How is Mohun Bagan shaping up for their first game against Southern Samity?

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Mohun Bagan players during a practice session today. Image Source: XtraTime

Kolkata: Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan will be beginning their Calcutta Football League (CFL) on August 14 when they will take on Southern Samity at their own club ground. Facing the Green and Maroon brigade will be the Southern Samity who was struggling to build the team a few weeks back.

As of now both the players and the coach will be paying equal importance to all the teams as the league is short and all matches are important. Bagan would be hugely dependent on Kromah who scored a lot of goals for his side in the pre-season friendlies.

Kromah spoke to the media by saying, “Mohun Bagan ground is familiar to me. I played here in 2015-16 season back for the side Peerless. Practicing with the team has been a great experience for me. We want to continue out good form and our aim is to win the league.”

For the first time in this season, Mohun Bagan practiced under floodlight as the club would be playing all their matches in the evening. Veteran goalie Shilton Paul has resumed practice after recovering from his injury while defender Abhishek Das is doubtful with an injury.

Here is the probable Starting XI of Mohun Bagan for their match against Souther Samity.

Gk: Shivilraj (probable)
Def: Abhishek Das (doubtful), Kingshuk, Kingsley, Ricky
Mid: Chesterpaul Lyngdoh, Sourav Das, Shilton d’Silva ,Reinar Fernandes
Fwd: Kamo, Kromah

Formation: 4-4-2