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{{Short description|Final of the 130th edition of the Durand Cup}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox football match
| title = 2021 Durand Cup final
| image = 2021 Durand Cup Final-1.jpg
| image_size = 275px
| caption = [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] (in white) and [[FC Goa|Goa]] (in black) line-up before kick-off at the [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]]
| event = [[2021 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| team1score = 0
| team2 = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| team2score = 1
| details =
| date = {{Start date|2021|10|3|df=y}}
| stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]]
| city = [[Kolkata]]
| man_of_the_match1a = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Edu Bedia]] ([[FC Goa|Goa]])
| referee = [[Rahul Kumar Gupta]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
| attendance = 43,292
| weather = Cloudy evening {{convert|31|°C|°F|abbr=on}} 85% [[humidity]]
| previous = [[2019 Durand Cup#Final|2019]]
| next = [[2022 Durand Cup final|2022]]
}}
The '''2021 Durand Cup final''' was the final match of the [[2021 Durand Cup]], the 130th edition of Asia's oldest football. The tournament is organised by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) of [[Indian Armed Forces]] and jointly hosted by the [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] and the [[Government of West Bengal]]. It was played at the [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]] in [[Kolkata]], India on 3 October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-25|title=Durand Cup 2021: All You Need To Know|url=https://khelnow.com/football/durand-cup-2021-fixtures-teams-groups-telecast/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Khel Now|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Background==
[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]] were playing their sixth [[Durand Cup]] final. They became the first civilian team to win the tournament in 1940,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mishra|first=Aniket|title=Looking back at Mohammedan Sporting's historic Durand Cup triumph|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/looking-back-mohammedan-sportings-historic-durand-cup-triumph|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us}}</ref> and since then they could win only once after 73 years, in [[2013 Durand Cup Final|2013]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=hansindia|date=2013-09-20|title=126th Durand Cup Football Tournament 2013|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sports/2013-09-20/126th-Durand-Cup-Football-Tournament-2013/72292|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref> although they reached the finals three more times in between. Aside [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] and [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]], Mohammedan is the most successful team from [[West Bengal]]. Mohammedan overcame the group stage as the group runner-up under the newly appointed coach, [[Andrey Chernyshov]]. In the knockout stage they faced the defending champions of Durand Cup, [[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]], and subsequently they faced [[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]], who had already gave them their only group stage defeat. After [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|120 minutes of play]], Mohammedan got their revenge on Bengaluru United and reached the final.

[[FC Goa]] became the first [[Indian Super League]] team to reach the Durand Cup final. They had previously participated in this tournament only once in [[2019 Durand Cup|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shetty|first=Chittu|date=2019-08-07|title=FC Goa releases squad for Durand Cup 2019|url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2019/fc-goa-releases-squad-for-durand-cup-2019/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=Football Counter|language=en-US}}</ref> Goa is the fourth [[Goa]]n side to reach the Durand Cup finals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IndianFootball History status|url=https://twitter.com/indianfootballh/status/1443437182581022724|access-date=2021-09-30|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> Under the coaching of [[Juan Ferrando]], Goa dominated in the group stage and faced [[Delhi FC|Delhi]] and later [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] in the knockout stage. The semi-final against Bengaluru went to [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] to decide the finalist.

This was the first meeting between Mohammedan and Goa.

== Route to the final ==
{{Details|2021 Durand Cup}}

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
!Round
!colspan="2"|[[FC Goa|Goa]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|[[2021 Durand Cup#Group stage|Group stage]]
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Indian Air Force (football team)|Indian Air Force]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|4–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 1
|style="text-align:left"|[[Army Green football team|Army Green]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Central Reserve Police Force Sporting Club|CRPF]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|5–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 2
|style="text-align:left"|[[Sudeva Delhi FC|Sudeva Delhi]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|2–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#FFBBBB"|0–2
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 3
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|5–0
|-
|colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|'''[[2021 Durand Cup#Group A|Group A]] runner-up'''
{{center|{{trim|{{:2021 Durand Cup|transcludesection=Group A|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=MM}}}}}}
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Final standings
|colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|'''[[2021 Durand Cup#Group B|Group B]] winner'''{{center|{{trim|{{:2021 Durand Cup|transcludesection=Group B|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=GO}}}}}}
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|Result
|[[2021 Durand Cup knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
|1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi FC|Delhi]]
|5–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]]
|4–2 {{aet}}
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|2–2 {{aet}}; 7–6{{pso}}
|-
|}

== Pre-match ==

=== Ticketing and attendance ===
Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal]], the [[Government of West Bengal]] allowed only 50% of the total capacity for spectators. The tickets for the [[2021 Durand Cup]] final were made available free of cost at [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]], [[Mohun Bagan AC]] and [[SC East Bengal]] respective tents at [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]] and at [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]] from 29 September to 2 October. The tickets were also available on the matchday at all the aforementioned venues, except VYBK.

