2007 Indian Federation Cup final explained

2007 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event:2007 Indian Federation Cup
Team1:East Bengal
Team1score:2
Team2:Mahindra United
Team2score:1
Date:15 September 2007
Stadium:Guru Nanak Stadium
City:Ludhiana, Punjab
Man Of The Match1a:Edmilson Marques Pardal
Referee:K Shankar (Tamil Nadu)[1]
Previous:2006
Next:2008

The 2007 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 29th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mahindra United on the 15th of September 2007.

East Bengal won the final 2 - 1 with a brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson Marques Pardal to claim their fifth Federation Cup title.[2]

Route to the final

See also: Federation Cup (India).

East Bengal

-- + East Bengal -->scope=col width="50" Roundscope=col width="80" Datescope=col width="80" Oppositionscope=col width="80" Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"R164 September 2007Mohammedan Sporting3–1
scope=row style="text-align:center"Quarter Final9 September 2007JCT3–2
scope=row style="text-align:center"Semi Final11 September 2007Mohun Bagan3–2
East Bengal entered the 2007 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the pre-quarter finals, East Bengal faced Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting in their opening match and won 3 - 1 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan ilast eightQuarter-Final. In the quarter-final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and won 3 - 2 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT.[3] In the semi-final, it was a Kolkata Derby as East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun Bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. José Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute was not enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3 - 2 to reach the final.[4] [5]

Mahindra United

-- + Mahindra -->scope=col width="50" Roundscope=col width="80" Datescope=col width="80" Oppositionscope=col width="80" Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"R165 September 2007HAL1–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"Quarter Final8 September 2007Sporting Clube de Goa1–1 (5-4 pen)
scope=row style="text-align:center"Semi Final12 September 2007Dempo1–1 (3-1 pen)

Mahindra United entered the 2007 Indian FedI-Leagueeration Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the pre-quarter finals, they faced HAL and won it courtesy of a solitary goal from Steven Dias in the 9th minute.[6] In the Quarter Final, they faced Sporting Clube de Goa; after 120 minutes the game ended 1 - 1 and Mahindra won 5 - 4 via penalty shootout to reach the last four of the tournament. In the semi-final, Mahindra United faced the reigning I-League champions Dempo and the match once again remained deadlocked at 1 - 1 after 120 minutes. Manjit Singh put Mahindra ahead in the 32nd minute but Beto equalised for Dempo just six minutes later. Mahindra won the game 3 - 1 in the penalty shootout to reach the final.[7]

Match

Details

GK 24 Subrata Paul (c)
LB 29 Saumik Dey
CB 3 Majek Bolaji
CB 2 Muttah Suresh
RB 27 Irungbam Surkumar Singh
CM 26
CM 7
RW 9
LW 19 Syed Rahim Nabi
ST 25 Ashim Biswas
ST 30
Substitutes:
DF 17
MF 6
FW 10
Manager:
Subrata Bhattacharya
GK 24 Sandip Nandy (c)
RB 7 Sushanth Mathew
CB 16 Sunil Kumar
CB 5 Harpreet Singh
LB 14 Dharmaraj Ravanan
LM 4 Krishnan Nair Ajayan
CM 29 Douhou Pierre
RM 23
ST 12
ST 26
ST 10 Andrews Pomeyie Mensah
Substitutes:
MF 17
FW 11
FW 9 Surojit Bose
Manager:
Derrick Pereira
Hero of the Match:
Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal)
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 29th Federation Cup, Live Coverage. IndianFootball.de . 15 September 2007 . 6 November 2020 .
  2. Web site: Edmilson guides EB to cup. Indian Express. 6 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Speedy Nabi takes East Bengal to semis. Times of India. 6 November 2020.
  4. Web site: Mohun Bagan go down fighting to East Bengal. One India. 6 November 2020.
  5. Web site: East Bengal send Bagan packing - Bhattacharya's tactical move proves decisive. Telegraph India. 6 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Mahindras, Clube de Goa win. Indian Express. 6 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Subrata, Pereira match their wits in Federation Cup final. DNA India. 6 November 2020.