Panjim: Inspite of a 1-0 loss in the second leg, Hyderabad FC edged past ATK Mohun Bagan to reach their first finals of the Indian Super League. An aggregate score of 3-2 for the Nizams ensured their spot. Nizams had come into the encounter with the 3-1 lead.
FULL-TIME | #ATKMBHFC@HydFCOfficial hold on to their lead 🆚 @atkmohunbaganfc and create history by reaching their first-ever #HeroISL Final! 👏#LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/MMH0Gw1Cql
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The Mariners had a chance on the goal as early as the seventh minute when defender Prabir Das, goy inside the box from the right flank. However, the front third of ATKMB fail to connect to the goal depriving them of a lead. Three minutes later, Hugo Boumous set youngster Liston Colaco with a wonderful ball through the left flank but the effort is cleared away.
7' CHANCE | #ATKMBHFC @ImPrabirDas tries to find @JoniKauko with a cutback, but his pass is intercepted! ❌
ATKMB 0-0 HFC#HeroISL #LetsFootball
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Hyderabad FC were not sitting idle in the first half as well. Towards the end of the first half, Mohammed Yasir whipped out a cross from the left flank to Aniket Jadhav, who failed to connect the goal with only a short distance of five yards. However the Nizams were stripped off a deserving penalty when Kiyan Giri fouled Aniket while the later was in a run that could have ended in a goal.
A Golden opportunity for Aniket Jadhav but he fails to get a good connection on his header! 🙆♂️
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Coming from the break with a 0-0 scoreline, Hyderabad FC continued to defend whole the Green and Maroon kept hurling their attacks. Lakshmikant Kattimani was forced to make a huge save out of Roy Krishna’s shot that was fed by Kiyan Nassiri himself in the 50th minute, keeping Kattimani’s team’s lead cushion intact. ATKMB got a huge scoring opportunity with a freekick some time later, however Colaco shot it wide.
Liston Colaco's deflected free-kick goes just wide of the goal! 👀
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The Mariners finally got the fruit of their incessant efforts in the 79th minute, when the much anticipated Roy Krishna finally found the breakthrough. Krishna could have brought in home the equalizer for the Kolkata giants in the 85th minute, but his shot was deemed offside by the lines person, despite the striker being onside of the goal.
.@RoyKrishna21 pulls one back for @atkmohunbaganfc! 💪
It's @atkmohunbaganfc 2️⃣-3️⃣ @HydFCOfficial on aggregate, interesting last few minutes coming up 😮#ATKMBHFC #HeroISL #LetsFootball pic.twitter.com/9v1hpYZAhs
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Even with more efforts by both the teams the score line remained intact. With the win in the aggregate, Hyderabad FC will play Ivan Vukomanovic’s Kerala Blasters on March 20 in the finals of the eighth edition of the Indian Super League.
