Chennaiyin FC brought the curtain down on their 2024-25 Indian Super League season in style, securing a commanding 5-2 victory over Jamshedpur FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on March 9, Sunday. (Match Highlights | More Football News)
With this win, the Marina Machans now sit on 27 points from 24 matches, occupying the eighth spot in the standings.
Already qualified for the playoffs, the Red Miners started strongly seeking their record 13th win of the season. A long throw-in was cleared out of the Chennaiyin box, and it landed at Rei Tachikawa's feet just outside the 18-yard box. With great composure, Tachikawa struck the ball with his right foot, sending it into the bottom right corner to give Jamshedpur a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute.
The Marina Machans quickly found their equalizer with a swift counter-attack. A series of quick passes set up Farukh Choudhary, who made a well-timed run and played a lateral ball to Daniel Chima Chukwu. The striker라이브 바카라 shot took a deflection and nestled into the bottom left corner of the net in the 25th minute to level the score at 1-1.
In hopes of ending their season on a high in front of the home crowd, Chennaiyin took the lead just before halftime. Chima Chukwu laid off a brilliant pass to Lukas Brambilla, who used his pace and skill to calmly finish into the bottom right corner, giving the Machans a 2-1 advantage at the break.
Just like their first goal, Chennaiyin FC라이브 바카라 third came from a clinical strike. In the 57th minute, Farukh Choudhary spotted the open spaces in Jamshedpur FC's defense. After receiving a simple pass, he picked out Irfan Yadwad with a perfectly-weighted through ball. Irfan, with a composed strike from outside the box, hammered the ball into the center of the net to put Chennaiyin FC 3-1 up.
Jamshedpur FC, however, weren’t backing down. They quickly found their rhythm and pulled one back. After a slick sequence of quick passes, Rei Tachikawa squared the ball for Mohammed Sanan, who fired a powerful shot into the top right corner from the center of the box, bringing them back within a goal to make it 3-2.
As the clock ticked ninety, Jordan Gil lobbed the ball over the Jamshedpur defence for Irfan to chase. The forward brought it down with a deft touch before poking it past the goalkeeper for his fifth of the season. Chima Chukwu then made it a brace for himself by beating the Jamshedpur offside trap and scoring with ease–making it six league goals for the season.
With the victory, Chennaiyin finished the ISL 2024-25 regular season with seven wins and 27 points.
