Durand Cup 2019: Salva Chamorro’s brace gives Mohun Bagan an easy win over Mohammedan in their first game

Kolkata: Thanks to two goals from Salva Chamorro & an outstanding performance in the midfield by Joseba Beitia helped Mohun Bagan to beat Mohammedan Sporting 2-0 in the opening game of 2019 Durand Cup at the Salt Lake Stadium on Friday.

Though Mohammedan got a lots of easy chances to equalize in the game. But both Tirthankar Sarker & Joseba Beitia failed to defeat an outstanding Shilton Paul.

Earlier Salva Chamorro’s brace Mohun Bagan took a lead in the first half. On just the second minute of the game the Spanish forward scored through a header after getting a brilliant ball from Joseba Beitia’s freekick.

The second goal came for Bagan on the 29th minute of the game and again it was Chamorro who scored the goal from Asutosh Mehta’s pass.

On the 44th minute of the game Mohammedan Sporting got a great chance to make a come back in the game but Arthur Quoasi’s header was brilliantly saved by Bagan goalie Shilton Paul.

Ahead of the game a grand opening ceremony took place in the stadium where military personals took part in a parade. After that West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met with the players of both teams and with this the 129th Durand Cup got started in a classy way.