speeding past his markers. Haque held on to the ball close to the half line, ran into the Bagan box before passing on for an overlapping Shamsi Reza who crossed over for Bhutia who, in turn, dribbled past a diving defender Ranjan Dey and goalkeeper Dora to find the net's top corner in the 85th minute. Three minutes later, an unchallenged Bhutia ran into the box again and the ball rebounded off opponent midfielder Satyajit Chatterjee's feet as he tried to intercept Bhutia's pass to Haque. Bhutia tapped it home to complete his hat-trick and the scoreline showed 4–1 at full-time. Details Aftermath The match took place on the back of dwindling numbers of supporters at games in Kolkata and the press writing football off among Indians in terms of interest. However, the impact this game had had, was described by India Today thus: "A city and a sport rediscovered each other and Calcutta and soccer were locked again in a bizarre tango" and added, "It was the '60s and '70s revisited: it was mayhem, it was stirring." The author also writes about how management of Mohun Bagan went for a more "telegenic" design of their team's jersey giving up a 119-year-old tradition of wearing "dull jerseys", upon the request of ESPN, whose subsidiary television channel Star Sports telecast the game. The game was also telecast live by Doordarshan, the government funded broadcaster, which was significant in that, the only sport of which games was telecast live was cricket, owing to its popularity in the country. Speaking of the game, Bhutia said, "It was a great feeling to score a hat-trick on such a big occasion and it's true that it gave me a lot of media attention but I had to work even harder after that. For me you are only as good as your last game so I had to start from scratch again from the next match." Despite the failure of his 'diamond' formation in the game, Dutta, however, went on with it, and was able to exact "revenge" in a replay of the match within a month, when his team beat East Bengal 1–0 at the final of the Calcutta Football League. References East Bengal Club matches Mohun Bagan AC matches Association football rivalries in India