AFC Champions League 2: Wasteful Mohun Bagan fall to Ahal FK - HIGHLIGHTS
Mohun Bagan SG failed to ride the home advantage on Tuesday night’s fixture.
Ahal will prove to be formidable opponents for the Indian outfit. (Photo credit: Mohun Bagan SG)
The Salt Lake Stadium will be abuzz on Tuesday night as Mohun Bagan Super Giant got their campaign underway against Turkmenistan’s Ahal FK in a Group C league match.
The competition is Asia’s second-tier club competition and this is incidentally Mohun Bagan’s second successive appearance in the group stage.
The Mariners had a great opportunity to make a fist of the fixture tonight, but they performance was woeful to say the least.
On the back of waster opportunities, they finished second best.
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Ahal was the superior outfit on display without a doubt.
They moved the ball around well, held possession when it mattered and were decisive on the counter.
The hosts, on the contrary, were wasteful.
Opportunities were scare for them and the ones that they did garner, their finishing let them down.
Speaking to the broadcasters after the game, Vishal Kaith said they will come back stronger.
"We fight, we will come back stronger," he said.
That said, two away games now lie in store for Mohun Bagan and they have plenty to do.
And that is all that we have for you on this fixture from the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.
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The final whistle blows and the Ahal players are ecstatic.
They've taken down the hosts by a solitary goal.
96' Ahal earn a corner and there's nothing that Mohun Bagan can do now.
94' A long ball from Mohun Bagan...a flick on for McLaren, but the Ahal keeper charges out to gather the ball before McLaren could meet it.
This is all proving to be too little too late for the hosts.
93' Ahal make a couple of changes and eat up a few more seconds on the clock.
90' Six minutes of additional time in the game.
Ahal have a set piece outside the Mohun Bagan box now...blocked by the Bagan wall.
Can the hosts find a final spark?
89' Ahal now holding possession and running the clock down.
The hosts doing all the running now, but they're just not getting a sighter of the ball.
83' Annayev scores for the visitors!
The 19-year old receives the ball from the left flank, holds it for a moment and then lets fly a left footer that beats Vishal on the far side.
Mohun Bagan has been stunned!!
79' Ahal making a couple of changes as we enter the final stretch of this fixture which is being played out in hot and sweltering condition at Kolkata.
68' A lovely through ball sends Cummings on the run into the Ahal box on the left side.
He sends it across the goal for a tap in attempt...saved by the Ahal keeper.
The best chance of the night for the hosts that.
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