Chennaiyin stand tall towards Hyderabad to begin off their marketing campaign with a win
Chennaiyin FC pulled off a tough fought 1-0 win over Hyderabad FC of their opening match of the Indian Super League right here on Tuesday.
Vlagyimir Koman (66th minute) scored from the spot to present Chennaiyin a vital lead, ultimately sealing all three factors as Hyderabad have been left to rue their wastefulness in entrance of purpose, particularly within the first half.
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A candy strike from Vladimir Koman! 💯
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Hyderabad, whose common age of the Indian gamers within the lineup was simply 24, was dealt a significant blow early on with Halicharan Narzary limping off in below 10 minutes.
That didn’t deter their resolve to stamp their impression as former ATK Mohun Bagan man Edu Garcia’s shot was cleared away in a rush however Bartholomew Ogbeche couldn’t observe by means of.
Chennaiyin had goalkeeper Vishal Kaith to thank for conserving the previous champions within the sport. The Himachal Pradesh-born was examined just a few occasions however he emerged unscathed.
Hyderabad have been actually wasteful within the alternatives the brittle Chennaiyin defence gave them. Ogbeche missed greater than helpful probabilities however substitute Nikhil Poojary’s work-rate close to the field solely gained him new admirers.
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Kyrgyz playmaker Mirlan Murzaev virtually gave Chennaiyin a glimmer of hope late within the first half, however his header went off-target from a darting cross in by Reagan Singh.
Chennaiyin carried over the momentum publish the break. Mirlan Murzaev and Lallianzuala Chhangte proved laborious to include. Chhangte arguably had the perfect probability of the evening when he beat Akash Mishra on the run, lower in and shot laborious, solely to be tipped off by Kaith.
New captain Anirudh Thapa then made it rely for his facet successful a penalty as he was introduced down by Hitesh Sharma contained in the field.
Former AS Monaco man Vlagyimir Koman stepped as much as ship a strong piledriver that gave goalkeeper Laxmikant Kattimani no probability, breaking the impasse with little over 20 minutes to play.
Chennaiyin led towards the run of play, leaving Manolo Marquez to make 4 adjustments at a go. Joel Chianese, Javi Siverio, Sahil Tavora and younger striker Rohit Danu have been launched within the 77th minute.
However, there wasn’t to be one other purpose within the sport.
