Jamshedpur FC Shocks Mohun Bagan with Stoppage-Time Victory in ISL Semi-Final Thriller

If you believed the Indian Super League could not become any more thrilling, Jamshedpur FC and Mohun Bagan had other plans yesterday. In a spine-chilling first leg of the ISL 2024-25 semi-final on April 3 at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur won 2-1 with a stoppage-time goal that left their supporters in pure euphoria.

The game started at a lively tempo, with both sets of players looking to get the first momentum in this crucial tie. It was Jamshedpur who broke the shackles, and Javier Siverio found the net in the 24th minute. His neat finish gave the hosts the impetus and sent the fans into raptures.

But Mohun Bagan, a team famous for their tenacity and firepower, could not let it happen for too long. Jason Cummings leveled it with a cool finish in the 37th, silencing the home supporters—at least for the time being. Half-time was 1-1, nothing yet concluded.

The second period saw chances at both ends. Both goalkeepers had an ordinary day, and on-field angst was almost insufferable. When the game appeared to be fading away as a draw, Javi Hernández produced some magic in stoppage time (90+1'), finding space to place the ball into the net and igniting maniacal scenes at the Jamshedpur camp.

Despite, though, all this, however, the match was not without uproar. The denouement was chaos with players and officials from both clubs in melées. Temper were frayed and emotions were close to boiling over at the time, and yet to be sent in, are no official accounts, but for sure, the return fixture is going to be even more histrionics—on and off the field.

This victory provides Jamshedpur a small but significant advantage going into the second leg, which will be played at Mohun Bagan's home ground. But with just one goal between the two, it is still anyone's game.

For Jamshedpur, it was a statement win—proof that they can hold their own against the league's gunslingers when it really matters. For Mohun Bagan, it's an eye-opener and a chance to prove themselves in front of their home crowd.