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 right here on Tuesday.
Jorge Pereyra Diaz scored twice and Alberto Noguera, Yoell Van Nieff and Vikram Partap Singh netted one every for the Mumbai City FC, which is now positioned on the prime of Group B.
Jamshedpur FC made a quick begin to the sport because it compelled a save out of Phurba Lachenpa inside 20 seconds, from an try by Bivan Laskar.
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But Mumbai City FC discovered its mojo quickly and dominated until the tip. Greg Stewart hit the crossbar from a freekick and Mehtab Singh compelled a save out of JFC keeper Mohit Singh Dhami.
It was within the seventh minute that Mumbai discovered the web by means of Diaz. A superb interchange play between Greg Stewart and Vikram in the precise resulted within the latter discovering Diaz free contained in the field, who had the simplest of finishes to open the scoring for the Islanders.
Diaz scored his second to double Mumbai’s lead within the 14th minute. Bipin Singh’s cross discovered him contained in the field and he completed expertly.
Mumbai City piled up additional stress on the younger Jamshedpur FC facet, whereas Dhami did properly to maintain the rating at 2-0.
MCFC, nonetheless, discovered the third objective quickly sufficient by means of Noguera who chipped the ball above Dhami to assist his facet end the primary half with 14 photographs on the Jamshedpur objective.
The Islanders scored its fourth of the sport within the second minute of the second half when van Neiff completed neatly from the again submit from a nook taken by Greg Stewart.
Seven minutes later, Mumbai City FC scored its fifth objective when Jamshedpur misplaced the ball in its personal half and Stewart handed it on to Vikram who scored with a diving header.
