh, and Mandar Rao Dessai, along with key players Amrinder Singh, Adam le…
Author: Mohak Arora
Mohak Arora
Mohak Arora has worked with a national newspaper in Asian Age and a national news TV channel in India Ahead News in the past. He was also part of the Sportskeeda Indian football team and contributed more than 200 pieces in a period of three years. Mohak covered match previews and reviews along with conducting exclusive interviews of players and coaches of the teams involved for the entirety of the 2020-21 ISL season.
ATK Mohun Bagan will face NorthEast United at the Fatorda Stadium on Tuesday in the second leg of the second semi-final of the Indian Super League 2020-21 season. In the first leg at the GMC Bambolim Stadium, both teams scored on either side of half-time to end the night at parity. David Williams scored an eye-catching goal in the 34th minute, and substitute Idrissa Sylla scored deep in added time to set up a tasty fixture in the second leg of the semi-final. The Mariners enjoyed a great first season in the ISL as they won 12 of their 20 matches, finishing second only…
Mumbai City will face Goa at the GMC Bambolim Stadium on Monday to decide the first finalist of the Indian Super League 2020-21 season. In the first leg at the Fatorda Stadium, both teams scored twice, with star players Igor Angulo and Hugo Boumous finding the back of the net in the first half. After the break, defenders Saviour Gama and Mourtada Fall scored for their team to end the night at parity. The mighty Gaurs finished fourth in the league table with Juan Ferrando overseeing a big rehauling of the squad as multiple star players, including skipper Mandar Rao Dessai, Hugo Boumous, Ahmed Jahouh, and manager Sergio Lobera switched loyalties to City. Angulo’s 14…