Shillong Lajong News
While Shillong are facing certain relegation after finishing bottom of the 11-team pile, Bagan could hope most for a fifth-place finish.
This match will be a dress rehearsal too before the Kolkata derby play against East Bengal on January 27.
Manzi now has seven goals in the 12th I-League and is just one behind top scorer Willis Plaza of Churchill Brothers.
At the near-packed JLN stadium, Mahesh scored two brilliant goals in either half to clinch full three points for his side.
Mohun Bagan dished out an impressive performance to beat fellow I-League side Shillong Lajong 3-1 and enter the semifinals of Super Cup football tournament on Wednesday.
Shillong Lajong rallied from 0-2 deficit to beat FC Pune City 3-2 in a thrilling match and book a quarterfinal spot in the inaugural Super Cup football tournament here on Wednesday.
Shillong Lajong gave East Bengal a scare before settling for a 2-2 draw on Monday, leaving the I-League title race tantalisingly poised with one round to go.
Koffi (58th minute ) and Jagne (73rd minute) smacked a couple of goals for the hosts before Dodoz halved the gap (90+5th minute) for the visitors in the added minutes.
In a fast-paced game, William Opoku Asiedu scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute to continue Minerva Punjab FC's fairytale run.
Nongbet, whose side suffered a 0-3 drubbing at the hands of the Arrows, also felt that the Ambedkar Stadium playing surface was hard which made it difficult for his players to control the ball.
Little did the festive season affect the Arrows and brushing aside the rust from their last 0-2 defeat against Gokulam Kerala FC, a robust Arrows took to the field and attacked from the whistle.
This will be Aizawl's last home game before Christmas and three points against Lajong will be a satisfactory Christmas present for their fans.
Mohun Bagan, however, remain on second place with eight points, one clear of Shillong Lajong in the standings led by Minerva (10).
Action returns to the Salt Lake Stadium and head coach Sanjoy Sen did not deem changing home grounds will be much of an issue. "For us every ground is challenging. Our record in Barasat is good. We are always prepared wherever we play. We have to be consistent."
Courtesy the result, East Bengal jumped to third position in the points table from seventh with four points from three matches. Lajong remained second with six points from three outings.
Redeem Tlang (28') and Samuel J Lyngdoh Kynshi (72') struck in either half of the match to give Lajong a 2-0 victory over Churchill Brothers in their second Hero I-League home fixture this season.
Among the recommendations was that clubs be allowed to field five foreign players in a game, including one Asian footballer.
Strikes by Alen Deory (49') and Redeem Tlang (68') for Lajong cancelled Halicharan Narzary's brace (64', 86'). But Lajong left it late as Samuel Lalmuanpuia scored in the dying embers (90+2') to give the Shillong outfit their first win of the tournament.
Currently, Mohun Bagan sit on top of Group B with six points out of two matches.
Strikes by Udanta Singh (35th minute), Eugeneson Lyngdoh (46th) and an own goal by skipper Aibrolang Khongjee proved enough for the Blues to register their first win.
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