Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur FC notched up a vital win in their quest to reach the Indian Super League play-offs as they beat Mumbai City FC 1-0 in a hard-fought match at the JRD Tata Sports Complex here on Friday.
After a goalless first half, Jamshedpur stepped up the pressure on Mumbai and found the match-winner through Memo in the 80th minute. The result took Jamshedpur within a point of fourth-placed NorthEast United, while Mumbai remained in second position, four points ahead of Cesar Ferrando’s team.
The game got off to a scruffy start with several niggly fouls despite Jamshedpur enjoying most of the early possession. The first bit of attacking action came in the 15th minute when Mumbai’s Paulo Machado curled a free-kick inches over the crossbar. Jamshedpur were not to be left behind as Farukh Choudhary stung the palms of Mumbai custodian Amrinder Singh from about 25 yards.
The visitors then had a great chance to take the lead when Rafael Bastos sent an angling cross into the box but Machado could not keep his effort on target at the far post. The patchy nature of the match continued and Jamshedpur were fortunate to stay level before half-time when Moudou Sougou almost capitalised on a terrible back pass from Pratik Chowdhury. However, Jamshedpur goalkeeper Subrata Paul was alert and averted the danger. (PTI)
