 "Kerala Blasters striker Dimitrios Diamantakos won the Golden Boot award for the ISL 2023-24 season. PTI image")
Mumbai City FC on Saturday clinched their second Indian Super League (ISL) title with an inspired 3-1 comeback win over Mohun Bagan Super Giant in the final that was held at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday. Mumbai City found themselves 0-1 down just before half time, with Jason Cummings netting for the Mariners in the 44th minute.
The Islanders had ball possession for a majority of the first half, and Lallianzuala Chhangte even came close to scoring on a couple of occasions, only for his efforts to go in vain.
Mumbai City headed to the half time break trailing Mohun Bagan 0-1 and knew that they had their task cut out.
As it happened | ISL Final, MBSG vs MCFC
The Islanders levelled the scores through Jorge Pereyra Diaz (53rd), who silenced the crowd from Alberto Noguera’s magnificent straight pass from the midfield. Their moment of reckoning came in the 81st minute as Bipin came off the bench to score the decisive second goal to help Mumbai snatch the lead.
It was Bipin’s 90th minute strike that had helped Mumbai City FC win their maiden title in 2020-21 when they overturned an identical 1-0 lead to down Mohun Bagan 2-1.
Nine minutes were added to the second-half, and Mohun Bagan had enough time to bring on the equaliser but their forwards lacked the sting and the Islanders nailed the final nail in the coffin with a 90+7th minute strike by substitute Jakub Vojtus.
The end of season awards were given away to the respective winners during the post-match presentation ceremony. Kerala Blasters striker Dimitrios Diamantakos won the Golden Boot award whereas Mumbai City FC goalkeeper Phurba Lachenpa won the Golden Glove award.
We now break down each of the major awards that were given off to the respective winners, and how much prize money the winners and runners-up earned:
Golden Glove award — Phurba Lachenpa (Mumbai City FC)
Golden Boot award — Dimitrios Diamantakos (Kerala Blasters FC)
Emerging Player of the League — Vikram Partap Singh (Mumbai City FC)
Player of the League — Dimitrios Petratos (Mohun Bagan Super Giant)
Best pitch award — Jamshedpur FC
Best grassroots award — FC Goa
Best Elite Youth Program — Bengaluru FC
ISL 2023-24 prize money:
Winners Mumbai City FC— Rs 6 crore
Runners-up Mohun Bagan Super Giant — Rs 3 crore
With PTI inputs