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KOLKATA: McDowells Mohun Bagan defeated Pune FC in their summit round I-League encounter at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Sunday (May 6). The victory helped Mohun Bagan to finish their campaign with 47 points from 26 matches at the 4th spot while Pune FC finished on 46 points from 26 outings — at the fifth spot.
Mohun Bagan Brazilian striker Jose Ramirez Barreto playing his last match scored as soon as 6th minute into the game. Barreto placed it past Subrata Pal off a Hudson Lima pass.
Pune FC tried to make a comeback in the game but some poor finishing upfront cost them dearly. The half ended in favour of the Maroon brigade.
Changing over, the story remained the same with Pune dominating the home side but poor finishing didn’t help them much.
However, a minute before the regulation time Odafa Okolie doubled the score for Mohun Bagan. On a perfect pass from India International Syed Rahim Nabi, he gave no chance to Pune custodian Subrata Paul.
Jose Ramirez Barreto was adjudged Man-of-the-Match.
