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Shillong: Shillong Lajong FC held Mohun Bagan to a 1-1 draw in a fiercely contested I-League encounter here on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\nShillong: Shillong Lajong FC held Mohun Bagan to a 1-1 draw in a fiercely contested I-League encounter here on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Bagan drew first blood in the 75th minute when Jeje Lalpekhlua found the back of the net with a chip shot to score his fifth goal of this edition of the I-League.<\/p>\n
The visitors’ joy was, however, short-lived as barely three minutes later Lajong’s star striker Dipanda Dicka (78th minute) converted a penalty to restore parity. This was Dicka’s 10th goal of the league.<\/p>\n
Bagan thus climbed to the top of the standings. They are on 30 points, the same as Aizawl FC, but lead the north-eastern due to a superior head to head record.<\/p>\n
Lajong meanwhile, remain fourth with 24 points.<\/p>\n
Lajong clearly looked the better side in an exciting first half which saw a couple of chances each go down for both sides.<\/p>\n
The in-form Dipanda Dicka got the crowd into the act as early as the 11th minute creating a buzz in the Bagan defence with a bicycle kick that eventually landed safely on Mohin Bagan goalkeeper Debjit Mazumdar.<\/p>\n
Six minutes later, Redeem Tlang almost got the breakthrough for the hosts when he unleashed a left-footed scorcher from close range. Mazumdar could block it only partially as the ball took a deflection and crashed into the far post.<\/p>\n
In the 18th minute, an advancing Dicka guided a firm shot towards the Bagan goal but Mazumdar made a desperate leap to deny the I-League’s leading scorer.<\/p>\n
Bagan regrouped post the half-hour mark with the likes of Sony Norde, Katsumi Yusa, Darryl Duffy and Eduardo Soares in the thick of the action.<\/p>\n
In the 40th minute, Eduardo’s header of a Sony Norde free kick bounced over the post much to the dismay of Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen.<\/p>\n
After the break, Lajong looked to maintain the same intensity and created a few niggles for the Bagan defenders early in the second period.<\/p>\n
The deadlock was broken in the 75th minute by Jeje who was brought in for Balwant Singh. A long ball from the midfield found the Bagan forward upfront and he chipped it over advancing Lajong custodian Vishal Kaith to give his side the lead.<\/p>\n
While the entire Bagan camp erupted in joy little did they know that the merriment would be curtailed soon.<\/p>\n
Three minutes later, Lajong substitute Fabio Pena’s attempt from inside was clipped by the hand of one of the Bagan defenders. The result was a penalty and Dicka made no mistake to convert it from the spot much to the delight of the over 6000-strong home crowd.<\/p>\n
The visitors were also a touch unlucky when a Katsumi Yuta scorcher crashed at a grounded Vishal Kaith. An inch on the right or left, and the outcome of the match could have been different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shillong: Shillong Lajong FC held Mohun Bagan to a 1-1 draw in a fiercely contested I-League encounter here on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Bagan drew first blood in the 75th minute when Jeje Lalpekhlua found the back of the net with a chip shot to score his fifth goal of this edition of the I-League.<\/p>\n
The visitors’ joy was, however, short-lived as barely three minutes later Lajong’s star striker Dipanda Dicka (78th minute) converted a penalty to restore parity. This was Dicka’s 10th goal of the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[12975,345,466,379,592],"class_list":["post-34260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-football-news","tag-i-league","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mohun-bagan","tag-shillong-lajong-fc"],"yoast_head":"\n