Jamshedpur FC players celebrate after winning the final of ISL 2021-22
Highlight
- He won 13 games with 43 points from 20 matches.
- ATKMB ended their league engagements with 37 from 20 matches.
Ritwik Das scored a second-half winner to help Jamshedpur FC beat ATK Mohun Bagan 1-0 to clinch their maiden League Shield in the Indian Super League here on Monday.
Jamshedpur needed a draw to finish at the top of the table and gain the League Shield, and the Red Minors rode on Ritwik’s goal in the 56th minute to ensure that they ended an impressive campaign under Owen Coyle. End the season on a high.
He won 13 games with 43 points from 20 matches.
ATKMB ended their league engagements with 37 from 20 matches.
Jamshedpur will take on Kerala Blasters in the first semi-final on March 11 while ATKMB will take on Hyderabad FC in the second last-four the next day.
Jamshedpur will get more than Rs 3.5 crore from League Shield prize money.
ATKMB needed a 2-0 win to overtake Jamshedpur and second-placed Hyderabad FC, but that was not to happen as Rithvik continued his purple patch with a brilliant strike after Greg Stewart did all the spadework. kept.
The Mariners captured more of the ball in early exchanges, coming closest to breaking the deadlock when a wild effort from Tiri went wide.
The busiest person on the field was the referee as he reached his pocket three times, showed the yellow card in the first half and all Jamshedpur players.
After a change of ends, Stewart began bossing proceedings with his lazy runs and aggressive passes, and his industry bore fruit by the four minutes of the hour mark when the Scotsman cut two ATKMB shirts to his right and his markers. defeated.
Stewart himself went for the goal but the ball went over an ATKMB player and fell to Rithvik, who shot first as the ball went past Amarinder Singh and into the back of the net.
ATKMB tried hard to make a comeback but Jamshedpur persevered and eventually scored three points, becoming the first team in ISL history to score seven consecutive wins.
Jamshedpur’s renaissance began last year under Koel’s leadership, when he finished a credible sixth, bringing an impressive playing style under the iconic English strategy and a roadmap for the future.
This year, Stewart was exceptional for Jamshedpur and so was Daniel Cheema Chuku whose return to the club in January proved to be a masterstroke.
It remains to be seen whether the new winners of the League Shield win the ISL title, but it has already been an exceptional season for them.
– Reported by PTI