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Super Cup action continued on the second day of qualifiers, as ISL franchise Mumbai City FC hosted I-League youngsters Indian Arrows at the Kalinga Sports Complex in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
The Indian Arrows who impressed everyone with their spirited showing against the I-League teams despite finishing at the bottom of the standings. Mumbai City FC, who had finished top of the league last year in the Indian Super League had a poor season as they ended up on the seventh spot, missing the qualification spot for the main draw of the Super Cup.
The Indian Arrows put in a determined performance as they defended well to keep the Mumbai City FC attack at bay. Rahul Kanooly scored to give the young lads the lead in the match but Achille Emana and Everton Santos got the lead back for Mumbai as the Islanders won the qualifier match to enter the main draw. Mumbai City FC will take on East Bengal in the main draw of the Super Cup.
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#1 Mumbai City FC dominate initial proceedings in the match
Mumbai City FC coach Alexandre Guimaraes fielded a full-strength side, perhaps after the two shock results from yesterday prompting him not to take the I-League side lightly. The Arrows had given a tough fight to a lot of the I-League clubs and were no piece of cake.
Mumbai City FC's midfield commanded the ball in the center and, quickly managed to assert the control over the game. Emana, who played as the No.10 behind the striker Balwant Singh kept finding the runs of his wingers with ease.
The young Arrows were struggling to keep hold of the ball and sat back in large numbers to defend. Their only attacking avenues were the wingers Aniket Jadhav and Rahul KP as they attempted to catch Mumbai on the counter.
#2 Indian Arrows parked the bus to contain Mumbai City FC
The young lads from the Indian Arrows were up against a formidable Mumbai City FC attacking side and the coach Luis Norton de Matos adopted the 'park the bus' strategy to deal with them.
The Arrows defended in large numbers as they only had two players on the wing to release on the counter and the rest helped out in defense. The defenders Anwar Ali, Jitendra Singh and Deepak Tangri held the lines at the back and organized the defense, not allowing Mumbai much space inside the box. Mumbai City FC kept knocking on the doors with persistent attacks but struggled to find any way past the disciplined defense of the Arrows.
#3 Rahul Kannoly scores to give Arrows the lead
The Indian Arrows played with more abundance in the second half of the match after they had spent the majority of the second half at the back and had a couple of rare attacks on the counter.
However, the young lads grew in confidence in the second half and showed some attacking intent as well. They were fearless in their approach and almost made their chances count as, Rahul Kannoly missed two shots to take the lead, one saved by Amrinder Singh and the other hit the woodwork after Singh had gotten his fingertips to the shot.
The youngster redeemed himself as he gave the Indian Arrows the lead in the 77th minute when he showed superb skills to get past Lucian Goian and scored to take a surprise 1-0 lead in the match.
#4 Emana scores from the spot to restore parity in the match
Mumbai City FC did not know what hit them when Rahul Kannoly grabbed the lead for the Indian Arrows with a great goal on the counter.
The Islanders kept the pressure on the Arrows with the control in the midfield and, were always on the hunt for the goal despite the solid resistance of the youngsters. Mumbai was finally rewarded when Everton Santos was brought down inside the box by Ashish Rai and the referee awarded the penalty to the ISL side.
Achille Emana, the Mumbai midfielder stepped up to take the spot-kick and scored calmly past Prabhsukhan Gill to equalize for Mumbai and take the game into the extra time.
#5 Everton Santos wins it for Mumbai in the extra time
The match went into the extra time courtesy Emana's goal from the spot that made it 1-1 on the scoreboard.
Mumbai started the extra time on the same note, keeping the ball and looking for holes in the Arrows defense. Mumbai's patient play was rewarded when Lucian Goian put in a long ball into the path of Everton Santos.
The Brazilian controlled the ball well inside the box and beat his marker well to take a powerful low shot at the goal that was too hot to handle for Gill and Mumbai led for the first time in the match.
