ISL 2018-19: Jamshedpur's Cidoncha scores in 1-1 draw against ATK
The draw takes Jamshedpur to the second spot in the points table with five points while ATK sit at the seventh spot
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Jamshedpur FC vs ATK (Photo: indiansuperleague.com)
A freak Manuel Lanzariote goal at the stroke of half-time squared things up at JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur and the scoreline stayed that way till the final whistle.
Both Jamshedpur and ATK scored from the set-pieces. The home team's goal came in the 33rd minute when Cidoncha's low, curling free-kick bounced awkwardly in front of Bhattacharja who got slight touch at th eball but couldn't stop it from hitting the back of the net.
Jamshedpur seemed destined to head to the half-time with a lead but in the very last minute of additional time of the first half, ATK get a corner. Lanzariote swung his corner kick curving towards the goal and Jamshedpur goalkeeper Subhasish Roy in trying to tip it over the bar inadverently helped it inside his own net.
The home team's dominating show in the first half was reduced to a much lesser showing in the second half that showed neither team taking the opportunity to gather all three points from the game.
The best chance of the half came in the 62nd minute when Arques loafted a ball into the ATK box and Tim Cahill ran behind his marker, rose and turned to head a lofted ball downwards and into the hands of Bhattacharja. Throughout his career, Cahill has scored most of his goals with his head and disposed chances like those with relative ease, so it wasn't difficult to see him with his hands on his head at the chance squandered.
Beside that, neither team could carve out a scoring chance.
The draw takes Jamshedpur to the second spot in the points table with five points while ATK sit at the seventh spot. However, only two points seperate the team in the second spot with the one in the eighth spot, with no team able to register 100 per cent win rate, making the league quite open. It's just the beginning and there's a lot of shake-up yet to happen. ATK though need to pull up their socks, sooner than later.
9:27 PM
Minute 90+5 -- Calvo puts in a cross from the left wing to the far post where Jerry is lurking but Rickey body-checks him to nullify the threat
9:25 PM
Minute 90+3 (SUBSTITUTION FOR ATK) -- Lanzarote makes way for Bikey
9:24 PM
Minute 90+2 -- Arques gets at the end of a cross inside the Kolkata box but can't keep it down
9:22 PM
Minute 90+1 (SUBSTITUTION FOR ATK) -- Balwant Sharma is replaced by Hitesh Sharma
9:21 PM
Minute 90 -- Five minutes of additional time
9:21 PM
Minute 89 -- Balwant sprints down the left flank to get at the end of a cross from the other flank but fails to control it
9:18 PM
Minute 85 -- ATK get a corner. but the delivery is poor and is half-cleared. The ball falls outside the box to Maimouni Noussair who absolutely blasts it into the space
9:16 PM
Ninute 83 -- A lot of scrambling outside the ATK box as the players of both teams crowd it but Jamshedpur can't get the shot off and it's back to square one.
9:14 PM
Minute 82 (SUBSTITUTION FOR JAMSHEDPUR) -- Memo out for Morgado
9:13 PM
Minute 80 (YELLOW CARD) -- Lanzarote brandished a yellow card for a shirt-pull
9:07 PM
Minute 74 -- Jamshedpur break with Cidoncha but Khongjee's header puts the breaks on it
9:05 PM
Minute 73 (SUBSTITUTION FOR JAMSHEDPUR) -- Soosariraj out for Passi
9:05 PM
Minute 73 (SUBSTITUTION FOR JAMSHEDPUR) -- Calvo to replace Tim Cahill
9:00 PM
Minute 67 -- Handball decision against ATK's Haldar. But it doesn't produce anything substantial
8:57 PM
Minute 64 (SUBSTITUTION FOR ATK) -- Rane comes in for Thatal
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First Published: Oct 21 2018 | 6:03 PM IST
