DURAND CUP FINAL BETWEEN MOHAMMEDAN AND GOA

DURAND CUP FINAL  BETWEEN MOHAMMEDAN AND GOA

 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗨𝗣'𝟮𝟭 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿

The 2021 Durand Cup Final is the final match of the 2021 Durand Cup, the 130th edition of Asia's oldest football tournament organised by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) of Indian Armed Forces and jointly hosted by the Eastern Command and the Government of West Bengal. It will be played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, India on 3 October 2021.

Background

Mohammedan SC were playing their sixth Durand Cup final. They became the first civilian team to win the tournament in 1940, and since then they could win only once after 73 years, in 2013,although they reached the finals three more times in between. Aside Mohun Bagan and 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, and subsequently they faced Bengaluru United, who had already gave them their only group stage defeat. After 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. Goa is the fourth Goan side to reach the Durand Cup finals.Under the coaching of Juan Ferrando, Goa dominated in the group stage and faced Delhi and later Bengaluru in the knockout stage. The semi-final against Bengaluru went to penalty shoot-out to decide the finalist.

This would be the first meeting between Mohammedan and Goa.