Mumbai Metropolis FC certified for the quarterfinals of the continuing Durand Cup with a dominating 4-0 victory over Indian Navy FT on Saturday. Jorge Pereyra Diaz, Greg Stewart, Gurkirat Singh and Nathan Asher Rodrigues scored for Mumbai, who completed the group stage with 9 factors from three matches. At Kokrajhar, Bodoland FC ended their maiden Durand Cup marketing campaign with a historic 2-1 win over Odisha FC, their first win within the iconic match.
Enjoying their last Group F fixture, the house aspect rode on second-half strikes by Maneshwar Mushahary and Cameroonian Zacharie Mbenda to come back from behind and register a well-known win.
Pungte Lapung had scored first to offer Odisha the lead.
Earlier, Mumbai had been on the assault from the go, creating possibilities because the attackers had been troubling the Navy defence repeatedly.
Navy’s resistance was damaged within the thirty fourth minute as Mumbai took the lead. Bipin Singh’s move from the left discovered Pereyra Diaz who needed to simply faucet in to attain.
Mumbai doubled their lead within the 62nd minute as Lallinzuala Chhangte’s cross from the correct was headed in by Greg Stewart.
Gurkirat Singh acquired a by ball from Greg Stewart and completed previous the Navy keeper to attain his first aim of the match as Mumbai went up 3-0.
Nathan Asher Rodrigues then utilized the ending touches to the match within the sixth minute of harm time. He took benefit of a free ball from a nook contained in the field and completed to offer Mumbai their fourth aim.
As Group F stands, each Bodoland and Odisha finish with three factors, whereas the Indian Military are sitting fairly on the prime with six factors and a recreation in hand in opposition to Rajasthan United FC who’re additionally at the moment on three factors.
NorthEast United FC and Downtown Heroes will conflict in a Group D match at Guwahati’s Indira Gandhi Athletic stadium, whereas Mohammedan Sporting and Jamshedpur FC will face off on the Kishore Bharati Stadium in Kolkata in Group B on Sunday.
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