Goa: For the first time in the history of the club, Hyderabad FC have registered a place in the finals of the Indian Super League, in spite of a narrow, 1-0 defeat in the hands of ATK Mohun Bagan at Bambolim on Wednesday. They go through 3-2 on aggregate after two nerve wrecking ties.
Roy Krishna scored the only goal of the night as Hyderabad stood strong to hold on to their two goal advantage from the first leg to knock the Mariners out of the semi-finals.
Laxmikant Kattimani, who pulled out two astounding saves, was the ‘Hero of the Match’ on the night, as he stood strong all night to deny ATK MB on quite a few occasions.
Juan Ferrando’s men pushed high all night and had a few chances to take the lead but the likes of Aniket Jadhav, Bart Ogbeche and Mohammad Yasir also had their chances at the other end in what was a tough night for Hyderabad.
The backline of Juanan, Chinglensana Konsham and Akash Mishra put on a spirited performance along with Nim Dorjee Tamang who was up against an in-form Liston Colaco. Nim helped by Souvik Chakrabarti and Joao Victor managed to keep the Mariners from creating too many clear-cut chances.
Hyderabad rode on first leg lead, and were determined to see out the game with a strong performance, even as the game ran for over 100 minutes before the final whistle finally came.
The Indian Super League final will be played in front of a full crowd in Fatorda on Sunday, March 20.
Note: This is a release from the Hyderabad FC media
