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ISL 2020-’21 in numbers: Goals dry up, FC Goa set new record as Indian forwards continue to misfire
Mumbai City FC became only the fourth different team to win the ISL title after beating ATK Mohun Bagan in the final. Representational Image | Vipin Pawar / Sportzpics for ISL
Mumbai City FC won their first Indian Super League title when they beat ATK Mohun Bagan 2-1 in the final on Saturday.
The Islanders became the fourth different team to win the ISL title after ATK, Chennaiyin FC and Bengaluru FC. Mumbai City FC are also the first team from Mumbai to become national champions after 15 years since Mahindra United achieved the feat when they had triumphed in the 2005-’06 season.
ISL team of the season: Krishna, Fall headline starting eleven as young Indian faces make the cut
In a season that Indian football team coach Igor Stimac called the best one so far, there were notable performances across the board. Mumbai City FC defender Mourtada Fall celebrates his goal with his teammates | Vipin Pawar / Sportzpics for ISL
The 2020-’21 Indian Super League season was different in more ways than one. The players were in a bio-bubble and played at neutral venues behind closed doors.
The ISL had eleven teams for the first time in its history as SC East Bengal joined the fray. What didn’t change was the performances of some usual suspects and the emergence of new young Indian players.
The drama of a surreal ISL final, through four slapstick footballing Acts
Mumbai City players celebrate with the trophy after winning the ISL final.
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Friends, Goans, and countrymen, lend me your eyes. I come not to tell you who won, but how they won it. The result that comes off it lives after the game, the moments of comedic genius oft interred with the trophies. But, I cannot let it be. And so, here it is. The story of the 115th and final game of ISL 2020-21.
ACT I
Scene I:
Just outside the Mumbai City penalty box. Ahmed Jahouh is dawdling on the ball. As he does.