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That's it from us tonight. This is Aaditya Narayan signing off, at the end of my second live stint of the day. I'm off for a biryani, hope you all have a good night too. Toodle-oo
Historic night, in some ways, as both Minerva and Chennaiyin put on the board their first ever points in Asian competition. But that's about the only thing that can be remembered from tonight.
It was a game of chances for Chennaiyin, who were profligate. Raphael and Vineeth had plenty of presentable opportunities which they didn't take, when they arguably should have.
88' Thapa plays Vineeth through on the left side of the penalty area. He takes it on his left foot and gets a shot, which he skews, and the ball goes nowhere near the target.
81' Raphael gives the Minerva defenders a happy (maybe not) run around the edge of the area, as he looks to make space for a right-footed shot. He does make space, gets the shot away, but it's straight at Arshdeep
76' With Chennaiyin piling on more pressure, Minerva have more defending to do, and it's Kareem now who has to take more evasive action and concede another corner.
74' Another Chennaiyin corner has landed at the feet of Vineeth in the box, but his left-footed shot has gone well wide, and just evaded a lunging Raphael, too
70' Vineeth goes for a repeat of his wonder-strike from a few days ago, but this time his shot is straight at the keeper, and Arshdeep has an easy catch.
66' Raphael Augusto teases Khalif Al Hassan with superb footwork, and eventually wins the free-kick in a dangerous area! This is a big chance for Chennaiyin!
63' THOI HAS MISSED A SITTER! Superb cross from the left flank by Tondonba, and Thoi has arrived in perfect time at the far post, only to put his header wide of the far post.
60' Thoi Singh is brought down on the right flank by Makan Chothe, but the referee is unmoved. The ball has gone off him for a corner for Chennaiyin, though.
48' The game is pretty much following the same pattern it did in the first half, with Chennaiyin dominating the ball, and Minerva looking to spring on the break.
Chennaiyin have been the better side, but they haven't really had a clear-cut chance from open play, since Jeje Lalpekhlua's early shot from close range was blocked. Sabia and Mailson had chances off corners that they didn't convert.
Minerva had chances with a couple on long shots, and then had Primus hitting the crossbar with a header.
They're still in the game, and that's what they'd have wanted. Anybody's game with 45 minutes to go.
45+1' Mailson finds Narzary with an awesome cross-field ping. The left-winger looks to square it first-time, and puts it in a superb area, but there's no Chennaiyin player attacking it.
39' Raphael Augusto plays a one-two with the Minerva Punjab defender, before taking a shot on goal, but the shot is high, and wouldn't have troubled a second goal above the already-installed one.
36' Screams for a Minerva penalty! Referee says nothing doing! That's a scuffed shot from Kareem, and Prabhjot was arriving at the far post, where he was met by Herd, but the Aussie was deemed to have got the ball. Replays show it was not a bad call from the ref, although debatable.
33' Karanjit with a clanger! Al Amna's shot is deflected and looped into the 'keepers hands, but he's somehow dropped that and let it go behind for a corner.
34' First signs of a decent passing move from Minerva, through which they get Amandeep in space on the right flank, but his low cross is easily gobbled up by Eli Sabia.
