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Jamshedpur FC notched up a vital win in their quest to reach the Indian Super League playoffs as they beat Mumbai City FC 10 in a hardfought match at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur on Friday
Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur FC notched up a vital win in their quest to reach the Indian Super League play-offs as they beat Mumbai City FC 1-0 in a hard-fought match at the JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur on Friday.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/JamshedpurFC?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@JamshedpurFC</a> stayed in the race for a spot in the top four with a home win over <a href="https://twitter.com/MumbaiCityFC?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@MumbaiCityFC</a>.<br><br>More videos: <a href="https://t.co/8jtqJIjojH">https://t.co/8jtqJIjojH</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeroISL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#HeroISL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ISLRecap?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#ISLRecap</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetsFootball?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#LetsFootball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FanBannaPadega?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#FanBannaPadega</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JAMMUM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#JAMMUM</a> <a href="https://t.co/ix16Fp9tWS">pic.twitter.com/ix16Fp9tWS</a></p>— Indian Super League (@IndSuperLeague) <a href="https://twitter.com/IndSuperLeague/status/1093911699927621632?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">February 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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After a goalless first half, Jamshedpur stepped up the pressure on Mumbai and found the match-winner through Memo in the 80th minute.
The result took Jamshedpur within a point of fourth-placed NorthEast United, while Mumbai remained in second position, four points ahead of Cesar Ferrando's team.
The game got off to a scruffy start with several niggly fouls despite Jamshedpur enjoying most of the early possession. The first bit of attacking action came in the 15th minute when Mumbai's Paulo Machado curled a free-kick inches over the crossbar.
Jamshedpur were not to be left behind as Farukh Choudhary stung the palms of Mumbai custodian Amrinder Singh from about 25 yards.
The visitors then had a great chance to take the lead when Rafael Bastos sent an angling cross into the box but Machado could not keep his effort on target at the far post.
The patchy nature of the match continued and Jamshedpur were fortunate to stay level before half-time when Moudou Sougou almost capitalised on a terrible back pass from Pratik Chowdhury. However, Jamshedpur goalkeeper Subrata Paul was alert and averted the danger.
The second half started with some end-to-end action on display before Jamshedpur took control. Ferrando's men looked to force the issue and had the visitors on the ropes for much of the half.
With some exquisite passing in midfield led by Mario Arques and Pablo Morgado, Jamshedpur created several chances but just could not finish them.
A cross from Arques in the 65th minute was almost turned in by Lucian Goian whose attempted clearance saw the ball bounce just wide of the post. Jamshedpur kept asking the Mumbai defence questions but to no avail.
Jamshedpur were finally rewarded in the 80th minute for their perseverance after a set-piece was awarded for a foul on Morgado.
Sergio Cidoncha swung a free-kick into the Mumbai box and Amrinder could only present a weak punch to the effort. The ball fell for Memo who sent a looping header over Amrinder into the far corner to spark delirious scenes at the stadium.
The 'Men of Steel' saw the game end without much hassle to spice up the race for the play-off spots.
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