The2010 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 32nd final of theIndian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition inIndia, and was contested between arch-rivalsEast Bengal andMohun Bagan on 2 October 2010.
East Bengal won the final 1–0, to successfully retain and claim their seventh Federation Cup title.Reisangmei Vashum scored the solitary goal for the Red and Gold brigade in the 53rd minute fromRobin Singh's lay-off pass.[2]
East Bengal entered the2010 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in theI-League. They were placed in Group A along withAir India,HAL, andPune FC and their matches were played inCuttack. The tournament got off to a great start for East Bengal as they defeated Air India in their opening match by 3–1 withTolgay Ozbey scoring a brace andRobin Singh scoring the third. Bijith Setty scored a consolation goal in the 89th minute for Air India.[3] In the second match, East Bengal came from behind to defeat HAL by 2–1 withPenn Orji and Tolgay Ozbey finding the back of the net in the 13th and 33rd minute respectively after Hamza put HAL ahead in the 9th minute.[4] In the last game of the group stages, East Bengal pipped Pune FC by 1–0 with Penn Orji finding the back of the net once again in the 67th minute as the Red and Gold brigade confirmed the top spot in the group with 3 wins and progressed to the Semi-finals where they would faceChurchill Brothers. Tolgay Ozbey's 11th-minute strike was enough forTrevor Morgan's men to reach the final.[5]
Mohun Bagan entered the2010 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in theI-League. They were placed in Group D along withMumbai,Salgaocar andShillong Lajong and their matches were played inCuttack.The tournament got off to a mix start as well for Bagan as they won against Shillong Lajong 1–0 in their first match withMuritala Ali scoring the winner for Bagan and then drew goalless with Mumbai FC in their second match. In the last game of the group they required a win against Salgaocar to qualify and Bagan thrashed the Goan club by 6–1 withJosé Ramirez Barreto and Muritala Ali scoring hattricks each.[6] In the semi-finals Mohun Bagan took onDempo and the game ended 1–1 after 120 minutes.Ranti Martins put Dempo ahead in the 2nd minute whileChidi Edeh scored the equaliser in the 66th minute for Bagan. In the penalty shootout,Sangram Mukherjee savedOgba Kalu Nnanna's shot as they won 5–3 to reach the finals.[7]
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