ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) beat Hyderabad FC (HFC) 4-3 on penalties within the second leg of the semifinals to safe its second Indian Super League (ISL) last qualification, on the Salt lake Stadium right here on Monday.
The match went to penalties as the mixture rating remained 0-0 after two unproductive legs of 90 minutes and half-hour of extra-time.
The penalties noticed Dimitri Petratos, Federico Gallego, Manvir Singh and Pritam Kotal discovering the goal for ATKMB, whereas Joao Victor, Rohit Danu and Reagan Singh scored for Hyderabad FC. The misses for Hyderabad got here from Javier Siverio, whose shot was saved by ATKMB goalkeeper Vishal Kaith, and Bartholomew Ogbeche, who hit the upright. Brendan Hamill missed the one shot for ATKMB.
ATK Mohun Bagan will now meet Bengaluru FC within the last scheduled at Goa on March 18.
The regulation time noticed a defensive contest the place not one of the sides utilised their possibilities. Backed by a vociferous crowd of 52000, ATK Mohun Bagan loved a slight edge within the opening session, however the opposition purpose remained largely untroubled as Hyderabad stored a compact defence.
ATKMB had its greatest probability within the twenty second minute when Manvir Singh confirmed good ability to clear his markers and fired a strong shot from the sting of the field. The left-footed try beat the Hyderabad goalkeeper Gurmeet Singh however deflected off the crossbar. Hyderabad had its personal share of attacking spells, however they petered out quickly as the house defence caught to its job.
The change of ends and few substitutions in each camps failed to change the scoreline as either side continued to depend on their defensive organisation to maintain the tie goalless. The host might have gotten the lead within the 57th minute, however Gurmeet made a valiant save to disclaim Hugo Boumous, who made a pleasant try with a side-footed volley from an Asish Rai cross. Carl McHugh had a transparent probability off a nook within the final minute, however the Irish midfielder couldn’t preserve his header on the right track.
The resultant extra-time failed to interrupt the impasse because the host stored attacking with out a lot avail towards some good defending by HFC.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com