Hyderabad FC and ATK Mohun Bagan produced out a high notch defensive show in a goalless stalemate within the first leg of their Indian Super League semi-final right here on Thursday.
The hosts had been dominant within the first half however had been examined defensively by the Mariners within the second. In the top, neither aspect might discover a purpose to nick the benefit forward of the second leg in Kolkata on Monday.
Hyderabad FC launched a sequence of assaults across the ten-minute-mark and Joel Chianese was the primary to strive his luck from a good angle. Vishal Kaith was alert on the close to submit to disclaim the attacker.
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Moments later, Nikhil Poojary lower inside from the fitting flank and skipped previous three ATKMB gamers earlier than rolling it into the trail of Borja Herrera, whose shot was blocked by Pritam Kotal. The third assault was essentially the most promising one, and it got here within the eleventh minute.
From the left, Halicharan Narzary performed an inch-perfect cross into the field to Chianese, whose sturdy header in the direction of the bottom-left nook was palmed behind by Kaith at full stretch.
Three minutes after the half-hour mark, ATKMB registered their first shot on the right track via Puitea’s first-time effort from the sting of the field which was collected simply by Gurmeet Singh. Five minutes later, the Mariners had what can be the very best probability of the sport when Dimitri Petratos whipped a free kick in the direction of the far submit, the place Colaco nodded the ball throughout the face of purpose.
With an open purpose at his mercy, Kotal got here flying in however might solely rattle the crossbar below stress from Herrera. In the 56th minute, Mohammad Yasir got here near scoring the opener however noticed his effort come off the foot of the submit. Seconds previous the hour-mark, the Mariners caught the Hyderabad FC defence on the fallacious foot as Manvir galloped down the fitting flank and opted to shoot as a substitute of on the lookout for Petratos and Boumous within the field, just for his try and be saved by Gurmeet on the close to submit.
Both sides launched contemporary legs within the ultimate quarter of the sport as fatigue began to creep in and dropped the tempo of the sport.
Their respective defences had been nonetheless on the high of their video games, and the one probability in that interval was an formidable volley from Petratos from about 40 yards out. That occurred to be the final play of the primary leg.
Both sides nonetheless have an equal probability of advancing to the ISL ultimate as they head into the second leg on equal footing. They will lock horns once more on the Salt Lake Stadium on Monday the place Hyderabad FC had misplaced the second leg final season however gone via on combination.
