Press Trust of India
Margao, Oct 7: Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata defended doggedly with 10 men as they held FC Goa to a 1-1 draw in a match of ISL-II here Wednesday.
While ATK struck in the 13th minute through a spectacular Arata Izumi volley, it was Keenan Almeida’s cracking right footer that restored parity for Zico’s men in the 81st minute in an ill-tempered match.
Both ATK and FC Goa now have three points from two games with a win and a draw to show for their efforts.
ATK’s Baljit Sahni was shown the first red card of tournament after head butting opposition defender Gregory Arnolin bringing memories of the last season when the latter was involved in an identical incident with the then ATK striker
Fikru Teferra.
It was a match that was dominated by the Goan outfit as they created more opportunities throughout the match but in the end were able to manage only a point.
It was ATK who got the lead in the 13th minute against the run of play. Winger Javi Lara floated one from the wide right inside the box for Iain Hume. Before the Goa defence could get their shape right, Arata came from behind with reflex snap volley that beat a diving goalie Elinton Andrade.
