ISL-2015: Chennaiyin FC 2-3 Atletico de Kolkata

Full-time - Chennaiyin FC 2-3 Atletico de Kolkata

And that's that!

Last few seconds as Chennaiyin have a throw-in

Free-kick to Chennaiyin. Elano over the ball.

5 minutes of injury time added

That decision for the penalty though looked ridiculous as Mondal blocked the ball with his body and then cleared the danger.

Chennaiyin FC 2-3 Atletico de Kolkata

Elano scores!

Drama! Penalty to Chennaiyin as the referee blows his whistle for an apparent handball by Mondal.

His free-kick though, goes off-target again.

Mondal sees yellow for a foul on Elano. Dangerous for Atletico as the home team get a free-kick.

Good catch from Amrinder as he goes up confidently to claim Mendoza's cross

Khabra's shot is then saved well by Amrinder.

From the corner, Gavilan's sweet volley is deflected off his teammate's head and out for a goal-kick.

Javi Lara steps up to take the penalty, and a brilliant save from Edel!

Penalty to Atletico de Kolkata! Mendy penalised for handling the ball the ball in the box.

Chennaiyin FC 1-3 Atletico de Kolkata

Atletico de Kolkata score again! Substitute Valdo heads in Hume's beautiful cross.

Chennaiyin again on the offensive, but are unable to breakthrough the defense.

Postiga looks to be done for some time after having suffered what looks like a hamstring injury. Valdo comes on for him.

The away team and defending champions lead. Chennaiyin FC 1-2 Atletico de Kolkata

Horrendous error from Mendy, whose back-header is read very well by Postiga, who runs onto it and scores the 2nd goal for Atletico de Kolkata.

Mendoza gets a shot away on target but Amrinder is behind it.

The corner drops to Augusto, but his shot goes high over the goal.

Mendoza unleashes a shot which is deflected out for a corner.

Chennaiyin bring last season's hero John Stiven Mendoza on for Fikru. Huge applause from the crowd for the Colombian.

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Off the post! Gavilan's beautiful free-kick goes off the upright.

Sena Ralte booked for a foul. Free-kick in dangerous territory for Atletico

Chennaiyin string together some good passes but Jeje's pass to Elano is cut out. Soon after that, Elano's jinking run is halted at the edge of the box.

Good build-up from Chennaiyin as Sena Ralte's cross is headed wide by Jeje. Elano was looking for a pass there

And yes, that was Javi Lara whose shot was blocked by Potenza, not Gavilan.

Another good cross from Hume, but it is dealt with well by Chennaiyin.

Good pass from Hume to find Gavilan in the box. His shot is then blocked by Potenza.

Fikru and Jeje attempt a nice 1-2 but Rino Anto clears the ball for a corner. Elano's resulting setpiece is nothing much to talk about.

Atletico get a cross in from the right, Chennaiyin fail to deal with the danger and the ball comes through to Hume after Gavilan's lay-off, but his shot goes high and way over the bar.

And the 2nd half kicks off! Chennaiyin bring on Bernard Mendy for Mailson Alves, who looked to have been injured during the 1st half

Chennaiyin have again provided the 1st Indian goalscorer, Jeje doing what Balwant Singh did last season.

Half-time - Chennaiyin FC 1-1 Atletico de Kolkata

Another deep free-kick from Elano is headed towards goal by Mailson Alves, but the ball goes wide.

Free-kick in a dangerous position as Elano steps up

Sahni brings down Elano and goes ballistic protesting against the decision.

Mailson lands very heavily on his right shoulder but is now back up to his feet. 2 minutes to half-time

Chennaiyin have been very enterprising going forward and are looking to take the lead. Atletico are yet to get into the game properly, despite having taken the lead.

Borja is booked for a cynical foul. Immediately after, Jeje's header from Das's cross goes wide.

7 minutes to half-time, Chennaiyin FC 1-1 Atletico de Kolkata

Edel comes to get a high cross and collects safely, but is bundled over by Hume.

Atletico get a free-kick, but Borja's effort is deflected out for a corner.

Here's Atletico's goal scored by Postiga

31 minutes gone, Chennaiyin FC 1-1 Atletico de Kolkata