Flashback: DSK Shivajians vs Mumbai F.C

The Yellow Submarines will lock horns against their bitter rivals DSK Shivajians at Cooperage Stadium in the second Maharashtra Derby of this season’s HERO I-league. With Mumbai FC needing only a draw, it will be quite interesting to see whose season will be ending on a high note.

This is DSK Shivajians first season in I-league and it will be only the second meeting between both the sides. Let’s take a brief look at what happened when the two sides met each other in the first Maharashtra Derby.

DSK Shivajians 1-0 Mumbai F.C – 7th April, 2016

The first ten minutes of the match were a bit scrappy as neither side could establish a hold on the game, despite Mumbai F.C seeing more of the ball. Eventually it was the home side who had the first sight of goal when Zohib Amiri fired a header from a Dohou Pierre cross over the target in the 10th minute of the game.

Mumbai FC got some kind of rhythm into their play post the fifteen-minute mark and a brilliant one-two between Ryuki Kozawa and Arata Izumi saw the latter go clean through on goal, only for the experienced Subrata Pal to thwart his vicious effort away from goal. Within seconds of Subrata’s save, DSK Shivajians produced a blistering counter-attack that led to the opening goal as Douhou Pierre went on to score past Pawan Kumar in the 20th minute. Pierre’s goal was DSK’s first goal of the season and that had the local fans on their feet.

Mumbai FC had Pawan Kumar to thank for denying DSK their second goal as he brilliantly tipped over Mohammed Rafi’s shot after the former Mumbai FC player had managed to get behind the Mumbai FC defence, before creating the space for the shot.

Khalid Jamil’s side started the second half on the front foot and had a great chance to level the scores when midfielder Eric Brown was slid in on goal in the 60th minute, but Brown’s low effort was splendidly kept out by Subrata Pal’s outstretched legs as Mumbai FC had nothing to show for their dominance in the game.

The Yellow Submarines had put DSK Shivajians under a lot of pressure in the dying minutes of the game as they threw the kitchen sink at the debutants. But DSK Shivajians held on to record their first ever win in the I-League.

The win also ended Mumbai FC’s eleven game unbeaten run as Khalid Jamil’s men failed to close the gap on leaders Bengaluru FC who too fell to a defeat earlier that week.

 

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