Indian Super League - Season 2 Updates

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Helder Postiga Shines On Debut As Atletico De Kolkata Win Opener

 

 

 

 Indian Super League's highly-anticipated opener in the second season between Chennaiyin FC and defending champions Atletico de Kolkata lived up to its hype and expectations as the two teams played an entertaining tie at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai.

Defending champions Kolkata got off to a perfect start as a brace by Helder Postiga and a goal from Valdo gave them three points against Chennai. Postiga scored in the 13th and the 70th minute and the super-sub Valdo found his name in the score sheet in the 76th minute to hand Chennai a 3-2 win.

Only bad news for ATK was that their man-of-the-match Postiga was stretched off the field after his second goal.

Elano scored a late goal on penalty after Jeje had scored one in the 31st minute to make it 1-1 but it was not enough as they stuttered in front of their home crowd.

The contest got off to a pretty lively start with Chennaiyin FC getting things underway and their marquee player Elano winning the corner in the very first minute and the Brazilian's delivery was headed wide by striker Jeje.

There was a minor stoppage just after two minutes as a dog entered the field which produced lots of cheers from the fans. But as soon as the match restarted, Iain Hume was fouled by Thoi Singh and the free-kick resulted in the first player being booked in ISL 2 - as Harmanjot Singh Khabra was yellow carded for handling the ball outside the area.

First goal of ISL 2 came in the 13th minute after Portugese striker Postiga broke the deadlock for the champions. Borja Fernandez's free-kick saw the home team's goalie Edel made a meal of a simple ball and gifted Postiga his first league goal.

The home team nearly equalised a minute later but Fikru's shot was inches wide of the target. Elano's peach of a ball had Fikru unmarked but his shot missed the far post by not much. The former Kolkata player had another decent chance to equalise but once again his shot in the 20th minute was wide off the target.

Chasing the match, Chennaiyin went all in and made the possession count in the 31st minute thanks to the Indian striker Jeje. Once again the attack was set up by Elano whose inch perfect ball in the middle for Fikru saw the goalie and a striker collide but the ball fell nicely for Jeje and the former Pune FC striker made it 1-1.

From there on till the half-time, Chennaiyin were a better team but did not have any clear-cut chances as both the sides went into the half-time level at one goal a piece.

The second-half started with Chennai replacing Mailson Alves with Bernard Mendy in the 47th minute. Meanwhile, Kolkata looked much more sharp and dangerous in their play with Hume linking up well with others in the half that saw three goals, an injury and a penalty save.

The home team had a great opportunity early on in the half against the run of the play thanks to a brilliant counter-attack led by Elan. His pass to Jeje was accurate but the Indian player was guilty of not shooting rather than he gave a poor ball back to the Brazilian. Minutes later, ATK came close to taking the lead but Gavilan's brilliant free-kick hit the post much to the relief of Chennaiyin goalie.

Just when it seemed the both teams are content with a 1-1 draw, Postiga scored his second goal to give the away team 2-1 lead thanks to a poor defending by substitute Mendy. Mendy back-passed the ball which was intercepted by Postiga, who finished the move through the legs of the keeper but injured himself in the process and had to be stretched off the pitch.

Postiga was replaced by Valdo scored just minutes after coming in as a substitute. ATK could have made it 4-1 but Javi Lara's penalty was brilliantly saved by the Chennai goalie. On the other end Elano scored from the spot to make an interesting last few minutes but ATK held on for three points.

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FC Goa wins... 

FC Goa

2

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0

 

FULL TIME

Delhi Dynamos FC

SOUVIK (OG)3'

REINALDO45'

 

 

 

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Oct 5, 2015. Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium. Attendance: 8,734

FC Pune City

3

-

1

 

FULL TIME

Mumbai City FC

SANLI12'

SANLI56'

GURUNG68'

34'PIQUIONNE

 

#PUN

#LetsFootball

 

 

#MUM

 

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Israil Gurung celebrates after FC Pune City's third goal. Photo by Vipin Pawar / ISL/ SPORTZPICS

Tuncay Sanli of FC Pune City celebrates after his second goal. Photo by Vipin Pawar / ISL/ SPORTZPICS

 

 

Frederic Piquionne of Mumbai City FC scores an equaliser for his side. Photo by Vipin Pawar / ISL/ SPORTZPICS

 

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MATCH CENTRE - HERO ISL 2015

 

Oct 6, 2015. Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Attendance: 60,017

Kerala Blasters FC

3

-

1

 

FULL TIME

NorthEast United FC

JOSU49'

RAFI68'

WATT72'

82'VELÉZ

 

#KBFC

#LetsFootball

 

 

#NEU

 

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