Cummings scored both goals as Mohun Bagan picked up the full three points to tally six and remain on top of the current group league standings. Tomoki Wada found the only reply for Maziya.
Jason Cummings set up the winner in alternate- half injury- time to help Mohun Bagan Super Giant prevail over the Maldives caller Maziya S & RC 2- 1 in the alternate round group- D hassle of the AFC Cup 2023- 24, at the Salt Lake Stadium then on Monday.
Cummings scored both pretensions as Mohun Bagan picked up the full three points to census six and remain on top of the current group league standings. Tomoki Wada set up the only reply for Maziya.
Two pretensions and a penalty adversity added up the action in the opening half. The hearties dominated the game with over 65 per cent ball possession and mounted multitudinous raids to cut Maziya to its defence for the utmost part.
The host contended the complete share of its foreign rookies to find the needed sharpness in the descent. The triad of Jason Cummings, Dimitri Petratos and Armando Sadiku showed the right collaboration in the attacking third and created the necessary spaces in the Maziya box.
But the Mohun Bagan scoreline remained unaltered for a long period as the Maziya defence stayed bent and kept the home platoon attack at bay.
Mohun Bagan set up the lead in the 28th nanosecond when its French playmaker Hugo Boumous moved up the pitch to essay a probing pass to Cummings, who outsmarted his marker to produce the opening on top of the Maziya box. The Australian striker finished with a rasping left- footer as the ball hit the inside of the Maziya upright and ended up in the reverse of the net.
The lead appeared to make the Mohun Bagan camp a laddie bit foolhardy, which was apparent in the way Cummings tried to lay the ball off for Petratos while taking his attempt from the spot when the host earned a penalty in the 40th nanosecond.
The ultimate failed to read his compatriot’s intention and failed to reach the ball, allowing the Maziya protector Sebastijan Antic to clear the ball.
The around 27000 Mohun Bagan suckers could relate the penalty attempt variation to the Argentine megastar Lionel Messi, who, on colorful occasions, has set up his teammates from the spot to score.
Maziya set up the equaliser off its Japanese midfielder Tomoki Wada in the 45th nanosecond as the player scored a serenader from the edge of the box. Wada’s thing made Mohun Bagan’s penalty mishap more striking.
The host tried to find the lead after the break but was frustrated in its shot as Maziya put a dogged defiance to see the host’s attempts go to waste on several occasions.
Cummings, who was let off inside the box by an inch-perfect help from cover Sahal Abdul Samad, set up the net eventually in the added time (90 2 nanosecond) to end Mohun Bagan’s misery and redeem his earlier mistake. Know More Latest Football News…