On the matchday the stadium was filled up with around 43,000 supporters of [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]], as they played at their home ground. A small number of [[FC Goa]] supporters also arrived all the way from [[Goa]] to back the team. In total almost 43,292 spectators arrived at VYBK for the final match.

=== Guests ===
The match was attended by a number of eminent personalities including the [[List of governors of West Bengal|Governor of West Bengal]] [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]], the [[First lady|First Lady]] of West Bengal Sudesh Dhankhar, the Cabinet Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs ([[Government of West Bengal]]) [[Aroop Biswas]], the Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs ([[Government of West Bengal]]) [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]], the [[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]] General [[Bipin Rawat]], the Commander of [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] Lt. Gen. [[Manoj Pande (lieutenant general)|Manoj Pande]] and the [[Chief of staff|Chief of Staff]], [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] Lt. Gen. Kamal Kumar Repswal.

== Match ==

=== Summary ===
The final match of the [[2021 Durand Cup|130th Durand Cup edition]] kicked off on a lively note in front of 44,000+ spectators with both [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]] and [[FC Goa]] both going on the attack from the beginning. The first shot of the match came from [[Marcus Joseph]] in third minute but it was wayward. Soon after, Goa created a chance but a mix-up between [[Muhammed Nemil]] and [[Alexander Romario Jesuraj]] in the box led to an easy save for the Mohammedan [[Goalkeeper (association football)|keeper]], [[Zothanmawia]].

As the half started to progress, the temperature started to increase and the foul count also started to increase. Mohammedan was at the receiving end of the cards as they received three [[Penalty card|yellow cards]] within a span of 17 minutes. [[Azharuddin Mallick]], [[Nikola Stojanović (footballer, born 1995)|Nikola Stojanović]] and [[Shaher Shaheen]] were booked.

The match was slowly starting to open up now, as chances were being created more often but none of them were being converted. A sudden moment of uproar came at the [[Salt Lake Stadium|VYBK]] in the 35th minute when a shot from [[Milan Singh]] went flying into the goal from a distance but a foul was called by the referee just before the shot was taken and disappointment of the crowd was clearly visible. For Goa, Jesuraj had the best chance of the half when the defence was completely foxed by a cross from [[Sanson Pereira]] from the left flank but Jesuraj sent the shot wide of the goal post. The first half ended with the scores tied with no goal scored.

The second half saw Goa dominating possession but the same wasn’t resulting into concrete chances as they were losing the ball far too easily in the final third. In the meantime, Mohammedan finally made their first change of the match bringing on [[Brandon Vanlalremdika]] for [[Azharuddin Mallick]], who was already on a yellow card. Goa also made their first change in the 85th minute with [[Redeem Tlang]] coming on for [[Alexander Romario Jesuraj]].

The last few minutes saw some moments of excitement. Mohammedan made some good runs by [[Faisal Ali (footballer)|Faisal Ali]] down the left flank in the last 5 minutes but again failed to make them count. In the injury time, Redeem Tlang came close to scoring the first goal but the angle was too steep and the ball went across the face of the goal. With scores tied with no goal scored yet at the end of the regulation time, the final went into [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]].

While the first half of the extra time was seeming that it will end goalless yet again, it was the [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of Goa, [[Edu Bedia]] who came up with the goods. Bedia scored from a fantastic [[Free kick (association football)|free-kick]] awarded just outside the Mohammedan [[Penalty box|box]] in the 105th minute owing to a foul by Milan Singh.

Though Mohammedan was desperate for a goal in the second half of the extra time but they seemed out of sorts much like their performance in the regulation time. It seemed that Goa will have no issue sealing the deal but a moment of scare came for Goa with just 2 minutes to go in extra time as Nikola Stojanović's shot from distance demanded a flying save from [[Naveen Kumar (footballer)|Naveen Kumar]].

The match finally ended with FC Goa being crowned the champions of the 130th Durand Cup for the first time, defeating Mohammedan SC 1-0.

