ISL 2018-19: Bengaluru FC 1-0 ATK – 5 Talking Points

#4 Nine corners but no goals by ATK

Manuel Lanzarote failed to whip in useful crosses from set-pieces [Image: ISL]

Nowadays, teams often target set-pieces as their main weapon to score. Tall and large footballers are becoming valuable parts for every team. In ATK, they have some of the best footballers who can head it to the goal from a corner.

Against Bengaluru, ATK got nine corners in the whole match. In modern games, every opportunity counts. But ATK doesn’t think so, maybe.

The way they wasted the corners was worrying. Not even a single one was taken with an aim to get a goal from it. Manuel Lanzarote should be made responsible for this. He is the same person who scored directly from the corner against Jamshedpur FC.

But on Thursday, most of his deliveries were short, failed to find any of his teammates and easily cleared away by cautious Bengaluru defenders.

To get goals, ATK must use every opportunity and a corner is not an exception. There should be a definite purpose before a corner from now on.