Jamshedpur FC vs East Bengal, ISL 10 Highlights: JFC 2-1 EBFC, Manzorro nets winner

Jeremy Manzorro’s stunning free-kick secured maximum points for Jamshedpur FC, helping Khalid Jamil’s side continue its pursuit of a super-six spot.

Manzorro takes the free-kick and the ball dips and rattles the net with a fantastic free-kick, after a slight deflection off Cleiton Silva.

MD. Rakip tries to stop Chima, limiting a counter-attack and ends up conceding a free-kick for JFC.

East Bengal looks to run out the game with side-ways passing and Jamshedpur is looking for spaces to exploit. Stevanovic gets some space, but his runs is played out for a JFC corner.

JFC gets a free-kick after a sloppy challenge by Souvik. Manzorro takes the free-kick, which ends to absolutely nothing with a poor attempt.

Carles Cuadrat introduces two fresh players, replacing Nandha and Mahesh with Lalchungnunga and Sayan Banerjee.

Jamshedpur goes for an attack with Nikhil Barla carrying the ball along the right flank. He whips in a cross for Rei Tachikawa, who heads the ball into the net to restore parity.

Nishu Kumar wins the ball along the left flank and crosses into the centre. Vishnu meets it but his header hits the post.

Jamshedpur FC gets a free-kick in the midfield. Manzorro takes it but it goes past Elsinho, his intended target, and out of play for an EBFC goal kick.

Jamshedpur’s approach has looked quite the same, with crosses whipped in from the flanks and this time, Len delivers a cross from the right, which ends to nothing.

After Chima’s shot is blocked in the EBFC box, Cuadrat’s side attacks on the counter and Nandha tries a curling strike into the net. However, he overhits the shot, which curls past the net for a JFC goal-kick.

Jamshedpur FC’s frustration of not being able to equalise is evident with the lack of discipline in the match as the team concedes another yellow card.

East Bengal tries an attack with Vishnu, who has just come on off the bench, trying a shot on target. And Rehenesh’s reflexes deny a certain second goal to the visiting side.

Cleiton Silva sets up Mahesh in front of the JFC box but his shot is immediately blocked. And Jamshedpur FC attacks on the counter. However, Siverio fails to latch on the looses ball and another chance goes begging for the host side.

East Bengal tries another attack, its first in this half but it is blocked by JFC. Secods later, Cleiton Silva tries to shoot from outside the box but ends up shooting off-target.

Sannan sets up Siverio, after a run along the right flank and then crosses to the centre. But Siverio’s header flies over the net.

Jamshedpur gets the ball rolling after the restart, with an aim to convert the chances it can, after a dismal series of misses in the first half.

Despite Jamshedpur creating more chances, it was East Bengal’s timely goal, late in the first half, from Nandha, that keeps the visitor in the driving seat. 

East Bengal catches JFC’s defence napping and Nandha punishes the defensive error witha clinical strike through the legs of Rehenesh. 

Jamshedpur tries to deceive East Bengal with through balls, with Chima trying a through ball for Manzorro. But unfortunately, the ball misses the Frenchman and another attacking development goes up in smoke.

Chima tries to score from midfield with a wayward effort. He gets a pass from Siverio and shoots poorly off-target.

Jamshedpur attacks again with Imran making a run along the left flank. He spots Siverio making a run behind the defence and delivers a cross for the Spaniard. However, the ball just flies over Siverio’s head, with the player appreciating the effort with a thumbs-up.

Chima gets a through ball from Imran and tries a shot with his first touch, forcing a brilliant reflex save by Gill. In the resulting corner, Siverio shoots on receiving the corner kick and that is gobbled up comfortably by Gill. 

Souvik concedes another foul, this time pushing down his former teammate Javier Siverio, trying to win the ball in the midfield.

As the match resumes after the drinks break, Souvik fouls Imran as the winger goes down, wreathing in pain. He gets up eventually after some help from the JFC medical team.

East Bengal’s Vazquez whips in a ball which is punched away by Rehenesh. However, he clashes with an East Bengal player and both go down, with the medical teams assisting them immediately.

Imran makes another menacing run into the East Bengal box, cutting to his left along the left flank but a heavily-crowded East Bengal defence, somehow, clears the ball away. 

The midfield continues to look like a pin-ball board, with both sides trying to assert control on the game. Meanwhile, JFC’s Lakra tries to shoot from the midfield, in a Bronckhorst-eque attempt, but the ball flies off-target.

East Bengal tick a lot of boxes in its attempt for a counter-attack, with stretching the JFC defence along the flank, but its poor execution in front of the box sees Manzorro get to the ball and give the host control of the ball. 

Sannan gets a pass along the left flank, tries to beat his marker and succeeds in it. But his cross is overshot as the ball goes out for an East Bengal goal kick.

Jamshedpur surround the EBFC box again and this time, Imran crosses from the right for Siverio. Pantic marks him well enough to deny an aerial advantage to the Spaniard. 

Nandha gets a chance on the other end as East Bengal starts an attack on the counter. He beats his marker but Laldinpuia’s last-minute block sees him shoot over the net.

Siverio gets a ball in the midfield, and tries a shot from distance. His shot is on target and Prabhsukhan Gill meets it with equal quality to deny a clear goal.

Imran continues to ask questions to the confused East Bengal defence and this time, he side-steps Pantic and takes a shot, which flies off-target.

Jamshedpur FC continues to create chances one after the other, with Imran floating in a ball for Siverio. The forward heads the ball over the net.

Jamshedpur starts another attack, with Sannan carrying the ball along the left flank and setting up Manzorro, who shoots from outside the box. However, the ball flies off-target.

Jamshedpur FC is applying substantial amount of pressure on East Bengal and Carles Cuadrat’s side remains on the back-foot. However, despite all the chances, JFC has not been able to convert any of the opportunities so far. 

Imran makes a wonderful run in the final third, dribbling past three EBFC players and then Hijazi sticks his leg out. The player goes down appealing for a penalty. Surprisingly, the referee does not give a penalty.

Javier Siverio will be in an interesting position tonight. Not so long ago was he lifting the Kalinga Super Cup with the Red-and-Gold Brigade. Meanwhile, JFC gets a chance, with Chima receiving the long ball. But Pantic comes to the rescue to clear the ball away.

Jamshedpur gets its first chance from a set-piece, but squanders it with a header, which flies off-target, giving a goal kick to East Bengal.

East Bengal gets the ball rolling in Jamshedpur, looking to get an advantage in the race for the top six.

The players of both teams walk out of the tunnel at the JRD Stadium in Jamshedpur. East Bengal starts in its third kit while JFC starts in its home kit of maroon and blue.

Jamshedpur FC will host East Bengal FC as both teams fight it out for the play-offs spots in their Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 fixture on Thursday.

Jamshedpur FC has won eight points from four games since the resumption of the league, and that has taken it to the sixth spot with 17 points from 16 games. 

The Red & Gold Brigade follows it with 15 points from 14 matches in eighth place in the table, having collected its first win in its previous six ISL matches during its 1-0 win over Hyderabad FC last Saturday. 

Jamshedpur FC, on the other hand, put four goals past Punjab FC and kept a clean sheet in its last game to secure an important victory on the road, further skyrocketing its confidence since a change of guard. East Bengal FC had beaten Jamshedpur FC by 2-0 in the semifinal of the Kalinga Super Cup, which is when these two sides last squared off. 

However, the Carles Cuadrat’s boys have endured a middling form since late January, and they will be keen to build upon their victory in the coming match against the high-flying Red Miners.