Narrow loss for Atlético de Kolkata
Hume and Pedro Gusmao put the Kerala Blasters ahead, Tefera scored a goal for the red and white, but it wasn't enough to complete the comeback.
KERALA BLASTERS FC 2 – 1 ATLÉTICO DE KOLKATA
Kerala Blasters FC: D. James ; C. Hengbart (C. Falvey, 61'), S. Dey, G. Singh, R. Romey (P. Orji, 41'); S. Jhingan, S. Pearson, G. Franco, I. Hume; M. Gonsalves, Pedro Gusmao (M. Chopra, 75')
Atlético de Kolkata: S. Chowdhury; Sahni (S. Pradhan, 85'), Arnab Mondal, Josemi, Mohanraj; Nato, Borja, Arnal Llibert (Luis García, 46'), Jofre; Tefera, L. Fernandes (K. Debnath, 46')
Referee: The referee booked these Kerala players with a yellow card: James (61'), Gonsalves (29') and Dey (89'). On Kolkata's side, Nato (52'), Josemi (56') and Arnab Mondal (90'+5')
GOALS:
1-0. Min 4’. Hume put the Kerala Blasters ahead
2-0. Min 42'. Pedro Gusmao extended the lead before the half
2-1. Min 55'. Tefera cut the lead
Atlético de Kolkata suffered their second loss of the season while visiting Kerala Blasters FC. The locals won the match thanks to the advantage achieved in the first half, when they scored both their goals. In the second half, with Luis Suárez on the field, locals suffered much more.
Tefera’s goal on the 55' narrowed the gap and a phantom goal from Luis García in the final sprint of the match could have resulted in a tie, but the goal did not come up on the scoreboard, even though the replay showed that the ball had widely crossed the goal line.
It could not be. Atlético de Kolkata will have another opportunity to keep adding points on Saturday, November 29th against Pune City, at 14:30 CET.
