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Defending champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant proved acold excessively beardown for Odisha FC arsenic it downed the second 5–1 successful an Indian Super League lucifer astatine the Salt Lake Stadium present connected Friday.
Australian striker Jamie Maclaren played the cardinal relation successful Bagan’s ascendant display, scoring 4 goals portion registering his archetypal ISL hat-trick. Spanish defender Alberto Rodriguez netted the different goal, portion Rahim Ali scored the lone consolation for Odisha.
Carrying momentum from its 5–1 triumph implicit Mohammedan Sporting successful the erstwhile match, Bagan started aggressively against a hesitant Odisha side. The unit paid disconnected successful the 14th infinitesimal erstwhile a superb determination saw Dimitri Petratos merchandise Subhasish Bose down the Odisha defence with a clever back-heel. The left-back surged guardant and delivered a curling transverse that Maclaren headed home.
The Kolkata outfit doubled the pb successful the 24th minute, with Maclaren finishing disconnected a determination acceptable up by Liston Colaco. Soon after, Rodriguez made it 3–0 with a spectacular 35-yard pile-driver. Odisha pulled 1 backmost successful the 43rd infinitesimal erstwhile Rahim Ali finished a counter-attack.
Maclaren completed his hat-trick successful first-half stoppage clip from different Colaco assist, earlier adding his 4th extremity precocious successful the 2nd fractional to seal an emphatic 5–1 victory.
With this large win, Bagan stayed astatine the apical of the standings (12 points from 4 matches) portion Odisha FC suffered its archetypal decision and remained connected 2 points from 3 games.
The result: Mohun Bagan Super Giant 5 (Jamie Maclaren 14, 24, 45+1, 87, Alberto Rodriguez 41) bt Odisha FC 1 (Rahim Ali 43).
