ISL, ATK vs DEL: Delhi halt Atletico De Kolkata's winning run, match drawn
Kolkata: Delhi Dynamos put an end to Atletico De Kolkata's winning streak holding them 1-1 at the Salt Lake Stadium on Sunday. The hosts, without their star player Luis Garcia, looked incompetent. Though the first blood was drawn by Kolkata with a penalty from Jofre in the 49th minute but it did not last long as Pavel Elias equalised in the 73rd minute.
Here's what happened
5: Atletico de Kolka received a corner but no damage done.
7: Yellow card! Delhi Dynamo skipper Del Piero received a yello card for diving in the box. While it looked as a poor decision, the referee ruled against Del Piero. First yellow card of the match.
26: Poor defending from Atletico de Kolkata's Denzil but Shylo of Delhi Dynamo could not adjust with the bounce of the ball and a chance went begging. The match had already witnessed a lot of action. But netither team could net a goal yet.
32: Shylo came tantalisinglly close to net the first goal for the visitors Delhi Dynamos. But the ball hit the top of the bar. Superb effort but the luck was not on his side.
Atletico de Kolkata 1 -1 Delhi Dynamos
48: PENALTY! Raymaekers pulls Fikru's shirt and earns a yellow card.
49: GOAL! Jofre. He beats the 6'10'' tall Van Hout who dived the other way. It was the first penalty of ISL.
59: Steven Dias takes the field in place of Francis Fernandes
60: Del Piero tries to convert a good long pass but the alert Roy grabs the ball charging out
62: Podany shoots from outside the box, Hout pushes it away, Sahni has a chance on rebound but fails to convert.
64: Del Piero wins a free kick.
66: Del Piero takes a long range but no outcome.
73: GOAL! Pavel Elias. Delhi gets the equaliser.
83: Del Piero amused, confused as well as agitated after a dispute with Denzil Franco who went down from the Italian’s challenge.
83: Yellow card! Rakesh Masih, after a slide tackle on Arias.
87: Second Yellow card (red card) for Masih. He goes off. Second red card for Atletico De Kolkata. The team's discipline is in question.
Match drawn