KOLKATA (India): Mohammedan Sporting Club on Friday will face city rivals Bhawanipore FC in a game that will decide their place in the I-League 2020-21 season.
The kick-off is at 4.30 PM IST at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium.
The match will be broadcast LIVE on the 1Sports Channel and live-streamed on the 1Sports Facebook page.
Both Bhawanipore and Mohammedan have won their first two games and currently sit on the points table with six points apiece, but the latter is ahead due to superior goal difference.
“It would not be inaccurate to call this a virtual final of sorts. Of course, it would be a high-voltage game and we are all charged up for it,” said Bhawanipore head coach Sankarlal Chakraborty.
Taking charge of the Mohammedan dugout will be assistant coach Saheed Ramon, after the club parted ways with former head coach Yan Law.
Ramon said, “There are a lot of changes that happen in football. A coach may be there before and then he may suddenly not be there. But the motivation of the team is still quite high.”
Sankarlal said that Mohammedan will be a tough side.
“Mohammedan have quality players in every position. They have one of the top foreign strikers in the country in Willis Plaza,” he said. “We are the underdogs here. Even with the fan following that they have, they are indeed more than a club. Mohammedan are an institution,” added the former Mohun Bagan and East Bengal star.
(Source: AIFF)
