ATK won the friendly match against Neroca FC
Indian Super League: ISL champions ATK
defeated Neroca FC 2-1 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan training
ground 1 here in a hard fought match.
Akhlidin Israilov scored for Neroca FC. Robbie Keane and Robin
Singh scored one goal each for ATK on late
Tuesday.
Jamshedpur FC lost the friendly match against East Bengal by 3:1
Jamshedpur FC lost the friendly match against East Bengal by 3:1
After the initial few minutes it was Keane who had the first
shot at the goal, a cheeky right footer from close range showing his class. But
the Neroca FC goalkeeper was equal to the task.
Minutes later ATK won a penalty as Robin Singh was brought down
in the box.
Keane stepped up to the spot and smashed his spot kick but
goalkeeper Lalit Thapa failed him by diving to his right.
Lalit again sprung into action denying an attempt from Robin.
Chances kept coming for ATK. It was Rupert Nongrum whose attempt flew inches
over the crossbar.
But against the tide of play it was Neroca who took the lead as
Akhlidin scored with a left footer from a close range free kick.
Later, much of the play was limited to the midfield.
Keane helped ATK draw level at the stroke of halftime, chest
trapping a long ball from Jordi Figueras Montel and calmly tucking it into the
net with his left foot.
The
halftime score read 1-1.
ATK were the brighter of the two teams at the start of the
second half. Their coach Teddy Sheringham constantly tried to push his men
up-field.
At around the 65th minute, Robin Singh finally got a firm shot
but again it was tipped over the bar by Lalit.
Later, Njazi Kuqi, who came in as a substitute for Keane in the
second half, missed two chances, both fizzing past the woodwork.
In the dying moments, Robin smashed in a cross from close to get
his side a hard-fought win.Indian Super League Fixture : Results : Point Table : Top Scorer