In a turn of event, 2 hours before match started, Mohun Bagan decided to register its 20th player in the form of Ramluah for Durand Cup.

Mohun Bagan looked to pile pressure from 1st minute itself and Barreto got a good chance in 6th minute when his header from Mohanraj's free kick went straight to goalkeeper. Surkumar opened the flood gate in 8th minute of the match when his shot from outside box went to goal deflecting off a defender. Chiddi had a chance to increase the lead in 12th minute but his shot from James back pass hit goalkeeper and went out. Chiddi made amends by scoring the 2nd goal in 16th minute. Barreto crossed the ball from right flank which Snehasish headed towards Micky, who managed to give a pass to Chiddi. The latter then nicely took a shot that hit post and went in to make it 2-0. 2 minutes later, Mohun Bagan earned a penalty when Barreto was brought down inside ONGC box. Barreto took a low penalty which was saved by Bilifang diving to his left.

In 22nd minute, Baba Tunde had a good chance when his shot was saved by Sangram. ONGC also in quick succession made two attempts at Mohun Bagan goal but Rakesh and Sangram cleared the ball for safety respectively. In 44th minute, Micky took a rasping shot that grazed the crossbar on its way out of play. Barreto scored Mohun Bagan's third goal in the next minute. Snehasish lobbed the ball towards ONGC goal which hit Chiddi's head and the ball ballooned up and Barreto brilliantly took a first time shot that beat goalkeeper hands down.

ONGC started the 2nd half with some purpose when Lalsangzuala's shot was saved by Sangram. In 7th minute, Dipak mis-headed the ball backwards, Baba Tunde got the ball in an advantageous position and was about to take the shot when with Dipak made a brilliant tackle to avert danger. In 15th minute, from Barreto's pass, Snehasish ran down left flank, cut in and took a right footed shot that unfortunately went straight to goalkeeper.

Karim made his first change replacing Snehasish with Santa Kumar in 64th minute. Santa's first touch today saw him crossing the ball towards Barreto, who nicely trapped the ball but when he was about to take the shot, ONGC defenders made a timely clearance. In 24th minute, Chiddi gave a through pass to Kuluthungan, who took the ball inside box but could not take the shot in time wasting a very easy chance to score. In next minute, Chiddi's shot beat goalkeeper but hit post.

Karim then introduced another fresh leg in the form of Subhajit who replaced James Singh. Rakesh Masih who had a very good match today in defence headed the ball for safety in 73rd minute.

Chiddi scored his second and Mohun Bagan's fourth goal in 77th minute. Holding on to Santa Kumar's pass from left flank, Chiddi took the ball turning his back towards ONGC goal and then suddenly he took a turn and took a shot which goalkeeper had absolutely no chance to save.

ONGC made it 4-1 when unmarked Baba Tunde headed the ball in from corner in 81st minute. Couple of minutes later, Subho Kumar was brought in place of Kuluthungan by Karim. In 88th minute, Subho Kumar delivered a pass towards Subhojit whose shot just went out.

Surkumar made it 5-1 in injury time with a shot from about 40 yards out that curled and went to back of net. This was perhaps the best goal of the day.

For Mariners, Barreto, Chiddi, Rakesh, Surkumar had a very good match. Barreto and Chiddi complemented each other very well today.

After match, coach Karim said, "I am very happy with performance of team. The boys really played well and we won by a convincing margin. We will have to keep up this performance in our next match which would be a tough one against JCT. We again just have 1 day gap before our next match while JCT had quite a few days rest. I am not complaining, but may be we are unlucky again with fixture. This was an important game for Barreto as this was his first match after injury and it is good that he scored. Chiddi also played well. All these tournaments are preparation for I league and I am happy that team is combining well."

Karim also added, "Basically we played in 4-4-2 today, but in 1st half, I asked Surkumar to push up a bit, so basically it was 3-5-2. However, I changed that in 2nd half."

Mohun Bagan will play their next match against JCT on 18th September at 6.30 pm. JCT beat ONGC 1-0 in their first match which means a draw against JCT will ensure semi final berth for Mariners.