Hyderabad FC and ATK Mohun Bagan produced out a best notch defensive show in a goalless stalemate within the first leg in their Indian Tremendous League semi-final right here on Thursday.
The hosts had been dominant within the first part however had been examined defensively via the Mariners in the second one. After all, neither aspect may discover a objective to nick the benefit forward of the second one leg in Kolkata on Monday.
Hyderabad FC introduced a sequence of assaults across the ten-minute-mark and Joel Chianese was once the primary to take a look at his success from a good perspective. Vishal Kaith was once alert on the close to publish to disclaim the attacker.
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Moments later, Nikhil Poojary minimize inside of from the suitable flank and skipped previous 3 ATKMB avid gamers prior to rolling it into the trail of Borja Herrera, whose shot was once blocked via Pritam Kotal. The 3rd assault was once probably the most promising one, and it got here within the eleventh minute.
From the left, Halicharan Narzary performed an inch-perfect go into the field to Chianese, whose sturdy header in opposition to the bottom-left nook was once palmed in the back of via Kaith at complete stretch.
3 mins after the 30 minutes mark, ATKMB registered their first shot on track via Puitea’s first-time effort from the brink of the field which was once amassed simply via Gurmeet Singh. 5 mins later, the Mariners had what will be the very best probability of the sport when Dimitri Petratos whipped a unfastened kick in opposition to the some distance publish, the place Colaco nodded the ball around the face of objective.
With an open objective at his mercy, Kotal got here flying in however may most effective rattle the crossbar underneath drive from Herrera. Within the 56th minute, Mohammad Yasir got here just about scoring the opener however noticed his effort come off the foot of the publish. Seconds previous the hour-mark, the Mariners stuck the Hyderabad FC defence at the mistaken foot as Manvir galloped down the suitable flank and opted to shoot as an alternative of attempting to find Petratos and Boumous within the field, just for his try to be stored via Gurmeet on the close to publish.
All sides presented contemporary legs within the last quarter of the sport as fatigue began to creep in and dropped the pace of the sport.
Their respective defences had been nonetheless on the best in their video games, and the one probability in that duration was once an bold volley from Petratos from about 40 yards out. That took place to be the final play of the primary leg.
All sides nonetheless have an equivalent probability of advancing to the ISL last as they head into the second one leg on equivalent footing. They are going to lock horns once more on the Salt Lake Stadium on Monday the place Hyderabad FC had misplaced the second one leg final season however long past via on mixture.