=== Details ===
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{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
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!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK
|'''42'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Zothanmawia]]
|-
|RB
|'''11'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Faisal Ali (footballer)|Faisal Ali]]
|{{yel|119}}
|-
|CB
|'''4'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Wayne Vaz]]
|-
|CB
|'''16'''
|{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Shaher Shaheen]]
|{{yel|29}}
|-
|LB
|'''41'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Manoj Mohammed]]
|-
|DM
|'''12'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Milan Singh]]
|{{yel|104}}
|{{suboff|118}}
|-
|RM
|'''47'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[S. K. Faiaz|S.K. Faiaz]]
|
|{{suboff|87}}
|-
|CM
|'''20'''
|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nikola Stojanović (footballer, born 1995)|Nikola Stojanović]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|{{yel|25}}
|-
|LM
|'''27'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalramchullova]]
|-
|SS
|'''10'''
|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Marcus Joseph]]
|-
|CF
|'''35'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Azharuddin Mallick]]
|{{yel|13}}
|{{suboff|63}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK
|'''1'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mithun Samanta]]
|-
|DF
|'''5'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arijeet Singh]]
|-
|DF
|'''6'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Safiul Rahaman]]
|-
|DF
|'''24'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sujit Sadhu]]
|-
|DF
|'''39'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalramhmunmawia]]
|-
|MF
|'''26'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Firoj Ali]]
|-
|MF
|'''32'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Phrangki Buam]]
|
|{{subon|87}}
|-
|MF
|'''33'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sushil Meitei]]
|-
|FW
|'''19'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaskaranpreet Singh]]
|
|{{subon|118}}
|-
|FW
|'''28'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Brandon Vanlalremdika]]
|
|{{subon|63}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Head coach:'''
|-
| colspan="3" |{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Chernyshov]]
|}
| valign="top" |[[File:2021 Durand Cup final line-up.png|thumb|300px]]
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK
|'''32'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Naveen Kumar (footballer)|Naveen Kumar]]
|-
|RB
|'''6'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander D'Cunha]]
|-
|CB
|'''24'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iván González (footballer, born 1988)|Iván González]]
|-
|CB
|'''41'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte (footballer, born 1999)|Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte]]
|-
|LB
|'''11'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Saviour Gama]]
|
|{{suboff|93}}
|-
|CM
|'''23'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Edu Bedia]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|{{yel|53}}
|-
|CM
|'''44'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammed Nemil]]
|
|{{suboff|116}}
|-
|RW
|'''14'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Alexander Romario Jesuraj|Romario Jesuraj]]
|
|{{suboff|85}}
|-
|AM
|'''5'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Noguera]]
|
|{{suboff|108}}
|-
|LW
|'''21'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanson Pereira]]
|-
|CF
|'''29'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Devendra Murgaonkar]]
|
|{{suboff|93}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK
|'''55'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Hrithik Tiwari]]
|-
|DF
|'''27'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Aibanbha Dohling]]
|
|{{subon|116}}
|-
|MF
|'''48'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Delton Colaco]]
|-
|MF
|'''46'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chirsty Davis]]
|
|{{subon|93}}
|-
|MF
|'''42'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Brison Fernandes]]
|-
|MF
|'''18'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Danstan Fernandes]]
|-
|MF
|'''11'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Princeton Rebello]]
|
|{{subon|108}}
|-
| FW
|'''47'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Omkar Landge]]
|-
|FW
|'''22'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Redeem Tlang]]
|
|{{subon|85}}
|-
|FW
|'''19'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Makan Chote]]
|
|{{subon|93}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Head coach:'''
|-
| colspan="3" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Ferrando]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size:90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
 [[Edu Bedia]] (Goa)

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
 [[Arun Sasidharan Pillai]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
 [[Harish Kundu]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
 '''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
 [[Rowan Arumughan]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
*Maximum of ten named substitutes.
*Maximum of five substitutions allowed.
|}

== Broadcasting ==
The final match of the [[2021 Durand Cup]] was broadcast on [[Sony Ten|Sony Ten 2]] and [[Sony Ten|Sony Ten 2 HD]]. The match was also available on [[Over-the-top media service|OTT media services]] of [[Addatimes]] and [[SonyLIV]]. Additionally a live audio commentary was done on [[91.9 FM|91.9 Friends FM]] and [[Prasar Bharati|Prasar Bharati Sports]] [[YouTube]] channel.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://durandcup.in/ Official website]

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