Both groups hit the body as soon as and had goalkeepers generating very good saves. This was once a conflict between two of the stingiest groups in ISL 2022-23 — each have 11 blank sheets — and so possibilities had been few on the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium in Hyderabad. It ended in the primary leg of the semi-final between protecting champions Hyderabad FC and serial semi-finalists ATK Mohun Bagan finishing 0-0 on Thursday. The go back leg is at Salt Lake Stadium on Monday.
“Playing 0-0 at home, you can’t be happy,” Hyderabad FC trainer Manolo Marquez instructed the legitimate broadcasters whilst admitting that his workforce has had extra wins (seven) at the highway than at house. “They are the champions and it is difficult to win here,” mentioned ATK Mohun Bagan trainer Juan Ferrando. Having received 9 occasions in Kolkata this time period, together with one towards Hyderabad FC, Ferrando too would not thoughts the outcome.
Playing each bit the away workforce, ATK Mohun Bagan sat deep and sought house at the back of Hyderabad FC complete backs. It did not occur however they ended the primary 1/2 with the most productive likelihood. The first was once a thirty fifth minute free-kick from Dimitri Petratos that Manvir Singh headed sq. however, below power and from nearly at the goalline, Pritam Kotal shinned it into the horizontal.
Working the proper channel extra thru Mohammad Yasir, Hyderabad FC had been sooner off the blocks and within the eleventh minute, it wanted a save from Vishal Kaith so just right to disclaim Joel Chianese’s header that the ahead’s left was once touching his brow in disbelief. Javier Siverio’s header was once too just about Kaith after which, Subhasish Bose needed to stretch to stroke the ball out of Chianese’s succeed in.
Yasir’s piledriver thudded into the upright within the fifty fifth minute however after half-time too, the guests can have scored. Goalkeeper Gurmeet Singh blocked each efforts however Ashish Rai and Manvir Singh can have achieved higher by means of passing to better-placed teammates. Hyderabad FC presented Bartholomew Ogbeche at the hour mark however marshalled by means of Slavko Damjanovic, ATK Mohun Bagan’s backline stored ISL’s perfect goalscorer quiet.