ISL 2020-21 ATK Mohun Bagan Beat Kerala Blasters 1-0: A 67-minute goal by forward Roy Krishna helped ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) play the Indian Super League (ISL) at GMC Stadium in Bombolim on Friday. In the first match of the seventh season, they defeated the Kerala Blasters 1-0.
After a long time, ATKMB won against the Blasters in the season opener. Earlier, the two teams had clashed in the season opener three times. The Blasters had won twice while one match was a draw. Now, three-time champion ATK Mohun Bagan started the season with a win.
However, the first half did not score. In the case of ball possession, the Blasters won the post on ATKMB more often in the post. ATKMB suffered the loss of Michael Susairaj in the 14th minute. Two yellow cards were shown in this half. The first was shown in the 39th minute to K Prannoy Haldar and the second to the same team's Edu Garcia in the 42nd minute.
There was no major attack from both the teams in the opening 15 minutes. The Blasters were playing a defensive game and taking advantage of this, ATK Mohun Bagan created a good opportunity in the fourth minute. This opportunity was made on the corner taken from the left side. Krishna had taken a free shot but could not succeed. Michael Susairaj also created an opportunity in the 11th minute but he too could not succeed.
Michael got hurt in the 12th minute. It will be known later whether the injury is serious or not, but Michael had to go off the field and thus ATBMB had to make Subhashish Bose on the ground in the 14th minute.
In the 26th minute of the match, Antonio Habas's team created another opportunity but could not score. In the 37th minute, the Blasters had a chance to take the lead but Ritvik Kumar Das could not be fortunate.
The game was slow in the opening 10 minutes of the second half as both teams struggled to keep the ball. The Blasters made the first change in the 60th minute. Sityasen Singh came to the ground in place of Nongdamba Naorem. Similarly, ATK Mohun Bagan made the second change in the 63rd minute to field Manvir Singh in place of Haldhar.
It was all going on that Krishna scored a goal in the 67th minute to put his team ahead 1-0. Last season's hero Krishna scored the first goal of the new season. He scored this goal with the help of Manveer, who was brought to the ground just minutes before. The Blasters' defender's failure played a major role in this goal.
The Blasters made two changes in the 75th minute in order to seek an equalizer. In the 80th minute, Krishna made another attack but could not succeed and two minutes later he had to go out of the ground. David Williams replaced him.
Blasters got a corner in the last minute of injury time. She could equalize by scoring on it, but to no avail and after a long time she lost in the season opener.
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