ISL, MUM vs PUN: Mumbai City FC demolish FC Pune City in Maha derby
Hosts get the better of neighboring city, beat them 5-0 in the home tie
Mumbai: In a Maharashtra derby of Indian Super League, hosts Mumbai City FC (MUM) thrashed FC Pune City (PUN) 5-0 at the D Y Patil Stadium in Nerul, Navi Mumbai on Saturday.
Here is how the action unfolded.
2: YELLOW CARD. Peter Costa wrongly tackled FC Pune City’s David Trezeguet right outside the box.
12: GOAL! Mumbai City FC registered their first goal in Indian Super League. A superb left-footed kick from Andre Moritz took the home team in lead.
27: GOAL! Number two for Mumbai City FC and number two for the Brazilian Moritz. The home team cashed in well on a corner kick.
36: GOAL! A superb pass by Stohanzl and Subhash joined the party as Mumbai City FC scored their third goal of the match.
40: Another attempt from Subhash. But he could not score this time around.
Half-time: Mumbai City FC 3- FC Pune City 0
48: Two yellow cards in quick succession! FC Pune City's Pritam Kotal was booked first and then Mumbai City FC's Stohanzl was shown yellow after his angry outburst towards Dharmaraj Ravanan.
68: Huge cheer! Mumbai City FC's marquee player Fredrik Ljungberg is on the field; as a substitue; but on the field nonetheless.
71: First hat-trick of ISL. Andre Mortiz showed some solid skills to net his third of the match and Mumbai City FC’s fourth goal of the match.
81: The hat-trick hero of the home team Andre Moritz walked off the park with a huge round of applause. Asif Kottayil replaced him in the middle.
86: GOAL! Johan Letzelter continued Mumbai City FC’s domination as he scored his team’s fifth goal.
Full-time: Mumbai City FC 5- FC Pune City 0
Starting XIs:
Mumbai City FC: Subrata Pal, Peter Costa, Pavel Cmovs, Manuel Friedrich, Johan Letzelter; Nadong Bhutia, Tiago Ribeiro, Jan Stohanzl, Lalrindika Ralte; Andre Moritz; Subhash Singh.
FC Pune City: Emanuele Belardi, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Bruno Cirillo, Andres Gonzalez, Pritam Kotal; Lenny Rodrigues, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Kostas Katsouranis,, Ashutosh Mehta; Dudu Omagbemi, David Trezeguet.
Managers:
Peter Reid: Mumbai City FC
Franco Colomba: FC Pune City
Interesting fact for Mumbai City FC's squad.
10 different nationalities in our squad but our hearts are beating as one! #MUMvPUN
— Mumbai City FC (@MumbaiCityFC) October 18, 2014Following a dominating win, the Mumbai City FC's anthem would be heard loud and clear at the D Y Patil Stadium.